I have had sewing on my mind a lot lately. I don't know why I have decided that I wanted to sew a dress. I haven't made a dress in years and years! It just seemed like a good thing to do. I imagine it's because my mom always made me a new dress on Mother's Day. Our dresses would match and I was so proud. I always wore a red rose and she wore a white rose.I selected this pattern (Simplicity 2929) because I wanted something simple and quick to make. I already had fabric that I could use. It only took a few hours to make the dress. I choose View C, which is the solid light green dress on the pattern front. It would have been a lot quicker if I hadn't had help from Deniska. He hung over my shoulder and asked a zillion questions.
It has side pockets but they hang too low for me; I'm not happy with them at all. I won't put them in the next dress I make using this pattern. I already have 2 pieces of fabric picked out; I might just make another one tomorrow. I think this is the perfect summer church dress.
The dress is pressed and hanging on the bathroom door just waiting to be put on tomorrow morning for church. I do admit that I am excited about having something new to wear. I will try to post a picture of the dress tomorrow.
Susan, there is no reason why you can't move the pockets higher before you stitch the side seams.
ReplyDeleteI used to make dresses similar to that for school and for my mum.
You probably will have to do the instructions in a different order but I used to sew the shoulder seams, pin the side seams then put the dress on and mark where the pockets wanted to be then.
HTH