Let's just say I was more than a little excited when my daughter told me she wanted to be Annie for Halloween. So I went searching for patterns. With no actual costume pattern for Annie, I decided to shop my pattern stash and found this pattern:
While the pattern isn't perfect, it certainly was a start.
I spent this evening almost complete redrawing most elements. Here are the changes I made:
- I folded out the bodice pleats.
- I took off inches in the sleeve in width so that there will not be so much gathered material in the armscye seam and at the bottom of the sleeve.
- I widened the contrasting band on the sleeve by a couple inches.
- I changed the collar to be pointed rather than curved.
- I complete redrew the skirt portion so that it is an A-line cut rather than a gathered square-cut.
- I will create a belt rather than ribbon for the waist detail.
- I will also add black piping to the sleeve detail and the belt.
Wish me luck. I hope everything works with all these changes. I did wonder at one point why I just didn't start from scratch.
Got the dressed finished in time for the dress-up day at school. It was one of the most fun sewing projects I have taken on. The fabric was easy to work with, and the pattern alterations were just enough of a stretch for me that it was a challenge without being overwhelming.
