A new classic – The Asteria Dress

Look what’s not to love, an excellent dress pattern that will do you all year long with a bit of interest/vintage-ey vibes with the square neckline without going all out/putting pressure on you to work out how to do pin-curls or something…

The tweaks I made to this first attempt  were

• Putting some arbitrary darts in and taking a bit of the fullness out of the waist to make it a bit more fitted and rely less on a waist tie to cinch it in
• It thus needed a zip in the back
• A circle skirt
• Made the bodice fully lined with a light cotton rather than use facings
• Didn’t sew the waist ties into the side seams. Instead made a seperate band tie that went all round the front to tie at the back. Think I rather it with a belt tho.

Things I like about this make

• My pattern matching at the back around the zip. Such satisfaction.
• I think the fit makes it comfy but flattering, with a wider waist and a tie this would be the case even more so

Things I don’t love quite as much

• The front gapes out a bit at the neckline rather than sitting against my chest. I think next time I’d best take some width out of the front in the middle which I could afford to do cos this one the neckline is quite. a wide square.
• How wonky my hem has become. Because I didn’t wait and hang my circle skirt before hemming it. Whose fault is that? Mine. It is entirely mine.