green glamour

today i pushed on with the next item in my wardrobe plan, this time a jersey dress. knipmode magazine is fantastic for simple jersey dresses with interesting designer details. i chose style no 14 from the march 2010 magazine and found some emerald green cotton lycra blend jersey in my stash.

emerald dress

the model doesn't really do this dress justice. when worn, its much more fitted and the waist gathers sit much better; actually its a bit of a joan dress! the only alterations i had to do to the pattern were to take a wedge out of the back empire seam to fit my swayback, and to release the front pleat from the end of the gathered section down to the hem. this made the dress a better fit for my shape.

pleat details

i will definitely need to invest in some industrial strength spanx before i model this one myself, but with the cut and colour of this dress it will be a knockout on a grey winter day. it couldn't hurt to do a copper coloured hair rinse either could it?