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I thought I may have time to share a quick sewing pattern review of Lekala 4437. This is my little red dress that I wore for today. Its a dress made for The Little Red Dress Challenge which was created by RunningNStyle. Basically anyone who wanted to could make a red dress for the festive season. This challenge fitted in with my plans so I took it up.

I rather ran out of time and decided to use a Lekala pattern as I know I don’t need to make a toile. The pattern I chose was Lekala 4437. Here is the line drawing

You can see the dress in action here on my sewing Youtube channel:

Fabric Selection

I bought the fabric from B&M Fabrics during SewUpNorth. It iss a stretch fabric that is just slightly lighter in weight than ponte. Its almost got the look of kids polo shirts, you know, the ones for school.

Since it has stretch I omitted the zip. I sewed it all up on the overlocker except for attaching the collar facing. The collar facing is interfaced (I used normal interfacing) – though in future I will use a heavier weight interfacing to give the collar more structure.

Lekala 4437 Pattern Review

I wore it all day today until after our huge festive dinner where I indulged to the extent that I looked nearly 5 months pregnant :-). Construction wise – it does have a lot of curved seams but I didnt struggle with these. Everything lined up beautifully.

Verdict

I am keen to try this pattern again with more time to work on making the collar better and I want to make it in a woven fabric. The collar is the feature I liked the most about this dress. Its a dress that looks good on me but I know it could be much better sewn. The instructions were really quite good on this pattern as well.

Needless to say Mr SNS really likes this dress as well which is always a bonus :-)!

Thank you so much for stopping by my little corner of the interwebs. I appreciate you. Until next time – Happy Sewing!

Peace and love,

Hila