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Gardens by the Bay

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Pattern Review: New Look 6123 At the end of January I had a work trip to Singapore. I was very pleased that I was very restrained and only bought one piece of fabric from Chinatown priced at $8SD per yard. It is a printed polycotton/viscose and I knew that I wanted it to be a feminine dress.  After a lot of deliberation I went with New Look 6123. I have actually made this twice before  here  and  here  both in a ponte knit. I love the gathered bodice on this pattern but knew that the skirt wouldn't suit me in a woven, so I added my self-drafted dress skirt which I have used  here  and  here ! This pattern is designed to be unlined. I knew that I wanted to line this bodice so I followed  this  helpful tutorial and it worked out ok after a little bit of head scratching. I lined the fabric with some blue stretch lining from either Walthamstow or Brixton (standard suppliers for stretch lining for me!) I cut a generous size 14 and the fit on the front bodice was p