Sunday 20 September 2015
Sew Over It Ultimate Wrap Dress
I was a very lucky lady a few weeks ago and was treated to an overlocker for my birthday! Not wanting to waste any time I quickly delved into my jersey stash and bought the Sew Over It Ultimate Wrap Dress PDF. I prefer PDF patterns, they seem to take me less time than tracing paper patters.
Now I have two machines I definitely need a sewing room, right?!
I bought the jersey from the man outside Sainburys at Walthamstow. It was the end of the fabric, so I didn't actually have enough fabric to make it true to the pattern, so you'll see I have made a few alterations! I absolutely love the swam print! I think that I had just under a metre and a half.
Sewing on the overlocker felt quite scary to begin with, knowing that mistakes weren't so easy to rectify gave me an uneasy feeling at the start! However, I absolutely love it, especially as the zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine is so pathetic.
I made a size 8 and didn't make any alterations, I think that if I made it again, I would make the back smaller as it does gape slightly when I relax my shoulders. I had to make the sleeves three quarter length as I didn't have enough fabric for full sleeves. I also only had enough fabric for one tie! I thought about buying a piece of plain black jersey for the ties, but I decided to go for ribbon instead. I actually really like the result! Jersey ties have a tendency to stretch when you wear them, where as the ribbon feels more secure.
I am really pleased with the dress, and I love the fabric. However, like many wrap dresses, I find it hard to wear. Despite the facing being top stitched and being very fiercely pressed it still constantly seems to roll to the front of the dress, which is frustrating. I also seem to live in fear that it's going to gape at the front. Any suggestions as to how to stop either of these problems would be fantastic!
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I have just completed this dress with exactly the same problems as yourself. Really frustrating, the neckline gapes and rolls over, followed the pattern instructions exactly, I think the problem is they aren't complete. I am new to sewing knits, thought I would give it a go, but Sew Over It haven't explained we need to stop it stretching in certain places by putting in tape I think. Also show it in 2 lengths which isn't the case.. I emailed them about this a few days ago, no response which is very disappointing. What a waste of money and time..... They really ought to refund the pattern money at the very least.. shall not be buying their patterns again. I can't face undoing it all at the moment but I think once it has stretched it's difficult to rectify. Anyone any suggestions out there, how to sort it out.?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you have had the same problem. I think that you're right and there's a need to stabilise the front. I hope that you manage to rectify the problem. x
DeleteHi girls. I made this pattern recently and love. For my facings, I used a knit fusible interfacing to slightly stiffen them. I also under stitched the facing (which is not mentioned in the instruction) and top stitched as they say to do in the method. I find that once the facings are tucked I after putting on the dress, they stay where the should. I hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteGood luck! (My post is above but ,y username didn't pop up).
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