This was my first attempt at a self-drafted dress and I'm really happy with it.

It comes about due to a sewing class I took at the beginning of the year - Fashion dressmaking and draping at www.designercourses.co.uk and run by Lena Sentana (www.lenasentana.com).

As part of the course we used dress forms to create our own patterns for a top, a skirt and a dress. This was my final project - and definately the best of the bunch.

I made it in a synthetic green boucle  which is quite lightweight so should be good for the spring which is currently blooming over London!

Making the pattern was pretty straightforward once went through the basics - fitting proved the most difficult part (I still don't think I have the back quite right).  Also I found it hard not having instructions and am not yet experienced enough to know exactly what order to do things in. This means that some of my seams could have been worked out to cover each other a little more slickly - but nothing too detrimental.

Its definately something I'd like to do again, but urban living in London means no room for a dress form so I'm not sure when I'll get the chance again.