I made this layered dress for a special dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary last week and also for my entry to Magam Details December challenge on Instagram, link here to see more photos of the participants. My first plan was to make a flare dress from Burdastyle pattern but in the end, I didn't like the look of it on me. I was disappointed but I will re-design the Burda dress later when I have time. Soon after that, I decided to sew another dress and I was a little bit nervous because the time was so close, I had only two days to complete it. I didn't make a muslin as I used to but fortunately, the dress turned out okay and I wore it happily to the dinner. The dress has a scoop neckline, long sleeve, front layer, and knee-length, inspired by a dress that I saw on the street. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted shift dress pattern and modified the front body to make a layer. I used a kind of crepe fabric in teal color with a ...
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