Betty Blue in Brighton: Actual First Dress

This dress was made very simply from the shift pattern in my book named winifred Aldridge 'Metric Patterns for Women's Wear' 5th Ed. I try to use this book as much as I can and use it as a guideline when I can't find the patterns I am looking for.

Not actually a lot to say about this dress I thought I would use an interesting anchor and stripe material I found as it was a bit different and thought it would stand out. For some werid reasons I found this pattern quite hard to draft but I think that's just because this was the first proper dress I had made from pattern drafting and so it was a bit hard to get my head around but now seems pretty easy now I think about it. I suppose it's just one of those things you have to get used to then it clicks and it all becomes clear! I think this dress worked out pretty well and I have worn it out a few times on the town! photos below