Pattern review: Simplicity 1996 9880 Anna Maria Horner Hand Picked yellow floral

 Yet another version of 9880.  I'm just gonna make a thousand of these and live in it forever.

The fabric is Free Spirit Anna Maria Horner Hand Picked in yellow.  The facings are an old bright-pink Concord I got from Galen the Foster Kitty's great-grandma.


Pattern description: Loose-fitting dress A and B have round neckline with back button and loop and full skirt gathered to bodice at raised waist seam.


Pattern sizing: This is a base size 12/bust 34.

Did it look like the illustration on the envelope?  Yes.

Were the instructions easy to follow?  Yes.  It's a very easy pattern.

What did you like about the pattern?  Easy to make, lends itself well to variation, comfortable to wear.  I keep admiring Sew Liberated's Hinterland dress and then realizing that this is pretty much the same thing.

What did you dislike? The three-quarter sleeves with elastic wrists, which I never like, but I don't have to use them, right?

Fabric and notions used:  Quilting cotton - Free Spirit Anna Maria Horner Hand Picked in mustard yellow floral; deadstock Concord calico for facings.

What pattern alterations or design changes were made? Full-bust adjustment with added side darts; broad upper back alteration with added back-neck and waist darts; entirely new short sleeve fitted into the armscye; slightly lowered neckline.

Would you make it again? I have made and will continue to make this over and over again.

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