New Look 6067 Navy half moon dress

For my next project I wanted to try a fitted dress for work, I used New Look 6067, what I like most about this pattern is the diagonal darts on the front. Below is a pic of the pattern envelope, you cannot see the darts that clearly on my photos.

Below is my version, I chose look A but used the longer skirt length

Here is a close up of the diagonal darts, you can just about make them out, I want to try this in a plainer print maybe polka dot or block colour next time so the darts are more noticeable.

There is a vent in the back, as the skirt is not too fitted I don't think this is really needed, next time I will probably just leave it out.

The construction was a bit different with this pattern to the ones I have made already. In the other patterns the bodice front and back are sewn together then the skirt front and back are sewn together then the top to the bottom. For this pattern the front bodice is sewn to the from skirt and the bodice back to the skirt back then the front is sewn to the back. This did make it more difficult to check the fit was going to be ok until the whole garment was sewn together. Next time I might try the other method and see how that goes.

I am really pleased with how this turned out, it was my first time sewing sleeves and they were easier than I thought. I ended up making a few pleats in the top so they would fit in the arm holes, not sure if I went wrong somewhere as this wasn't in the instructions and the picture shows flat sleeves. I prefer the sleeves like this as the pleats create a bit of a puff in the sleeve which is cuter than flat sleeves.