patch notespattern in progress
Sleeveless pinstripe mini with a boat neck, soft ruching across the front, a deep scooped back and a large bow at the back waist.
The fold lines across the front were read as a skirt ruffle, so the drawing and the pattern described a different dress.
Visual marks are now kept apart from physical structure. The ruching became its own outer layer, caught in the shoulder and side seams over a plain supporting front. The deep back scoop and the bow are drafted as their own edges and pieces.
In September Damla Su Bilge judged this appearance right, and it is kept as a protected example. The current version keeps that look; at her request it has no zip, in poplin, size 36. The engine's automatic checks report no errors.
A liked appearance is not a proven fit. The deep back scoop and the bow come from the photo; the way in is proposed, not seen: a centre-back bodice slit closed by the bow as a working tie that unties, plus a lapped placket over the upper part of the centre-back skirt seam. The drawing does not show the placket, and it may be visible between the bow tails. Neither has been tried on a body. The ruching fullness is a design estimate, not a measurement. At the bust the pattern shows less cloth than the body measure; the sewing guide does not explain this yet, and the reason still needs checking.