To match my bluish-black evening dress, I made Vogue 7161 evening wrap. Since I was afraid the color was too much of a "look at me" style, I decided to make a classy one and choose this Vogue 8622 View C.
I used a black polyester chiffon.
I love the french seams finish!
When I bought the pattern, I was afraid how seams will look since I don't have a serger. But french seams are fantastic: you just need a regular sewing machine, with straight stitch. And it looks so nice and neat.
You just have to pay attention to start with wrong sides together.
By the way, I made a mistake when making the lower sleeves seam: I haven't noticed how they wanted to put it...
They should be shorter because they should be fold toward the top of the sleeve.
But I finally like how it looks, and this avoid me some hand sewing.
And look around my neck: it's a home-made beads necklace!
A view of the back, with my evening dress:
Neck and bottom pleats were king of annoying to make because of the slippery chiffon.
I like how neck pleats look, but I'm less convinced by the bottom ones.
Here, another picture of the back, over a white top. This way, you can clearly see some french seam.
I enjoyed sewing it and I love the look, I might wait to find a silk chiffon to do it again.