Yellow shoulder-tie maxi: the low curved seam, and gathers only at the sides
Long fitted bodice, a low curved seam that dips at the centre front, a wide skirt gathered at the sides and flat in the middle, and tie straps on the shoulders.
Front and proposed back. The centre-back zip is not in the photo.
What was wrong
Early drafts lost what makes this dress itself: the waist seam sat straight and high, and the skirt was gathered evenly all round. Two attempts were rejected for this.
What changed
The engine now lengthens the bodice, splits it along the low curve and attaches the skirt to that solved edge. Gathering is a zoned distribution, flat at the centre and full at the sides, and the same distribution drives the drawing, the match marks on the pattern and the sewing guide. On 8 October the marks were re-checked against their seams on seven bodies: the measured size-36 body and EU 34 to 44.
Pattern, size 36: long bodice front and back, gathered skirt front and back, tie.
Now
The drawing, the pattern and the package come from one reading; the printable PDFs of this dress are not published yet. In September a digital review compared photo, drawing and pattern and found no remaining large difference in identity; this note records that review and is not a new approval. The engine's automatic checks report no errors.
Still open
The reading was corrected by hand. The back is not visible in the photo: the centre-back zip and seam are a proposed closure, not something seen. The note printed inside the drawing says no opening was invented; that overstates how much of the back comes from the photo. The waist-to-hip line is a little sharper than in the photo, and the drawn colour is a muted beige, paler and greyer than the butter yellow of the photo.
