A dressing gown for my to-be daughter in law

This was my 2nd make of the Lahja (first was for my husband). This time I made the Women’s version (shorter) – size Women’s large. For some reason the layout of the pieces on the fabric was very tight and I had a real struggle to get it out of the fabric I had bought but managed it in the end. However I discovered that the collar piece wasn’t as long as needed to go round the collar of the dressing gown so I had to make the dressing gown shorter by about 4cm. If I make it again I will check the pattern pieces together (the long version that I made did not have this problem). Same challenge with the stitch in the ditch on the outer collar not catching all the fabric inside so I had to redo several pieces having used wonder tape to keep the fabric in place. I didn’t interface the belt or the collar this time as the fabric is lightweight and I wanted a more drapey kimono type effect.