I must of have been living under a rock these past few months because I did not know there were so many fabulous versions of this dress in blogsphere! I first saw this dress on Tany's sewing blog & I thought it would be a easy first Vogue pattern for me to make. I was having problems with the shoulder seams so I googled Vogue 1250 and sooo many talented seamstresses have sewn this dress. No one seemed to have my newbie problem though......but once I re read the instructions.....I got it! I agree that it is an easy dress to sew. I used this Electric blue jersey knit that is the same colour as Betty's gorgeous jumpsuit as inspiration.
This pattern has only 3 pieces........I cut out a size 12.........
I used a zig zag stitch......
I also read that some had left out the back neck facing & used other methods.......but I used the facing and was pleased that it turned out well!
I was lazy and did a zig zag doubled rolled hem.......
When I first tried it on.....I was not happy with the way the front fabric kinda rolls & droops across your middle but my critics (3 daughters) say that it looks fine & the "husband" really likes this dress. I am wearing it tonight out to dinner with him. I will sew this again but with a matte jersey or rayon jersey blend.....I have limited fabric selection near me and have to trek out to the suburbs to even find matte jersey and even then there were only 3 colours to choose from. This dress took me around 3 hours to make including cutting out the pattern!
Here are some links to this dress that I found:
Wishing you a weekend of fabulousness............
