Iron Craft: Leopard halter dress (Black challenge)

Oh yeah. I totally went for it.... (now updated with the end pics)

Ok some of you may go what? with the fabric. But for some reason I just loved this fabric and it was next to nothing as it was a remnant fabric sale. And usually I am not a fan of green either. You all know I am a pink girl! But I decided to use it only as a part of a dress (and not an entire dress). So it is all good, I promise! I selected this pattern that I had in my stash that I have not tried yet. Used my standard size 12 (which is a 4-6 in regular clothing). I may have put on some weight in my mid section but I think it will work!

This pattern has multiple options. I selected the halter with ruffles, shorter skirt with no inserts. I also opted for the belt part. I was going to use the fabric for the halter and ruffles and also the belt. I just had enough fabric! Yay! 

The under stitching part on the halter was really hard. Otherwise, the pattern was super easy to sew.
I also cut off a few inches off the bottom. I thought it was too long.

Here is my finished dress!

Here it is without the belt.

I don't like it without a belt. It is too high for me.

Tribal Halter Dress

Finally had some time to sew. I selected this Simplicity pattern, the short sleeveless version.

I had this awesome tribal fabric, though it was backwards I was setting it up to cut my pattern.

It was pretty easy to cut though my fabric was hard to work with and slightly off on its own right. Which sort of blew my mind And as soon as I was done cutting there goes my cat with the pattern paper. She loves the noise it makes.

What a character! OK back to sewing. It was a knit but b/c I had interface on the bodice, I had to add the zipper.

Then I made sure that my bottom of my dress was squared away.

I left the edges raw b/c it was pushing being too short for my taste. Since it is a knit I did not hem it. It will not fray. Here is my new, and really soft and comfy dress.

Love this dress. and I didn't do that bad of a job lining up the pattern, it is not perfect. But I am still learning. Prints are challenging. But happy with the outcome.

Cheers,
Lauren