{"id":17,"date":"2012-11-28T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2015-07-11T07:16:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T12:16:18","slug":"the-nancy-easy-knit-halter-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/the-nancy-easy-knit-halter-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Nancy’ easy knit halter dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buoyed\u00a0by the success of my first sewing project with the pink apron, I headed straight onwards and upwards and became (too ?) ambitious for my next project. \u00a0I wanted to make a dress. \u00a0The remnant bin this week produced a rather random print in blue and brown which I am never to sure about because this was the color of my old school uniform. \u00a0What's more the fabric was stretchy and I had no idea what to do with it. \u00a0It cost about $5 and I bought some dark brown thread for 70c.<\/p>\n

I came across the Nancy dress pattern<\/a> and thought – yes, its only rectangles, I can do this !<\/p>\n

So I cut out my rectangles according to the pattern pieces and measurements, sewed them up (in like, 5 minutes) and tried on my new dress. \u00a0Er….. sack\/shroud? \u00a0Yikes it was way way too big and completely shapeless and here I came across my first fitting problem. \u00a0I think it was down in part to my choice of fabric because it has a lot of stretch so it was loose. \u00a0But because its only rectangles, it was easy to just pin in the sides a little (I did some on each side) and then sew up again, cut off the extra and retry.<\/p>\n

Perfect fit – well, good enough for my first dress I think. \u00a0Do excuse the photo – it was a very windy day and everything looks a little windswept – including me!<\/p>\n

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