The tedious part of dressmaking

Today I thought I'd sort out the pattern for the swing dress I bought from Sense and Sensibility

I have never downloaded a dress pattern before, but it was cheaper and more convenient.

Now I understand why its cheaper.

It involves printing out 'tiles' (there are two pattern sheets - and each produced 20 tiles) then trimming those tiles and matching the patterns, and sellotaping together. It took ages.

  Trying to match up each A4 'tile'

After finishing both sheets, I decided I couldnt face cutting the patterns out in my size (there are different lines for sizes 8 to 26) in case I need the pattern again in the future and might be a different size (wishful thinking - I may shrink!)

Sheet #1 completed.

So I finally made use of the  pattern tracing paper I bought on a whim at Lidl ages back - traced the whole thing but just my size.  Then I had to cut those out.

Next step - actually cut out the fabric. Will have to wait until Wednesday if I can distract Noah with some TV for a bit!