I'm In Love With Another Man!

It's true! I'm in love with Paco Peralta!! I just finished his Treky Dress pattern

and it is wonderful. I love the design, I love the fit....I love Paco for designing the pattern!!

When I received the pattern, I had wondered how the yoke would look on the body. I must say that it falls in exactly the right place along the bust line so that it accents the bust without drawing too much attention to the bust. Now that is very difficult to do. But leave it to a master and he'll do it!

The dress is perfect for jewelry as the neckline hits in exactly the right place. I opted to not wear a necklace for the pictures because I did not want to detract from the dress. 

When I test a pattern, I like to cut it exactly from the pattern. As you can see in the picture below, the dress fits beautifully. I did take it in along the sides and in the back so that it fits my waistline. I also made a small adjustment in the center of the sleeve where the sleeve and the cap of the yoke meet. This was just a matter of giving the yoke a smoother fit on my arm. Not a big fit issue my no means.

One other change I made was that I did not insert a zipper, primarily because I was unable to find an invisible zipper that matched my fabric as well as I would like. The yoke is low enough in the back that I could just sew the seam up to the yoke and then leave the yoke open to the neckline and still be able to slip the dress over my head. For my closure I covered buttons and made loops. I'm very pleased with the outcome.

My suggestion is that you immediately go to Paco's Etsy store and get this pattern.  You can find his store here, http://www.etsy.com/shop/bcnuniquepatterns?ref=seller_info_count I see that there are only two available at the moment. I know that the shipping is steep, but you can buy more than one pattern and the shipping goes down on a second pattern. A thought I had is that you could get together with some friends and buy your patterns together and then just split the shipping costs and that would bring it down considerably. Regardless of shipping costs, I am going to be ordering what looks to be a wonderful pattern,

The Kimono Jacket. Look at the detailing along the buttonholes. Beautiful!!!
The Treky Dress is the third Paco Peralta pattern that I have made(the first was The Draped Top pattern and the second was The Unique Jacket pattern)and I can say without a doubt that his patterns are well designed, beautifully drafted and fit with an elegance that we all strive for.