Tied Back Dress

"Oh this back bodice looks good with that." 

That’s how I came up with the idea of making my green dress - with all my favorite parts from 4 Vikisews patterns.

I was hesitant at first, thinking about all the seam matching and adjustment that I need to make, but hey I'm a fashion graduate - I can do this! 

Please note that I made each of this patterns before.

From the side - the skirt was too tight on me and it shows off my food tummy 

Here’s how it looks at first. I didn’t like how it turned out, so I made few changes to my initial idea.

- At first I used the Alexia skirt, but it was too tight on me, so I used the Rolyze skirt.
- The Rolyze shoulder part was too wide for me, so I changed it to Nola shoulder width instead.
- I was thinking of removing the front button opening, but I found it too much of a hassle to do so, so in the end I just kept it in the design.

These are the final changes that I made to the pattern.

1. I use 4 Vikisews patterns : 
• Nola (front, back bodice and sleeve)
• Milana (back tie)
• Alexia (front bodice)
• Rolyze (skirt).
  
  
2. Milana back bodice is a sleeveless pattern, so I use Nola (shoulder and armhole seam), Alexia (side seam) and Milana (width and back tie position).
3. Since I still use the Alexia front bodice, I only redraw the armhole (to match the Nola front bodice armhole). 
4. I add 3 inches to the Rolyze skirt length, add 1 inches to the Nola sleeve length.

Redraw the armhole using Nola front bodice as a guide

Thankfully I have just enough fabric to cut a new skirt, so I went with the Rolyze skirt in the end. It is an A-line skirt that fits my figure better.

Even though my initial sketches and final dress didn’t came out exactly the same, but nothing beats the feeling of successfully made a dream dress, despite a few hiccups here and there, that’s what makes it all worth it anyway.