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Another Hot Patterns 1120: Primavera Dress

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It's been 6 years since I first made this dress. ( Old blog post here . ) I'm much happier with this one than the last because I tweaked the fit better. And it doesn't look like a quasi skeleton costume ( reference to previous fabric ). Time flies, because I certainly wasn't planning on a 6-year break from the first try. This pattern is currently on clearance on the HotPatterns website . I guess it seems like an old pattern now to them, but it's actually still on trend. I would recommend the pattern. It's got some nice shaping and details that could be a bit tricky/time consuming to just hack yourself. Once again, you're getting work bathroom selfies. I did get a new, more portable, little tripod thingie but I haven't tried it out yet so the bathroom it is. Wild-eyed sideways glance. I already had the pattern cut from last time but I did need to review my notes to deal with the fitting problems. First up was raising the scandalously low neckline. Not qui...