Don’t be put off by the Fibremood picture!

The image in the book/magazine provides little in the way of inspiration but delving deeper on the Fibremood website brought up many makers’ Gustas in cosy jacquard jerseys and also wovens.

The Gusta dress is fairly straight-cut dress with a rounded neckline and exposed zip at the back. It also has ingenious hidden pockets incorporated into the French darts.

I made up a straight size 38 (UK size 10) in accordance with my measurements.

I tried it on whenever I could and unpicked the shoulder/sleeve seam to take 1cm off the shoulder width at the top and also down the front, necessary probably due to my forward shoulders.

It didn’t need the zip to get it over the head but I went back and put one in from my stash just to add a feature.

You do have to be accurate to get the pockets to sit perfectly into the french dart.

There’s more detail on how I found sewing with jersey suedette on my blog post here