Rosa Shirt + Shirt Dress

I love this dress pattern

The style is so versatile and perfect for what I had in mind. It was my most ambitious sewing to date but I took my time and nailed it., I left the pockets off as I thought for the print I used it looked better without them. What do you think?

Rosa shirt dress

Decided to make a toile for the first time ever as my hip size is larger than the largest size on the pattern (at the time of purchase) and waist a few sizes smaller, used leftover fabric from other patterns and it turned into one of my favourite things I’ve ever made! It looks really flattering on me and the instructions were so easy to follow

Lovely shirt

I was a bit daunted by this pattern as it seemed more complicated than any other shirt I've made before by virtue of the princess seams, the yoke and the top stiching. However the instructions were great and it is wasn't that tricky after all - it just involves lots of pattern pieces! (I was very careful to label everything carefully with stickers so as not to confuse myself, especially the collar pieces that were cut in different directions.) My fabric is so busy you can't really see the top stitching but the mock felled seams were a new skill for me to master, which was a bonus. I was lucky that the shape of it fits me without having to make any real adjustments - I just graded size 3 at the top into size 4 at the bottom to give me a little more room over the bum. I used the free cuffed sleeve option (that can be found on the website) instead of the one that comes with the pattern as I wanted to make it more of a cold weather shirt (it is made of corduroy) and I couldn't see myself rolling the sleeves up and using the button tab. Now I have this pattern I can definitely see myself having another go in a different fabric.