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45 wide, Sizes 0-24 Sleeveless: 3.4 yds / 3.1 m Cap Sleeve: 3.6 yds / 3.3 m 3/4 Sleeve: 3.8 yds / 3.5 m 54 wide, Sizes 0-24 Sleeveless: 3.2 yds / 2.9 m Cap Sleeve: 3.2 yds / 2.9 m 3/4 Sleeve: 3.4 yds / 3.1 m 45 wide, Sizes 26-34 Sleeveless: 4.1 yds / 3.7 m Cap Sleeve: 4.2 yds / 3.8 m* 3/4 Sleeve: 3.8 yds / 3.5 m* 54 wide, Sizes 26-34 Sleeveless: 3.5 yds / 3.2 m Cap Sleeve: 3.6 yds / 3.3 m 3/4 Sleeve: 3.9 yds / 3.5 m *single layer cut only, sleeve is too wide to cut on fold Lightweight fusible interfacing For Bodice-Only Placket version: 1/2 yard (0.5 m) For Full-Front Placket version: 1-1/4 yard (1.1 m) Notions For Bodice-Only Placket version: 4 (or 5) 1/2 5/8 (19 mm) buttons For Full-Front Placket version: 11 (or 12) 1/2 5/8 (19 mm) buttons Wonder Tape (optional) Over on the Sew Liberated blog we have two great hacks of the Hinterland

This modest wedding dress is the way to go

Before I set you into a sobbing spiral of debt panic, let me wrap up the horror with one (partial) solution: re-wearing your wedding

The red beaded gradient effect

Printed jersey knit offerings, from caftans to shorter cocktail dresses, felt less refined