Vogue 8904

I made a few dresses back in September last year but didn't get around to writing a post until now. Vogue 8900 was one of them.



vogue 8904

Vogue 8904 ..this pattern has me at hello!.. all those stripes :-) . Originally I wanted it with the different striped fabrics like the picture but couldn't find a combination that came together so harmoniously. I settled for a monochromatic look and went for a slightly off-white with gold stripes for a night time outfit.

I made the inner dress in a plain white because the gold stripes felt a little rough.

Construction: I cut a straight size 12. I made view A without the sleeves. The length was a little long for me so I shortened it by 2 inches, which gave me a new waistline. This moved the placement lines for the lower middle tier and the lower tier up by two inches, but not the upper middle tier.

 The lower middle tier placement line starts at the waist (blue arrows), so I drew a new placement line for the middle tier (5) one inch below (green arrows) the placement line indicated on the pattern (pink arrows). This would make the height of the middle tiers different from the pattern picture but I was ok with that.







The layer pieces are supposed to be left unfinished on the bottom according to the instructions. After I sewed on the layers at the placement lines I felt they needed to be finished with something; all the layers were merging...the dress was too blah.. So I went out and bought some gold dancewear fabric from Joann and used one inch strips to create a bound edge just to define the layers and showcase the different angles of the stripes.

I love how it turned out !