The Simplicity 5917 Dress

 Hello Readers. I have been wanting to use this wool fabric for quite a while. I did not know what to make so after a long time I stumbled upon this pattern at Goodwill. They dress on the front of the pattern envelope made me think this was going to be a good choice for my fabric. 

Simplicity 5917 

This pattern was never used so I had to iron it flat to get the wrinkles out. 

 

I cut the pattern pieces out with the fabric all at one time. I thought I would be the biggest size but this turned out bigger than I thought it would when it was all put together. I could have sized down a bit but it was great to wear on top of layers in winter so it worked out great.

 

My fabric was almost but not quite wide enough for this pattern. That's OK, I have never in my life had the right amount of fabric. That is just how I sew. The corner of the skirt hem would still look fine when I was done. I didn't worry about it too much. 
 

This pattern had very large pockets and I was excited about that. I cut them out so I would not forget to sew them on first. 

 

I put my pockets on the front. I raised the placement just a bit because I am short and my arms are short and I didn't want the pockets to be too low. 

 

I pinned the pockets in place with enough pins to keep them in place while I sewed them on. I wanted my pocket stripes to match the dress stripes. If they shifted around while I was sewing it would mess that up.

 

I sewed the shoulders and neck facings together. This pattern was a simple and quick pattern. It was not complicated. The package said it was a 2 hour sew and it was accurate. It did not take me longer than that. 

The dress was long on me so I cut it shorter and then I sewed the hem around the bottom. 

Here is my new dress. I cant wait to wear it. I finished this dress and the snow storm hit and I was home for days so I had to let waiting to wear the dress wait. 

 

It really did snow didn't it? It took a few days to clear out but it was gorgeous.

 

 I love the dress and the wool was light but very warm. Wool can be scratchy but this was perfect as an over layer. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.