Jalie 3024 Ver. 2

先日のタンクトップワンピースと同じ型紙で、もうひとつ作りました。
柄がお気に入り。大昔、食器棚のガラスに張ってあった70年代調な花柄シールを思い出す。
前回のと違うのは、前身ごろがVネックなのと、スカートの裾にひらひらがついてるところです。

Don't ask me why the dog is making the face.

Back to back pattern repeat and I made another Jalie 3024, with slight modifications from my previous version.

This time, I made a definite "front" and "back" bodice (so that I can't interchange front and back).

The front bodice is a V-neck. I just folded the cross-over bodice pattern in half and cut the fabric on fold.

Since I made it a V-neck, I finished the neck line with neck band method instead of the binding method that the pattern calls for. I made the neck band piece wider than the neck binding pattern piece, and eye-balled the length. I then used Jalie's V-neck band tutorial video to attach the band.

The neck band makes the V-neck slightly less deep, which I prefer.

I don't know how to fix this sway back.

The back bodice is a round-neck version but used the boat neck version's neck line since the round neck version would show too much of my back.

I also lengthened the bodice by 1" so that the empire waist band would sit under my bust better without pulling down the neck line too much.

I then shortened the skirt by 2". I wanted to add the flounce this time but I wanted to keep the overall skirt length a knee high.

The hem of the flounce is finished as rolled hem. I used white thread, but I think it would have been better to use a darker blue thread to match the waist band.

The main fabric is cotton jersey with some Lycra in it. I sew this fabric in a clearance section of Fabric Mart website for $2.89 or something and I just had to have it. Love the pattern. The fabric had just arrived and I had to make a dress.

The waist band is poly double knit or ponte knit (don't know what the difference is) that I also bought from Fabric Mart for another project. Though unintended, the colors matched very well.

Just like my previous version, the skirt portion is lined.

I am very happy with this dress and I just love the pattern on the fabric. I still have to work out my back issue but for a casual knit dress, I'm ok with it.