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RE: Making a dress pattern...a.k.a. what in the world am I doing?
I love the skirt. It is adorable. Will make a really nice dress I imagine! I think it's pretty amazing you're just designing as you go. And pockets sound great. I just bought a dress from a store that sells new Lands End rejects here in Panama and it had pockets. It was great! I don't remember the last dress I had with pockets. :) Anyway, I'm looking forward to more pics of the progress.
Thanks! I'm really pleased with it. I've always wanted to design clothes, so I've been experimenting for a long time with how to do it, and reading books and articles. Pockets have gone in and out of style in dresses for a long, long time, and I think it has to do with how slim the skirt is. Harder to hide bulgy pockets in a pencil skirt, for example! Of course, in the fifties they did some pencil skirts with pockets that were supposed to show up as part of the design, so go figure. I think the real reason we don't have lots of dresses with pockets right now is that women don't wear them everyday, and put up with no pockets when they do!
You do a great job. Can't wait to see the final product! :)