fabric: leopard print sweater knit from Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics (sold out. yellow version available here)
my dress: Forget Me Not Patterns Clementine dress (c/o)
Penny’s dress: self drafted
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I recently was asked to review the Clementine dress from Forget Me Not Patterns, and here is what I made! The Clementine dress (or top) is a princess seam, fit and flare style, with the option for a scoop neck or cowl neck. I love a good cozy knit dress, so I was intrigued. Honestly, most of the tee dressed I tend to make and wear are loose fitted and swing-y. This style is very fitted in the bodice and arms, and then flares out from the waist. Different from I normally make, since it is so fitted up top, but I actually like the change and different addition to my closet. The fit ended up being perfect. I cut out my usual size, with no changes, and it fit like a glove. Even though it’s drafted for a B cup, my smaller A-cup bust still fit fine with no adjustments (and a padded bra haha). The only thing I would change for next time is to add a little bit of length. The pattern as-is, it ended up being just a taaaad bit shorter than I normally would like for my 5’6” height. Not too short by any means, just shorter than I prefer. I’m actually thinking I might make a short sleeve version later on for summer!
But for these ones, I chose a sweater knit fabric from my stash that had just enough stretch to really work for this type of fitted garment. I was limited with the yardage I had. So in order to squeeze out a matching dress for P, I had to cut the front bodice for her as two pieces, instead of on the fold. So there is a cetner front seam. But I kind of like the little detail! I also didn’t have enough for the back bodice, so I cut it out of a solid black knit instead for a contrasting panel. Cute, right?!
Oh, and one more thing - did I mention the Clementine dress pattern has pockets?! I actually had to leave them out (I know, for shame!) because of fabric yardage limitations. Although I relaized after the fact that I could’ve easily just used the solid black fabric that I used for P’s back panel. Doh! Definitely something I will actually be including next time.
