New Look 6143 Paris Print Dress

I brought this fabric when I was making the bunting and other decorations for my wedding almost 2 years ago now! I loved the fabric so much I brought about 4m in total with plans to make a dress or skirt out of it before I had even started to use patterns and make my own clothes. I could go as far to say that this fabric inspired me to start making my own clothes.

I used New Look 6143 look A, I omitted the belt and added in pockets. For the neck and arm binding and the pockets I used a baby pink cotton.

I love the pleats in this dress as it gives it a more full look than gathering.  The only problem I had was that after the previous dress I made using size 10 fitted really well I assumed this would be the same and did not take into consideration the different amount of ease in this compared to New Look 6799. This resulted in the bodice being a bit baggy and I didn't realise until after sewing on the binding! To over come this I made a small pleat in the neckline on the front. Next time I use this pattern I will grade down to an 8 on the top and check the fitting as I go along lesson learnt!

Here is a pic of the back - I'm getting better at zips, soon I will be able to justify buying the zipper foot so I can sew in invisible zippers!

Looking forward to using this material for another project.