Simplicity 2444

 I have been out of sorts lately, busy with summer, family gatherings, cook out's, you know everything but sewing.  I have been watching Mad Men on Netflix. I remembered, that I purchased a piece of fabric years ago that, at the time, it reminded me of something Betty Draper would wear.

I always go to pattern review once I decied on a pattern, to see what issues if any, my fellow sewers had with the pattern. No one mentioned the wide, neckline.
First of all I had to figure out how to do an FBA with this pattern. I always have to do an FBA and address gaping necklines lines.   I knew the neck line would be huge. But I loved that is was sort of boat neck.

BODICE FRONT

GAPING NECKLINE

I did my muslin fit and found the neck line was not only huge, but the center back waist of the bodice dropped like I had on a tuxedo. In order to fix this, I shortened it about an inch in the center and graded down to the sides. I reduced the neckline by an inch on the bodice front and back. I also graded that down so, that I didn't lose any room for the girls. I must have cut size a 20. My motto is make it larger you can always take in but you cant take it out.

Bodice Back

So here is the finished product. I haven't sewed cotton fabric in so long, I almost forgot how to use my serger. I am really loving this pattern right now. I can think of four different fabric choices in my stash, that I can use. But on to the next pattern. (I HOPE)