Made by a Fabricista: Joyous Brights and Vogue 1394

Days before I depart on vacation, I had several yards of this beautiful fabric from Fabric Mart (HERE) and no ideas of what to make. The fabric literally spoke to me! I searched and searched through my pattern stash and came across Vogue 1394. I opted to use this pattern as a challenge to my patience. I've had this pattern for quite some time, but as you may know if you follow me, I don't wear dresses that often. I tend to choose those easy and time friendly projects that I can whip up in one day and move on to the next.

I made the following adjustments to the pattern:

1) I shortened the shirt by 2 inches.

2) I lined the bodice of the dress only.

3) I extended the buttons in the back to the bottom of the dress,

The pleats on this dress alone took me an hour. In all, there are a total of 21 pleats!

The remainder of the dress was constructed as per the pattern instructions. I must say, I admired the 6 pieces that constructed the skirt, I might actually use it again for a nice flared skirt instead of the traditional circle skirt.

Happy Sewing!

Jenese

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