It's not done, but this is my latest "work" dress. I'll sew the buttons on tomorrow and iron the dress. I messed up on it in several places - the back seam isn't right, the bodice facings were a nightmare, and the collar is a bit off. However, the dress has pockets! ;-)
EDIT: I used McCall's Pattern M4769 for this dress. I didn't have enough fabric to make the collar the same as the rest of the dress but I think the black collar looks okay. Actually, I had so little of the print that I had to piece together the facings on the inside of the bodice. On the inside of the skirt, I just used a strip of the black fabric. The pockets are also out of the black fabric. The print is sort of a Scandinavian looking print. Dark gray background with black and gold designs. I got it at the thrift store for $4, I think. I tried on the dress and it's a bit tight but I think that's because I tried it on over my purple knit dress. :-) (I don't know why it's showing up royal blue in the picture. The knit dress -ie the sleeve edges- is a vivid purple.)
I made the skirt a bit wider at the hem than the pattern dictated. The skirt looked too narrow to me otherwise. I added 12 black buttons to the front of the dress and I think it will look really cute with a thin black belt when I find one. :-)
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