BWOF 10-08-115

Well, the chevron dress had to go on hold so I could come up with something to wear tonight. You see, it's PROM time again! At first I was going to try dress 110 from the April BWOF. Except when I went to trace it, it looked remarkably like the top I made last fall, BWOF 10-08-114.


I've worn the heck out of this top! I really wanted more sleeves than the April dress anyway, so I went with the dress version of the October BWOF top. Saved me some tracing time! Here's the line drawing:And here's my dress version, sans the little tab in front.


I think I might go ahead and add the tab later. It really adds a little "something" to the front. I used an old favorite fabric that was everywhere a few years ago, aqua and black chain link from Gorgeous Fabrics.

I did change the pattern a bit, from my experience making the top. I removed the facings from the front. I also stitched the center front a couple of inches more than last time! This made a huge difference in the cleavage factor. Now the dress is wearable without a cami, which is just what I wanted!

The back neckline is supposed to be finished with a bias strip, but I just turned and topstitched with my twin needle. Twin needle hems finished the sleeves and bottom.

And I'm off to fix my hair and possibly slap some polish on my nails. I still have "softball field" hair from this afternoon's games!! Eek!