I made this dress a while ago but was too embarrassed to wear it anywhere or post it anywhere. The pattern is from the Gothic and Lolita Bible 3 (International version). I had little faith in my ability to sew it right, so I used an old sheet of my grandmother’s.
I had so many problems with this. I thought it was going to be way too small, so I lengthened it at the shoulders. Then the front was toot low so I had to undo that.
The zip was supposed to go to the waist, but the waist is fitted and I couldn’t get into the ruddy thing.
I had to unpick that and lower the zip so it went down into the flared skirt. That means there’s a huge gap at the top back where the zip used to be.
I put off doing the front ruffles for like… 6 weeks… because it looked so bad without them I thought there wasn’t much point. Chuck forced me to do them.
In conclusion:
There is nothing wrong with my mad sewing skillz.
There is nothing wrong with using an old sheet for fabric – the pattern is quite pretty and it’s still strong and usable.
The problem with this dress is the pattern.
It is silly.
Now I know why I’ve never seen anyone use this pattern on the sew_loli community.
Christina Hopgood 
