mocha

dress - burda magazine (12/2015, #109b)

mocha colored version in quilted jersey 

is actually version #2

as i messed up my version #1 dress in yellow wool (see pics bellow)

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but #2 i like..

i only had 1.2 m of fabric

and pattern calls for 2.1 m

so i had to piece my sleeves from scraps

and i really like how they look now

with those horizontal seams

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#1 has a lot of issues in shoulder area

as it's way too tight on me

and sleeves are oddly shaped and too wide,

but most of the issues are my fault

as i was lazy, and decided to sew sleeves in flat

rather than sewing them in the round

(and then i even overlocked the seams

before trying the dress on

so i can't fix it now)

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so, lesson learned.. from now on

no more muslin playing with fancy wool fabrics

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for the #2 i sewed the sleeves 

the way they are intended to be sewn

so that, and the fact that i used slightly stretchy fabric,

helped with most of the issues

and the dress fits way better

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here is #1

in all it's oddness..

i tried to make up for the mistakes

by hamming everything by hand

but it's still a mess

i've also finished knitting my barndom shawl, by westknits

it's huge and super soft and drapey

(and it's also version #2

but this time not because i messed up #1

but because i made #1 for a friend

and then i had to have one myself)

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mokosha