{"id":3547,"date":"2022-09-15T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2022-09-15T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:00:50","slug":"pattern-review-simplicity-8257","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/pattern-review-simplicity-8257\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern Review: Simplicity 8257"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Soooo, this pattern *says* it has 3″ of wearing ease at the waist. I call bullsh*t. It does not. I found out too late when I went to do my first fitting that there is no ease. I double and tripled checked my measurements after trying it on, hoping it was my mistake, nope. I then measured the dress (before letting out seams) and there was no ease. Or at least when sewing a larger size. To say I am frustrated with having a cute but too small dress is an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I *was* able to take out enough of the seams to make the dress comfortable to wear on my “skinny days.” So at least it is not a full waste, I will wear it, but only selectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabric used: Linen metallic blend for the bodice, cotton for the contrast band, and linen rayon blend for the skirt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Nick Ferris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo: Nick Ferris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I altered the width of the hem, adding more from the waist so that the skirt has a bit more flow. The fabric I used needed that. I also added two single welt pockets, because pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a great design, but there is something amuck with the pattern sizing. I already have enough issues with my size, let alone when a pattern comes up too small even when it should have had ease. I guess that’s my lesson to measure the pattern itself before cutting. But seriously, why should we need to? This should be right from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion:<\/strong>
Meh. Cute design with a major flaw in the pattern sizing for the larger sizes at least. Steer clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soooo, this pattern *says* it has 3″ of wearing ease at the waist. I call bullsh*t. It does not. I found out too late when I went to do my first fitting that there is no ease. I double and tripled checked my measurements after trying it on, hoping it was my mistake, nope. I then measured the dress (before letting out seams) and there was no ease. Or at least when sewing a larger size. To say I am frustrated with having a cute but too small dress is an understatement. I *was* able to take out enough of the seams to make the dress comfortable to wear on my “skinny days.” So at least it is not a full waste, I will wear it, but only selectively. Fabric used: Linen metallic blend for the bodice, cotton for the contrast band, and linen rayon blend for the skirt. I altered the width of the hem, adding more from the waist so that the skirt has a bit more flow. The fabric I used needed that. I also added two single welt pockets, because pockets. It’s a great design, but there is something amuck with the pattern sizing. I already have enough issues with my size, let alone when a pattern comes up too small even when it should have had ease. I guess that’s my lesson to measure the pattern itself before cutting. But seriously, why should we need to? This should be right from the beginning. Conclusion:Meh. Cute design with a major flaw in the pattern sizing for the larger sizes at least. Steer clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,122,190],"tags":[79,25,75,227],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","category-fashion","category-pattern-reviews","tag-couture-sewing","tag-diy","tag-sewing","tag-simplicity-8257"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Copy-of-Unnamed-Design-4.png?fit=1180%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547","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=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3548,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions\/3548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennieandnick.com\/designer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}