Sewing Retro: B4790 Epilogue

I decided somewhere along the way to sew a few more of these dresses. This way I could use one a week to teach in. I only see each student once a week, but have an entire week of new students. So, technically, I can wear the same thing all week long and no one is the wiser. It's not like I'm wearing it all day long. Just the hours I am teaching. Well, here they are unfinished as a sneak peek:

This black check one is much cuter in real life than this wrinkly picture. I haven't completed all the tape and still need to put on the buttons. As much as I like it, I think the black check is going to be fattening. Another thing I didn't think about when layering this particular fabric is the grabbiness of the gingham. The overskirt wants to ride up when I walk in it.

This one became the one I
anticipated the most. I
really like the black and
white gingham with the
contrasting brick red tape.

It's because of this new found knowledge I am going to make a custom slip out of static free lining fabric. I remember when I wore the green one, it did the same thing. I will be sure to post the making of the slip. I think it will solve the riding up problem.

I thought this one was going
to be the favorite fo the three
because of the tropical print
The fabric ended up much
more stretchy than I care for.

As I said in the caption, the pink one really started out as my personal favorite until I got ot working with five yards of the fabric. It's very stretchy. Of course the green was a little stretchy and I didn't think I was going to like it, but I ended up accepting its virtues so I will wait until it's together.

The good news is that these dresses aren't really being made for me to go "out on the town" in. They are simple dresses I can throw on when I have students. I have four to rotate through as the weeks go by.

This is a very light breezy gray
and white stripe. The front
and bias tape will be a light
yellow in contrast to the
gray.

The awesomeness in this is all four dresses only came to about $20 a piece. I spent a lot of time waiting for sales at online fabric.com and used a coupon at JoAnn Fabrics