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Carmen Cocktail Dress

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Nome	Carmen Cocktail Dress
Stato	finito
Contentezza
Iniziato	26/nov/2018
Completato	17/mar/2019
Progresso	100 %
Riservatezza	pubblico
Note	Today I've finished my Carmen Dress. I'm really happy with the outcome, however, there were some obstacles and alterations I'd like to share: - Although the instructions say the fabric could be non-strechy, I feel the result is better with a strech fabric (I used strech cotton satin). It would be possble to use non stretchy fabic for the button part. - I made the neckline in front and back deeper by 6 centimetres. Ideally, you would also adapt the facing to it straight away, but I was a little lazy and still used the one I made off the pattern :) - I found that the facing with fusible interfacing covering both neckline and armholes was too stiff. I couldn't really move with it anymore. Also the armholes were quite small for me, so I cut them a little bit bigger (I'm 1,73 m). To solve the problem with the stiffness, I still attached the facing to the neckline, but cut the facing off halfway down the armhole. To finish off the armhole, I used bias tape which I attached invisibly with the technique shown in the video below, including the facing on the shoulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9CvvsC39LY&index=7&t=541s&list=LLw04v6wFC8A7lqp4UGU0sww I've attached a picture of how it looks like on the inside now. - I also found that after adding the pleats shown in the pattern, the skirt was still much too wide to attach to the top, so I measured the top at the waist and did my own little additional pleats until reaching the right waist width. Then I basted in place before sewing the skirt to the top. I still can recommend the pattern, because the top fits really well (and that's the most difficult thing for me to find in a pattern).