I haven't made much progress with sorting through clothes and still have a number of drawers to go through. Actually, since taking pictures of most of my sewn clothes and posting part 1, those clothes have been piled and sit by my window now and have not been touched. I will be getting to clearing it eventually once I have less on my plate (I finished a dress this past weekend and hope to be able to share it soon).
I have quite the number of items I've sewed that I am parting ways with. I think at this point, I'm keeping about 20 percent of everything I've made. This is really just telling me that I need to make more wearable clothes and less over-the-top, cutesy, ridiculously-patterned pieces that I find myself wearing in theory, but not in real life.
This is actually two separate pieces put together to look like a dress. The top is Butterick 5922 and the bottom is McCall's 6706. I altered the top pattern by having a button back rather than a pullover since I used a non-stretchy cotton poplin fabric by Lisette. I made the mistake of making the top too short. From where it tucks in, it's only a few inches longer and I had an instance where frequent sitting-up-and-downs made the back section slip out from the skirt waistband. Everything else about the fit was fine--it was just too short.
As for the skirt, it still looks nice and could benefit from a petticoat, but I'm not sure about the frequent ironing that it needs and the pleat placements. I took in the waist on one side (due to the other side zipper) so that it would fit snugly, but the pleats ended up being slightly off-center. Unfortunately, it's not quite that obvious in the pictures. I guess in the pile it stays!
This top is one of the first things I've sewn, possibly right after the sprinkle dress. The pattern is the top of Simplicity 2215. These commercial patterns have so much each and before I even ventured into alterations, I made everything by the book. The top has a lot of ease especially at the top bust/shoulder area. If I were to bend forward, the front would start bulking up around my neck and look frumpy. Additionally, the inside is a huge mess of unfinished seams and misuse of hem tape (never again...).
Retro Butterick 5605 with a cute light yellow swirls pattern that I got from the $1.99 Fabric Store. The back section is my favorite and is very pretty. I made the skirt hem scalloped with the scallop stitch on my sewing machine and cut the excess fabric out, but that didn't really make a nice clean hemline. The waist was taken in slightly along with the front bodice princess seams. This could have been something nice and is salvageable if I redo the lining! I made the mistake of using the same fabric for the front and for the inside and what ended up happening is a awkward, bunchy, and stiff mess at the arms and arm pits. Should not have used this stiff cotton as the lining... Clearly, I've learned from this mistake.
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