Katia Misses Top, Skirt & Dress

KATIAMISSES TOP, SKIRT AND DRESS

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Gorgeous pattern!

This was an amazing, intutive pattern to sew up. It looks stunning on. (Made dress version with tiered maxi skirt). You get a ton of options and it'd look amazing in many different fabrics. I made this one in a cotton shirting, but it'd look amazing in a rayon - I'm planning to make one for "evening" using a different fabric. Amazing (technical) things about the pattern -Instead of making you print out a bunch of rectangles, it gives you the dimensions of the waistband, skirt tiers and straps. Not only does this save paper, it makes the pattern more "portable". I do suggest making your own pattern pieces for these though, rather than drafting on to the fabric, if you're like me and unable to measure out on a straight line. -The pictures of the various steps are great. I'd never sewn anything with sliders before, so having a step-by-step picture helped a lot. -It's easy to shorten the tiers to adjust to your height - I'm quite lucky in that I'm 5ft (and this is drafted for a 5.5ft iirc) so all I had to do was subtract 1" from each tier. That way I could have a skirt with the right proportions - it's the first tiered skirt I've ever made that actually looks right. Other things: -Oh boy does this use a lot of fabric. But honestly, worth it for tiered skirt that has a lot of ompf compared to other patterns. -Do you like gathering? Well, the tiered option is the way to go. Again feature, not a bug. -Instead of finishing off the waistband with fusible tape I stitched in ye olde ditch and because the waistband gathers it didn't look too wonky when I put it on. -If you're making the tiered version, make sure you have a large cutting space. Due to the size of the tiers it's almost impossible to cut on the fold. My only request/critiques (and they are pretty mild) is to seperate the instructions and the PAH version into different PDFs and that the headings aren't in a different font. But those are preferences, rather than problems, so I have no problem giving this pattern 5 stars.

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I love this look, I made the maxi, takes a lot of fabric but looks so beautiful when done.