My Tall Short Person had picked out cherry fabric a while back that has been sitting in my fabric pile. We have been looking for a pattern to make with it and she found on that appealed to her from Simplicity. It has been an amazingly long time since I made a dress from Simplicity (or with a true pattern for that matter). I do not know if it was me or the pattern, but I am not sure I would use a Simplicity pattern again. It is why I am not giving you the number. Find a similar but different pattern to try.
I added some fullness in the front and back to cover the Pixie coming in November. I had a few issues zipping her up but my Beloved did not so I figure it was just my fingers, and that I needed to secure the zipper better. The dress fit well, but she did not like the ruffles on the straps. I did not either.
So I took them off. I think if I were to make this pattern again, I would not follow the directions for putting together the bodice and putting in the zipper. I would the bodice lining to be a true lining so the zipper worked better and more of the seams were finished. It is why I sewed it down.
With all the difficulties of sewing, it is actually a very cute dress.