Dress making

There! I just finished my test-dress for sewing class. The pattern from the dress was made from twenty-something measurements of my body, and is supposed to fit me perfect. But since something most often goes wrong, you are adviced to sew your dress in a cheap fabric first, see what (if anything) is wrong with the dress, change the pattern accordingly, and sew it again in the proper fabric.

For cheap fabric, I got some (free) duvet covers from Mom. Probably from the time she and Dad moved in together. It looks like something that could have been in style at the time of ABBA's big breakthrough. It is a white cotton thing, with large blue flowers (as above). The fabric is not what I plan to use for the ultimate version of my dress, so you don't have to prepare any lines/reactions for it. It won't happen, not within the forseeable future at least.

For the general test-dress result, well, what can I say? My pattern definitely needs some changes. It was my first attempt. I am there to learn, if I had been perfect from the beginning I wouldn't have to take the course in the first place. Well, those are all the excuses I can think of at the moment.

By the way, I just discovered how to change settings, now everyone can drop a comment at anytime, so please feel free. Just say hi or something if you're up to it!