{"id":10417,"date":"2022-12-04T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/?p=10417"},"modified":"2022-12-04T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T14:32:27","slug":"sewing-the-m7974-dress-for-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/en\/2022\/12\/04\/sewing-the-m7974-dress-for-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing the M7974 dress for Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I cannot believe I have neglected my beloved blog for so long! The weather has been for too gloomy for outside picture. And life has been busier and more stressful than ever (we are building a house, do I need to say more?)\u2026 Never mind, here I am with a new version of the M7974 dress, in a perfect Autumn palette<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Before you ask, the fabric is a gorgeous silk crepe from Selvedge & Bolt<\/a><\/strong>. I boughtit as a pre-order in June and sadly not available anymore. It has all my favourite colours and I am in absolute awe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M7974 pattern review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The M7974 dress pattern<\/a> was published a few years ago, when romantic buttoned dress were all the rage. It was immensely successful and followed by many (many many) other similar patterns – such as the Orchidee Dress by Deer & Doe<\/a> and the Millions Button Dress by Daria Pattenmaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My major reservation about this type of dress is the bust fit<\/strong>. For the dress to sit perfectly at the bust, either you are lucky to be the perfect patterned bust cup. Or (more likely) you will need to peform a FBA<\/strong> (full bust adjustment) or SBA<\/strong> (small bust adjustment), as none of the patterns are offered with cup options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my first version of this pattern<\/a>, I made no FBA and you can see that the bust seam sits too high. What you cannot see is that I have very little room to move my arms\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For my second version<\/a>, I improvised a FBA but it lowered the d\u00e9colletage to uncomfortable levels\u2026 without lowering the bust line enough, very annoying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time, not only did I allow more room in the upper part of the bodice; but I also took room off in the lower part<\/strong>, which seems to have done the trick\u2026 It only took me three years to get it right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few changes I made to the pattern<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Appart from the FBA, the other changes I made versus the original pattern are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n