Nicole couldn't find anything to fit for the wedding. So thursday night before the saturday wedding we cut out this dress from a old OOP pattern by New Look for a woven crossover dress. Went down a size since we used knit fabric. Got up early and finished before I went to work on friday. This is a black and white poly knit from Joann fabrics and the yellow cotton lycra knit from fabric.com. I used a light weight tricot netting to line it with. Removed the zipper. Did a full bust adjustment and added about 5/8" to the front edges for coverage. We added a lot of ease to the skirt so it would be comfortalble and easy to walk down the steps in. Used yellow knit to bind edges and decided to add a small band of the yellow under the bust. This added an additional pop of color and helped pull the dress in tight under the chest. As an added measure I also zig zagged some clear elastic under the bust to make sure it didn't stretch out as she was wearing the dress. It fit her wonderfully but she wasn't in love with it. After she wore it she liked it better. She kept telling me she wanted a dress that would make her look like her little sister. Whom is 2 1/2" taller and many pounds thinner. I told her if I could make that dress I'd be a very wealthy woman and I'd be busy making myself one first.
I made Kwik Sew 3710 for Megan's wedding. I had planned on a dressier dress but couldn't find the fabric I wanted. And since the wedding was casual and Pat the groom's mother wanted to be comfortable in the almost 100 degree heat, we decided to wear black and white knit dresses. I found this fabric at Hancock's. I used the smallest size 1x in the neck and did a FBA to the larger size in the bottom of the dress to accomadate the girls. It was pretty big in the neckline. It kept falling down and showing my bra. I'll probably cut it down a few sizes in the neckline and shoulders next time I make it. I had trouble when moving around with the dress sticking on top of my bust. Not sure what causes this but thinking it might be that the shoulders where to big? Anyone know what caused this to happen. The top two pictures show the dress stuck above my bust ( I know curlers but according to my granddaughter Lucy my hair looked beautiful in the curlers). I will try and check Sherril's site she has lots of tips for fit for plus size gals. I really like this pattern and I'm hoping to turn it into a TNT pattern. I love the idea's from Carolyn's blog on using a TNT pattern to achieve new looks. It was so easy to put together and while I thought it was big in the neckline and shoulders, I still liked the dress and will make it again with adjustments soon. 
