Jasper Dress #2

It's not often I find myself home alone, but having been given the choice of an afternoon with me or with Grandma, Amelie chose G'ma. You can't win them all. So I found myself with a few hours, a pile of fabric and the time to make another Jasper Dress. Turns out the piece of fabric I'd chosen wasn't quite enough, but after a bit of head scratching, fiddling about with pattern pieces and a dodge on the inside pocket piece, I just about cut it out.

I like it even better than the first! The fabric is much nicer - a softer heavy knit jersey, one of my bargains from the market. This dress has cost £4 with a few little scraps left.

Please excuse the terrible selfie, that's what you get when you're on your own and can't be bothered to get the tripod out!

The sleeves are a bit long on me. I've found that I've been pushing them up all the time so I might shorten them next time.

The softer jersey produces more of a cowl than a stand-up collar but I still think it works nicely.

I did the welt pockets again. Eeking out the fabric meant I didn't have enough for the inner pocket piece so I had to use the same fabric as for the pocket lining. It means you can see more of it than the designer intended but I reckon it's OK. I went for a black and white aztec type print so it at least looks like I meant it. If you're going to fudge something always do it with conviction!

bye for now,

Laura

xx