Pattern Testing for Christine Haynes Emery Dress

I've felt like a kid waiting for Christmas leading up to today. I have so many things to share with you, dear readers!

A little while back, Christine Haynes did a call for pattern testers. She selected one person to test each size, and I was tickled pink to be selected! She announced the pattern today, so now I can introduce you to the Emery Dress!

Will you look at that bow?! Perfection. It makes me feel like Jackie Kennedy. The instructions were very easy to follow on creating it and it's hand tacked to the dress. And pockets! So functional. 

Professionally I work in user experience, which basically means it's my job to make our website more user friendly. Pattern testing was a happy marriage of my personal and professional passions. It was divine.

And here I am cozying up to LBJ (although I bet Jackie never did). With the 1960s feel of the dress, I thought it would be appropriate to snap photos outside the LBJ library. Below I'm out and about on the town fixing to drink some jolly good gin punch. I took this dress all over Austin!

The Innards

The inside of the dress is lined at the bodice. Oh linen, you get so wrinkly after a day of wear! 

The original pattern calls for an invisible zip, which to be honest, would be less fussy than what I did. Using an invisible zip would allow you to machine stitch everything. 

I handpicked a regular zipper because (1) I had an invisible zip break on me once and now I just don't trust them, and (2) handpicking zippers sends a little thrill up my spine. 

A Month of Emery Dresses + A Giveaway!

I have mentioned before that I like to remake patterns. There's a lot of positives to doing that:

• It gives you an opportunity to perfect the fit
• It pushes you creatively to experiment with the same style
• It's time and cost effective
• It's more of something you already know you love and wear

Well, this month I will be bringing you the mother of all remakes: Emery Month. In addition to this version, I'll be posting up two other versions of the Emery Dress in the coming weeks.

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A Pattern Giveaway!

Christine  has kindly offered to contribute a pattern to Emery Month! In between all the finished project fun, I'll be hosting a giveaway for one lucky reader to receive the Emery pattern.

In the meantime, head on over to Christine's blog to join in on the excitement! She'll be posting up pictures of all the pattern testers in the coming days.