{"id":73775,"date":"2020-02-12T09:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=73775"},"modified":"2019-12-19T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T09:38:15","slug":"elisabeths-saint-germain-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/02\/elisabeths-saint-germain-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"elisabeth’s saint-germain dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elisabeth from our Advisors Circle<\/a> sure has been busy sewing up our new releases. You can find her take on the Camp Shirt + Dress<\/a> pattern here<\/a> and her thoughts on the Chaval Coat<\/a> pattern here<\/a>. She’s back today with her pretty new\u00a0Saint-Germain Wrap Dress<\/a>. Take it away, Elisabeth!<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure I gasped out loud when I saw the first pictures of the Saint-Germain Wrap Dress.\u00a0 The flattering shape is right up my alley and I loved the pretty touches like the shirred sleeves and the button closure.<\/p>\n

My dress is made from a black floral rayon crepe from my stash.\u00a0 I had purchased it for a different project but I decided it needed to be a Saint-Germain instead! I really like the way a drapey fabric works with the shape of the dress.<\/p>\n

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My first step for sizing was to check my measurements.\u00a0 I envy people who have really consistent measurements because mine change so much that I measure before every project!\u00a0 I blended between a size 6 C cup for the bodice and an 8 in the hips based on my measurements.<\/p>\n

My torso is slightly short and it’s usually not something I adjust for.\u00a0 However, if I’m making something like this dress that does have a separate bodice, I’ll always check first to make sure I like where the waist hits before I cut my fabric.\u00a0 I decided to take out 1\/2″ between the chest and shoulder on the front and back bodice pieces based on where the waistline was hitting.<\/p>\n

Putting the dress together went really smoothly. I love the interior details on the dress. The waistband finishes cleanly, and the facings on the edge meet so well with the neckline binding.<\/p>\n

I recommend placing your buttons based on how the dress fits on your body.\u00a0 I first figured out where I wanted my two inner buttons, and then I stood in the mirror with those two inner buttons fastened and used pins to mark where I wanted the five visible buttons.\u00a0 It was so much easier to visualize the placement when the dress was actually on my body.<\/p>\n

The only change I made from the pattern was to add a snap at the neckline.\u00a0 The buttons make the wrap closure extremely secure, and there’s a generous amount of overlap in both the bodice and the skirt.\u00a0 However, I have a highly energetic four-year-old son and I knew that I would be doing a lot more running around and bending over in this dress than most people would.\u00a0 The snap makes it 100% chase-proof.<\/p>\n

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This dress also looks great with the Chaval Coat!\u00a0 I love the combination of the very feminine and floaty dress with the menswear-inspired coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elisabeth stops by to share fitting details and her favorite part of sewing the new Saint-Germain Wrap Dress pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":73777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20783,20818],"class_list":["post-73775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-advisors-circle","tag-saint-germain-dress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5525-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-jbV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73372,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/12\/introducing-the-saint-germain-wrap-dress-sewing-pattern.html","url_meta":{"origin":73775,"position":0},"title":"introducing the saint-germain wrap dress sewing pattern","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"December 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We're pleased to introduce you to our newest Liesl + Co. pattern, the Saint-Germain Wrap Dress. 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