So...

I finished my Gabriola dress! Yay! It was probably the longest project I've ever done :P But it was worth it!

(See how there is no outside seam visible? Yay! )

Sometimes you mess projects, or you just finish your garment and find it bleh... Fortunately, sometimes, troubles don't happen and you continue to sew.

This time, the sewing went well, the Gabriola skirt pattern is well made i guess! I had some troubles with the top, which I mostly improvised, but you can always adjust (to a certain limit) after you cut and sew.

The top of the dress is based on a blouse in the book "My favorite Black" and the skirt is well, the Gabriola skirt pattern by Sewaholic.

It was the first time I sewed buttons and in the end I think it's less complicated than zippers and more cute. But everyone has its preferences!

I finished (almost) all the seams nicely with a technique I learned on Tasia's blog. My serger wasn't available at that time and I'm always in a hurry to make a project.

(I'm just pretending it's summer by wearing it without a shirt)

I ajusted the patterns by separating in the middle the front of the skirt and the top part and adding 1,5 cm on each side. Then I added a piece of fabric inside (une parementure en français?)

Unfortunately, it's not 100% percent perfect and without flaws, but I guess you have to live with it when you sew. I dream someday to execute perfectly one garment, but error is human :P And I'm pretty adventurous and always try new techniques, so I guess it doesn't help.

On a end note, I highly recommend this pattern and plan on making one day a skirt out of the Gabriola Skirt pattern... ahah!

Gabriola Dress The Verdict - Sewaholic

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