I can't believe it's been over a month of not blogging about sewing. I've been busy (performing in a musical version of "the importance of being earnest" as Gwendolin & starting university in Zürich and living between Zürich and Lucerne) and unfortunately, the closest I can get to sewing lately is reading sewing blogs and books and instructions. I did get around to sewing one dress! Nothing "exciting" though, as it's just another version of the Butterick 2952 sheath dress, this time a mix between the red and the pink: sleeveless like the red, with a scoop-neckline like the pink, made from blue broadcloth. This was a "I really want something new to wear so I don't just wear the same things all the time but I don't have time or money to spend"-project, and since it was the third time making butterick 2952, it didn't take very long.

One "interesting" thing I did do on this is a lapped zipper. I like that it's faster than the hand-picked one, and after the hand-picked zipper on my pink sheath came undone when I first wore it (that'll teach me to not put off sewing the waist-stay in!), I wanted someting with a little more "security", so the machine sewn lapped zipper was perfect! I do like how it turned out, even though I could have done a better job ironing, and the overlap kind of sticks up a little which I don't like.

Another thing I changed is the back neckline, since the zippers that go all the way up to the base of the neck are hard to zip up on your own (especially in tight sheath dresses with waist stays that don't allow you to move your arms up over your head haha!). So I made a V-neckline in the back, and now I can get dressed on my own :)

I haven't gotten around to taking pictures of the dress, but until then, here's an instagram photo (because posts without pictures are less fun, I know :))

the instagram filter makes the blue look greyish, it's brighter in real life! Better pictures soon :)

I really like having a pattern like this. I've adjusted the fit to be perfect, it's simple and making it is so fast now! I just "know" this pattern very well by now, it's great for when I want to sew but don't have too much time.