Well, for those who know me will see this as obvious: I don't use commercial patterns. I design my own. By the time I adjust and correct what's off on a commercial pattern to fit me, I might have as well just looked on the pattern cover picture and done it from scratch. This time there is no option. I'm a bridesmaid in a wedding and I'm making my own dress. It's a 1952 vintage vogue pattern and if they made their dresses like this in 1952 I think they would have lost the war. There is so much wasted fabric in this pattern it's ridiculous.
It's also built for a barbie doll apparently...I size 16 will not have a 30" waist. Period. After seam allowance that's what the paper pattern measured. I'm serious. On the other hand it had a 40" chest. Even with a corset I can't imagine fitting into that waist. A 10" difference? What is that a J cup? Anyway everything is cut out except for the skirt lining. We will commence the sewing portion of the program momentarily. Please stand by...
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