Vogue 1314 Close Fitting Dress Review

This dress pattern is from the Tracy Reese collection, it's a very simple design, pull-on with draped sides, long sleeves and a round neckline. Designed to be sewn using a stretch fabric, I decided to use a super fine wool jersey and line it with the same fabric.

The grey wool fabric I used was bought from Mcculloch and Wallis, it's very thin and was challenging to work with, as the cut edges had a tendency to roll. I found the best way to manage the rolling edges was by frequent ironing, I tried using starch but that wasn't successful.

I quite like the finished dress, but feel the style would suite somebody with a less angular shape than I have. I tried to keep it loose across the waist to balance this out a little, but I think it looks a little to baggy. 

The instructions were easy to follow, although it is more difficult to make adjustments to the side seams once the fabric is gathered, if you do need to adjust the pattern it is probably easier to do this before cutting and sewing the gathers. If I did make it again I'd make it longer and choose a thicker fabric that was easier to work with.