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McCalls Ladies Easy Sewing Pattern 6886

After a resounding success with sewing up my last M6886 made for Christmas 2016 (link here), I immediately set to work on the next one. You see, its so easy and quick to sew!

I had some pink ponte bought for £2/m at Leeds outdoor market. I am not normally a pink person but I wanted to experiment and see if I could sew something in pink that I would like.

Techniques and Adjustments

Before cutting the fabric I did a swayback adjustment of 1.5″ to reduce the pooling on the small of my back. I used Winifred Aldrich’s Metric Pattern Cutting book for instructions. Once cut out and sewn up I decided to break the colour a bit by giving it some borders. Enter the neck band and sleeve ends in black jersey. For sewing the neck band I used the technique I learnt while making my Lady Skater dress.

I really quite like the effect of the contrast bands. Took the dress from something I might wear occasionally to something I will definitely wear – it makes me feel like I have got moxie :-).

I finished sewing the hems with a 2.5mm twin needle. While we are on the subject of twin needles: I have conquered that beast and can whip up a hem in no time at all. Boom! Just leveled up !

McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern – Arms folded
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern
McCalls M6886 Dress Pattern

I have many more plans for this pattern – My next one will be  a v neck in the longer style. Am thinking in grey..maybe sleeveless…

I do believe this pattern has solidly made it into my TNT hall of fame 🙂 Welcome M6886!

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the interwebs! I will be back very soon with another completed project.

Happy sewing until then.

Hila

XoX

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