I made myself a new dress using a cotton satin. I like the purplish grey blue. It is a hard color to give a name to. I used the 1914 pattern from Sense and Sensibility. I really rather not use gathers, so I used pleats everywhere. I also made the cuffs a tad larger and changed the neck finish. I think the next time I might change the neckline a tad.
I like how the cuffs and sleeves turned out.
There are 15 buttons on the back and two hooks and eyes. It is a bit difficult to button by myself. My Beloved was out of town this morning and I got into it! I did ask a lovely lady friend at work to check that I was all buttoned up. Not that anyone could tell because I really needed to wear a sweater all day.
I would make this again. May change it a bit but what else is new!