Pattern review: Fibre Mood 10 - Elma dress

I made another Elma dress and I love it a lot. It is flattering, will look good under and over a lot of garments and is fairly easy to make.

The pattern

Hey, do you hear The Sound of Music too? ‘Sew...
a needle pulling thread!’ Elma is romantic and retro too... And yet she’s still totally on trend – with adorable puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline at the front and a U-shaped opening at the back. Elma also has darts down the front and back, a button closure at the front and flares towards the hemline. She looks divine in a longer version and – wonder of wonders – can easily be transformed into a charming top too.

For the most flattering fit, Elma works best in fabric with a fluid drape, e.g. viscose Tencel or polyester (crepe) in a solid or a print. That doesn’t mean stiffer fabrics like linen, chambray or cotton are out of the question – just make sure they're woven and not knit. Jersey isn't your friend if you want all those pretty details to look nice. And of course, you do!

Additional info:

• 32 - 58 (EU)   0 - 26 (US)   4 - 30 (UK)
  
• Recommended fabrics: woven
• Rated 2/5
• Fibre Mood #10 or download here

The fabric

• Cotton with watercolor print through: familyfabrics.nl
• I made this dress and my daughters dress out of 1,5 meter of fabric. I did make this dress about 4 inches shorter and the back side panels are upside down.

Pattern instructions

Fibre Mood has elaborate instructions, but only the diagrams and pictures are printed in the magazine. For most, these are sufficient. The written instructions and the fabric lay-out are available on their site. So compared to other magazines (like Burda) Fibre Mood has more complete and easier instructions.

Fit

I found the last Elma dress to be a bit tighter in the bust than charts say. This time I cut a little bit more royal seam allowances. It made the dress a bit wider and that in turn made the shoulder straps a bit wider. The pattern asks for elastic in the shoulder straps/facings and this time it was neccesary. With my first (tighter) dress I did not use elastic in the shoulder straps

Conclusion

Many more Elma's to come. Next time I'll make a full length Elma.

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