Check! That’s the sound of me proudly checking off one of the resolutions I made earlier this year — sew an adult-sized garment. I’ve done it three times now. Three dresses, all using the same pattern. One each for me, my sister and my mother.

When I made that resolution earlier this year, I did not have any particular pattern or garment in mind. I just felt like it was time to take the leap into something (literally) bigger than my usual child-sized projects. When I saw the The Staple Dress by April Rhodes popping up everywhere across the sewing blogosphere, I knew I’d found an ideal pattern for tackling my resolution.

I made the first dress for myself (above). I didn’t make a muslin (go ahead and slap my rule-breaking wrist for that!), but rather cut right into the good stuff. I made my dress using Anna Maria Horner’s Fine Feathered in Denim from her Field Study collection. The fabric is quilting cotton but it softens with washing and I think the weight works really well for this dress.

Thankfully my decision to go without a muslin worked out just fine. I swear I wouldn’t go muslin-less for a more complicated pattern, but this pattern is very straight forward; no fancy tucks or seams or darts, and the loose cut is also very forgiving. I based my sizing off the measurements provided in the pattern, and the only alteration I made was to lower the waistline shirring a bit. I included the pockets on my dress.

This is truly such a comfortable dress. It’s an easy on/off and not restrictive at all. And you can play around with the look and dress it up a bit with jewelry or accessories. I wore mine so much this summer. Partly because I like it so much, and partly because I was so excited to wear something I made.

For my sister’s dress, I used Anna Maria Horner’s Specimen in Struck (also from the Field Study collection). I’d just like to take a moment to congratulate myself on very good placement of the pattern for this print. High fives for me! Phew! It took me longer than usual to cut the fabric for this dress as I sweated the print placement. I realized that if the print was just a bit off-center it was going to look lopsided and sloppy. Thankfully it turned out just as I had hoped.

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I love this fabric even more than I thought I would. But I was nervous my sister wasn’t going to like it. She had only seen a photo of the fabric prior to receiving the dress, and I wasn’t sure if the photo had provided her with an appreciation for the size of the print and the background design. Yikes, what if she hates it and banishes the dress to the back of her closet? We tend to have different preferences in clothes, so I started to think that if I liked the print, it meant she would hate it.  Halfway through sewing the dress I pretty much convinced myself she was never going to wear it.

It turns out she loves it!

And I think it looks great on her!

Are you wondering what happened to dress number 3? Well, apparently the dress I made for my mother is  a bit of a trouble maker. More on that soon!