Last month, was the first ever Los Angeles Frocktails and today, I'm sharing the dress that I made to wear to the event. It was a really fun party and I loved being able to meet other local sewing enthusiasts. I have been dreaming about summer weather and really want to add some sundresses to my wardrobe this year so making something for Frocktails was the perfect motivator.

I was originally going to make a different dress from red polka dot fabric (I still hope to make it very soon) but as I got closer to the event without a new dress, I decided to make a dress using a pattern that I had sewn before. So, I used the Jessica dress pattern Mimi G/Sew Sew Def magazine. (See my first version here.) Along the way though I ended up making a few design modifications. It was not as fast to whip up as I had hoped and I didn't finish until the day of the party, with just an hour to spare.Phew!