The sleeve cuff is the very last step in constructing this pattern. This sleeve is basted on, but I removed it, deciding to sew a 3/8" seam to get a deeper cuff

My dress will include these pockets and the view B shoulder buttons, but I don't care for the split front w/ grommets.

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next to the fabric used for cuffs and facings

This is the back where the top portion (above the S/L line) is on the crossgrain and the lower portion is on the straight grain and lenghtened. I am using a coordinate for the bias sleeve band and facings to break up the busy pattern.

Lengthened with pieced lower section. This is probably one of the busiest fabrics I've ever used for a garment. I bought the cotton coordinates from a now closed fabric store in Asheville to make aprons. I had some left and wanted to have some fun with the lines. I will be wearing this with some light yellow linen cropped pants that match the lightest color in the prints.

I like this one. It‘s so cosmopolitan. This is what I‘m living, not black not white, it‘s my winter scarf, but it also could be somewhere in Africa. Where do you live? - Dunya. Where do you come from? - Allah. Fertig. I should print it and pin it on the wall next to the mirror. And ask myself: is it this what I see? #goal #guul #cosmopolitan #simplifyyourlife #dhikr #dunya #snapchat👻 #jihadannafs #peace

Also added 2 larger pockets with flaps. Other than that everything, including the hem, is the same as the top. Silk/wool/lycra seersucker fabric. Dress has been washed since pressing flattened the puckers. I also have a tunic length top and Discovers Something Novel pant from this fabric.

This is the Simplify Your Life pattern with the Ebb top front button placket, lengthened to a 3 button. On this one I used the Ebb lower portion with the vents.

Details for this dress in photos on the Simplify Your Life Flickr album.

Note that the sleeve cuffs here are about an inch wider than the original SYL cuffs. I decided to cut them back to the original width, then finished the dress. All changes explained in the Flickr photos.

Don't you love what static electricity does to your hair this time of year!

Cloth & Stone tencel tunic with cuff same as SYL sleeve

Fabric is a Hugo Boss shirting with contrast facings. Shirting from Michael's Fabrics Baltimore MD

Same pattern changes as the red/white seersucker dress except I used the pretty SYL curved, stitched hem on this one.

This is an heirloom quality cross-dyed cotton

This is the same fabric I used for the Discover Something Novel pants and a Stars in Heaven cowl neck tunic.

Lengthened for total length of ~30"

Used/cut on different grains plus seam allowance at L/S line

Deeper cuff using 3/8" seam allowance

My idea to make this tunic was inspired by a Scandinavian designer who mixes and matches fabrics and motifs. Although this is probably one of the busiest fabrics/garments I've made (fabric coordinates originally bought for a Japanese style apron) I kept the thread and buttons neutral, coordinating with the creamy yellow in both fabrics.

L-R Blue A New Dimension jacket over white Simplify Your Life top, Discover Something Novel vest, 2 Take Me Anywhere tops

Love the yellow print with the black/gray/white cross dye, double face linen

Note the button placket back of the Danger, Curves Ahead top (2nd from left) from a recycled mans Façonnable shirt. Adding in a Shapes skirt in a stripe that has the reds and purples that coordinate with the DCA sleeveless tops and the linen knit layer.

this FWF jacket is in a double face linen and has a ribbon casing for drawstring

Detail of buttons on shoulder of SYL top

Patterns are the Ebb & Flow top (I used the Ebb button front over the Simpify Your Life top with cut-on sleeve and sleeve cuffs. Lengthened/added a horizontal seam (front & back) and used the lower portion of the Ebb top, lengthened.

The vents for this dress, for which I used the lower portion of the pattern for the Ebb top w/ vents, are longer than the Ebb top vents.

skirt by Eileen Fisher has multiple gores and godets - similar to the black/gray lace RAL I made

After I sewed/tried it on, I decided I didn't like the wider cuff so I cut it back to the original width.

This is a wider sleeve cuff than the original pattern. For this dress, I like the perpendicular stripe better than bias.

Detailed instructions for this type of miter in the pattern

Colors are dark mulberry & beige crossdye stripes and gray/mulberry on facings