Sewing this dress has been great adventure! I wanted to use a piece of fabric I bought years ago and I just managed to squeeze enough out of it to make the Sawtell dress with straight sleeves. The instructions were excellent. I had several goes to get the fit just right - I took out the front darts, extended the shoulder significantly by adding to the back yoke. I also pinched out the back sleeve seam on the back yoke to remove some gaping. The finished dress still has a bit of tightness across the back (may be altering the back sleeve seam on the yoke had something to do with this?) so Ive unpicked the back pleat. If I make the dress again I will work out how to widen the back so I can keep the full pleat which is such a nice feature of this dress! I'll be wearing it to a wedding later this month. I am currently trying to find a pair of shoes to go with it! I should mention that I made some major cock ups with the pockets! I had to unpick THREE times. On the first two times I knew I was rushing and I was really tired. Always a mistake! The third time, however, everything was going so well until I noticed I had put the pocket piece in upside down! ugh!