Made by Mrs Jones x

I truly feel like I have been on an adventure making this dress: there has been some excitement, trepidation and absolute horrors, but ultimately it did come good. I started this back in October for my youngest son's graduation in November but didn't complete it on time. I finished it in December but there were issues and have finally rectified it in March! Simplicity S3098 is described as a button front shirt dress with options to create a chevron effect on the bodice. It has a very gathered skirt with generous in seam pockets. I made View C with some moderations to the sleeve and length. Clearly, at 5 foot 2, this was going to swamp me, so I carefully reduced the length of each of the skirt bands accordingly. I always thought I had quite a long body, but that was ultimately the issue with the first iteration of the dress - too long in the body. The fabric I chose was quite a heavyweight one and I can't even remember now where I bought it from. It frays and catches quite e...