{"id":75142,"date":"2020-05-06T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=75142"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:20:01","slug":"camelias-belgravia-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/05\/camelias-belgravia-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"camelia’s belgravia dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camelia made a beautiful floral Belgravia Knit Dress<\/a> with a 3\/4-length sleeve modification. A member of our Advisors Circle, Camelia has made a number of gorgeous pieces from Liesl + Co. patterns, and this dress is no exception. Here she is to talk about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Belgravia Knit Dress<\/a> was love at first sight! I love this kind of dress, so the pattern went straight to the top of my “to sew” list.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a><\/p>\n

As Liesl said in her pattern release pos<\/a>t, there is some extra room at the bust area. I know which standard alterations I need to make, so I skipped the test garment (but I don’t recommend that!). I started with a size 10 for shoulder and waist, 12 for the bust, and an 8 for the hips for my measurements. My standard pattern changes were a 1\/2″ narrow shoulder adjustment and a 3\/4″ swayback adjustment.<\/p>\n

Also, I chose to make the sleeves 3\/4 length.<\/p>\n

\"Camelia<\/a><\/p>\n

The fabric is a 6.5 oz (220 gsm) cotton jersey, perfect for this dress. I used my rotary cutter to cut my pieces out. The only challenging part was that, as is typical for this kind of jersey, the fabric curled a bit at the edges. Also, I used a bit more fabric than normal because, even if I didn’t do any perfect matching, I tried to avoid getting birds or obvious big flowers in “strategic” places.<\/p>\n

\"Camelia<\/a> Most of the seams are sewn with the serger, but I sewed the front seam with the sewing machine.
\nOne small change was to use a strip of fabric to bind the neckline instead of turning and stitching in place.<\/p>\n

The hem was done with my coverstitch machine, which behaved very well with this fabric.<\/p>\n

\"Camelia<\/a><\/p>\n

This pattern is gorgeous, I love the finished dress and I feel kind of sorry that the front wrap\/ties details are not so visible, but now that I have the pattern fitted, I can sew as many as I want.<\/p>\n

What a beautiful dress! Have you sewn the Belgravia Knit Dress<\/a> pattern yet? If you have, don\u2019t forget to enter our spring pattern challenge<\/a>! You can enter by sewing this pattern, our new Montauk Trousers<\/a> pattern or the new Kensington Knit Skirt<\/a> pattern.\u00a0Also, we\u2019re donating a portion of this week\u2019s pattern sales to charity<\/a>, so now is a great time to pick up the pattern you’ve had your eye on!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camelia is here from the Advisors Circle to show off her new Belgravia Knit Dress in a gorgeous floral print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":75148,"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":[20783,20823],"class_list":["post-75142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-advisors-circle","tag-belgravia-dress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camelia-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-jxY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74994,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/04\/sew-tell-elisabeths-belgravia-knit-dress.html","url_meta":{"origin":75142,"position":0},"title":"sew + tell: elisabeth’s belgravia knit dress","author":"Masha Richart","date":"April 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Elisabeth is here from the Advisors Circle to show off her version of the new Belgravia Knit Dress pattern, which she modified to a stylish midi length.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Elisabeth-belgravia-hero.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":74906,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/04\/testers-versions-of-the-belgravia-knit-dress.html","url_meta":{"origin":75142,"position":1},"title":"testers’ versions of the belgravia knit dress","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We've rounded up some photos from our testers' Belgravia Knit Dresses so you can see this new pattern on different bodies and in different fabrics.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/belgravia-testers.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":79709,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/08\/belgravia-knit-dress-bento-tee-mash-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":75142,"position":2},"title":"belgravia knit dress + bento tee mash-up","author":"Lyndsey Stanfill","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Melanie, a member of the Advisors' Circle, is sharing a mash-up of two of her favorite patterns. 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