Deer & Doe's Reglisse Dress in Striped Seersucker

I got this pattern as a gift from Emily on my birthday last year (along with Belladone) and finally got to posting this now, even though I finished making this dress in late March. I wore it during my Portland visit in April, but it didn't make much of an obvious appearance due to coats and rainy days...

The fabric is black and white striped seersucker (the black looks more like gray in real life) with white cotton/polyester blend bias tape at the arms and hem. The collar/tie is a thin cotton lining material (voile, perhaps?). Granted, I should have used something stiffer for the collar, but I am severely lacking stiffer solid fabrics. Damn you, cute quilting prints.

I changed a few things for this pattern, some intentional and some not. Due to my lack of fabric, I had to use a different skirt piece as the one for Reglisse was a bit wider than the fabric. I used the gathered skirt from Butterick 5285 (which seems to be going out-of-print!) and made the skirt gather a bit at the waist so that the waistband did not look flat. I also did not add the cap sleeves and instead used bias tape to finish off the arms to make the dress sleeveless. I also took in my standard half-inch on both sides of the bodice underneath the armpits to make the bust line smaller, but kept the waist the same.

Unintentionally, I sewed the front bodice directly to the back at the shoulders without the shoulder yoke. I missed that part in the instructions, but didn't really see a need to fix it later on since it seems to look fine without it. I completely (maybe partially?) screwed up the front tie so that whenever it is tied into a bow, the inside turns out and you can see some inside stitching. Maybe I will fasten the tie into a permanent bow and sew it flat... heh.

I definitely see myself using this pattern again, especially since it includes an elastic waist (I usually make dresses with fixed waistbands). I also would definitely include pockets the next time I use this!