Simplicity 1609

Eeek. This was one of those epic fail frocks.  So many people have made this, including friends, and liked the pattern.  After seeing it on many blogs I was keen to give it a try. It really should have been a very simple pattern to make up but frankly the darts did me in.  No matter how I tried to adjust them the finished product around the bust line was ill fitting. I tried taking them in and it looked worse.

The collar was no problem and I was quite happy with that. The little seam at the front where the buttons go ended up being a little off centre. I guess this is just one of those patterns that wasn't right for me.  Bit of a waste of time and major disappointment to be honest. Alas it should have been a really cute work frock.

I had quite a few fails in 2014  with all the sewing I got done. I figure it's best to list the bad with the good. 

Apologies for the grainy photographic work. I think I was trying to adjust the colour, but like the pattern it just wasn't worth fixing.