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My daughter (& her fiance!) was the guest of honor last weekend at a wedding shower hosted by the Groom-to-Be's family in Chicago. Of course I wanted to sew a new dress! Color-blocking has been so popular on the fashion scene for awhile now, and I really wanted to give it a try. I used  Simplicity 2648 :  which I made  last year : This time, I used a Fabric Mart  black ponte , along with a cobalt blue/black plaid print also from Fabric Mart but no longer listed on their website. Since the alterations were already done, I was able to cut, pin fit to be safe, and then go right to the serger. I did make a design change, when I pinned together both the front and the center back pattern pieces at the waist seam to make one pattern piece. That way I didn't have to worry about matching the plaid. This was one of those dream projects, where everything went as planned. So much more fun for me to sew a great fitting dress, rather ...

I took advantage of one of those one-day sales at Mood and purchased a lovely bright green Ikat jersey knit, which I knew would be perfect for McCall"s 6966 : I sewed up View C, which is the black print on the pattern envelope, but without the ruched waistband.  And the waistband? So clever! I've been sewing many years now, but I've never applied an elastic waistband in this way, and I must say I plan to use this technique again! The elastic encased in the wider band keeps it unseen, yet gives the support necessary.   This skirt is so flowey, which I tried to show in the less-than-flattering picture below:                                                                                               ...