One of my favourite garments out of the Love At First Stitch book is the Megan dress.  It’s easy to make and it fits me without having to alter anything!

I made two Megans a few months ago, both from thicker fabrics though so they aren’t really suitable for the Summer weather.  The first one I made was far too short as a dress so I wear it with skinny jeans.  The second one is lovely but has a pucker on the zip and the skirt and bodice didn’t match up so it has an extra pleat.

I had put a cotton Megan on my to make list and finally got around to making it last week.  This was my third dress of the week too!  When cutting the fabric, I decided that I would like a sleeveless version.  I wasn’t quite sure if this would work so I made sure I had just enough fabric for sleeves just incase!

Even though I had traced & cut the Megan pattern before…I had lost it so had to re-trace & cut.  This prompted me to label all my traced patterns and put all of them in a place where I know they are.  During the tracing process, I also realised that I had traced one of the darts too narrow last time – I had followed the wrong line!  This would have been why the skirt and bodice didn’t match!  It was an ‘ah-haaa!’ moment!

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