{"id":3500,"date":"2022-08-11T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2024-02-23T23:01:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T04:01:43","slug":"pattern-review-mccalls-7718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/pattern-review-mccalls-7718\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern Review: McCalls 7718"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pattern Description:<\/strong>
Close fitting lined dresses have princess seams and strap variations. A: Contrast overlay. C, D: Uneven hemline, wrong side of fabric will show. Includes separate pattern pieces for A\/B, C, and D cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pattern Sizing:<\/strong>
6-22 with A\/B, C, D cup sizing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabric Used:<\/strong>
The pattern fabric is quilting cotton from Spoonflower (I’m recreating a design so I needed exact fabric) and the overlay is poly voile from Fabric Wholesale Direct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Did it look like the photo\/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?<\/strong>
Yes, but with the alterations I made, it does have a different feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were the instructions easy to follow?<\/strong>
I read through the instructions, and they are fine. There’s nothing truly confusing about them or odd in the steps of construction. I will note that I completely ignored them for the actual making of my dress as the construction is so simple and common that once you’ve made a few princess seamed bodices you’re good to go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?<\/strong>
I love the skirt on this puppy! It’s so full but doesn’t have excessive fabric at the hips and waist like a circle skirt does. I also like the simplicity of the bodice, it’s only three pattern pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did however HATE the recommended cup size. I’m a DDD, so I cut for the C\/D. Nope, the shape and my shape are just incompatible. I ended up shaving off the exaggerated curve down to look basically like the A cup. That fits lovely and is slimming without squishing. I got nothing – bodies are weird.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Front view: The straps are sew down completely with topstitching, the buttons are decorative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:<\/strong>
I made a bunch of small changes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I raised the bodice neckline by 1.5″ and then exaggerated the sweetheart neckline.<\/li>
  2. I doubled the width of the straps – they are no longer fold-over, but fashion and lining pieces now.<\/li>
  3. I shortened the hem about 10 inches to give me mid-calf.<\/li>
  4. I added a 2.75″ ruffle to the bottom hem.<\/li>
  5. I omitted the boning – my fabric is interfaced and heavy enough and with the supportive straps, I don’t need the boning for support.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?<\/strong>
    This is a great pattern to use as a princess seam bodice sloper. Once you get the fit right, it will be super versatile and very useful for all sorts of dresses. I may sew this again in all sheers in full length to wear with a slip and be super ethereal. We shall see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion:<\/strong>
    Once you get past fitting your tattas, the dress comes together very quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Pattern Description:Close fitting lined dresses have princess seams and strap variations. A: Contrast overlay. C, D: Uneven hemline, wrong side of fabric will show. Includes separate pattern pieces for A\/B, C, and D cups. Pattern Sizing:6-22 with A\/B, C, D cup sizing Fabric Used:The pattern fabric is quilting cotton from Spoonflower (I’m recreating a design so I needed exact fabric) and the overlay is poly voile from Fabric Wholesale Direct. Did it look like the photo\/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?Yes, but with the alterations I made, it does have a different feel. Were the instructions easy to follow?I read through the instructions, and they are fine. There’s nothing truly confusing about them or odd in the steps of construction. I will note that I completely ignored them for the actual making of my dress as the construction is so simple and common that once you’ve made a few princess seamed bodices you’re good to go. What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?I love the skirt on this puppy! It’s so full but doesn’t have excessive fabric at the hips and waist like a circle skirt does. I also like the simplicity of the bodice, it’s only three pattern pieces. I did however HATE the recommended cup size. I’m a DDD, so I cut for the C\/D. Nope, the shape and my shape are just incompatible. I ended up shaving off the exaggerated curve down to look basically like the A cup. That fits lovely and is slimming without squishing. I got nothing – bodies are weird. Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:I made a bunch of small changes! I raised the bodice neckline by 1.5″ and then exaggerated the sweetheart neckline. I doubled the width of the straps – they are no longer fold-over, but fashion and lining pieces now. I shortened the hem about 10 inches to give me mid-calf. I added a 2.75″ ruffle to the bottom hem. I omitted the boning – my fabric is interfaced and heavy enough and with the supportive straps, I don’t need the boning for support. Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?This is a great pattern to use as a princess seam bodice sloper. Once you get the fit right, it will be super versatile and very useful for all sorts of dresses. I may sew this again in all sheers in full length to wear with a slip and be super ethereal. We shall see. Conclusion:Once you get past fitting your tattas, the dress comes together very quickly and easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[120,122,190],"tags":[96,79,220,222,219,191,218,75,221,223],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cosplay","category-fashion","category-pattern-reviews","tag-cosplay","tag-couture-sewing","tag-dorothy","tag-fan-art","tag-mccalls-7718","tag-pattern-review","tag-retro-2","tag-sewing","tag-sunset-dragon","tag-wizard-of-oz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-2022-08-11T140932.748.png?fit=1180%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}