Vogue 2980 - the trilogy

Edited on 12/12/07: "Anonymous" asked I turned the top into a dress. Here is a very amateurish explanation:
I placed pattern tracing paper on my cutting table and taped the top pattern piece to it. I measured how far down my hips were from my waist and marked that as the vertical measurement. Then I measured my hips and added an inch or two for ease and that was the hip width. Obviously, I also added seam allowance.

After I identified and marked the seam edge at the hip, I just extrapolated the seam line down with a slight A-line increase until it hit just above the knee (allowing a 2" hem). I cut out the paper pattern and held it up to both me and my dress form to see if it seemed right. Then i cut the fabric out just a wee bit bigger, just in case. I didn't need the extra and cut it off when I did my final serged seam.

One last note on this pattern... I have made this pattern three times and it was STILL important that I baste, then fit, then correct, then serge. Each fabric fit different and ripping serged seams out would have been a bear!

Yup. I made another V2980. This time I turned it into a dress. I found the first two I made in the size small just a wee bit snug:

so I bought a new pattern and sized up to the medium. Now, the top feels a little bigger than I like but this red knit fabric is a lot stretchier than the other two. It is a "Bamboo Organic" (whatever that is!) that I bought at Hancock's on the clearance table and it screamed "Christmas Party" to me.

The party was quite fun. We ended up with about 50 people and everyone seemed to have a good time. We purchased food from a caterer this year and it was fabulous. And made our job SO much easier. Dessert was the chocolate fountain, which is always a hit. I discovered that the parts CAN go in the dishwasher - much easier for cleaning! I didn't get to bed until 2:00 but it sure was fun.

And finally, I did wear the apron while we finished getting the food ready. It was a hit (even though it clashed with my dress. Hee hee.) My daughter was able to capture Tini in the picture.