{"id":54,"date":"2013-03-23T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2022-06-19T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T18:48:38","slug":"mccalls-m6074-the-one-to-four-hours-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/mccalls-m6074-the-one-to-four-hours-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"McCall’s M6074 – the One to Four hours dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I'd been itching to try this pattern for a while and eventually got round to it.  It's a very simple pattern with just 4 pattern pieces, well 2 really if you consider that each one is a mirror image of the other.  Two for the front, left and right side and the same for the back. And a small piece as a casing for the elastic which creates the gather under the bust.<\/p>\n

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According to the measurements on the pattern envelope, I was a size 14.  Dresses normally come out too large, but I'd rather take in than find I've cut too small and ruined the fabric.  So I used this black and white ‘nests' ITY knit from FabricMart.  And although this is described by McCalls as a one hour dress – it did take me a lot longer.<\/p>\n

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The dress was HUGE.  It took me a total of 4 hours in the end, taking the dress on and off, pinning a little, basting, trying again.  I really wish I had a dress form – pinning the back and the sides of a dress you are wearing while trying to stand up straight is very difficult so I took great care to only make small adjustments at a time – and this is why the dress took 4 hours from opening the pattern to final wearing.<\/p>\n

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But now it's finished I really like it.  The material is lovely and soft and hangs down nicely, it has a bit of weight to it and the dress looks very smooth and flattering.  I took the time to make some notes and rough alterations to my pattern pieces, and immediately set about making the same dress again!<\/p>\n

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This time the fabric was very different – a Roxy Girl jersey from GirlCharlee.  However it is VERY lightweight – almost tissue thin and was quite difficult to sew with.  I liked the fabric design so I cheated a little and I cut the back very slightly off-grain and this allowed me to line up my pattern pieces tighter, and leave fabric left over for another t-shirt.  It doesn't seem to have made the dress hang badly.<\/p>\n

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This time I cut a smaller size – 12 at the top, tapering to 10 at the waist and skirt but it was still too large and I ended up removing more from the center back and sides and redrew the pattern again for future use.<\/p>\n

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There were some noticeable differences in this dress from the last one – due entirely to the lightweight fabric I used.<\/p>\n

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And this dress has come out shorter than the other one – I have no idea why as I am sure I cut it the same, perhaps this is also entirely down to the tissue thin fabric. I think this one is a bit too short, but I love the design on the fabric so I'll still wear it out and about, but it will be rather more casual than the other one which looks quite elegant.<\/p>\n

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I do think that both dresses don't look much like the pattern illustration (which I am not allowed to show here for Copyright reasons).  On the illustration the dress is more fitted than mine but with a fuller skirt – I think this is artistic licence as there is no way I could have ended up with a skirt with that much flare from these pattern pieces.<\/p>\n

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This is a pattern I highly recommend for new sewers like myself.  Few pieces, quick and easy to sew, and easy to adjust to get the fit you like.<\/p>\n

Did you notice I had my hair cut?  I took the Roxy pics some time before the other ones. I think I prefer it short.<\/p>\n

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I’d been itching to try this pattern for a while and eventually got round to it.  It’s a very simple pattern with just 4 pattern pieces, well 2 really if you consider that each one is a mirror image of the other.  Two for the front, left and right side and the \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[5,7,8,95,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73508,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/73508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}