Hola amigos! I've not posted anything for a while, and one reason was because I was out of the country, in beautiful Cancun, Mexico. Before I left, I made a few things for the trip, including this dress, Vogue 1234. This is a pattern by Sandra Betzina for the Today's Fit series. It came out in 2011, and is still in print, which says something about it's popularity. There have been numerous reviews for it on Patternreview.com, and they all looked wonderful. But, I never felt that I had the right fabric to make my version until now. I used an ITY knit from Fabric Mart Fabrics that had a distinct stripe pattern. I had to be careful in cutting this out, as the stretch of the fabric went across the stripes, which meant if I wanted it to stretch around my body, I had to place the fitted parts of the pattern with the stripes going vertically. Here's the cover of the pattern, where they used a stripe too. What is deceiving about this photo, is the length.
Ann's Sewing Experiments