Simply Gathered Waist Dress
To put this dress together please follow the step by step instruction
And cutting diagram
Three links that will help with drafting instruction
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1. Join front and back shoulder seam together
2. Join neck and back facing together
3. Attach joint facing to front and back
4. Trim and base facing in place
5. Pin and put sleeves in
6. Sew front and back bodice darts
7. Run two gather stitch in skirt waist
8. Gather and sew skirt to blouse bodies front and back leaving center back open
9. Join center back leaving 18” for zipper
10. Put zipper in
11. Sew sleeve hem
12. Join dress together from sleeve to skirt tail both sides
13. Hem, trim and press your dress
Belt
1. Sew 1” belt
2. put eyelet in
3. Attach cover buckle or a buckle of your choice
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This dress is gorgeous (and so is the model). Well done, thanks for sharing!
Don’t tell your model this
— but that is almost a twin of the dresses my mother made for my sister & me for Easter. This would have been in the very early 60’s. It’s a great way to use a border print, I like how you centered it on the bodice.