Here’s Simplicity 6894 again, in the better red than dead edition:
I really love the IDEA of this particular dress, but the actual instantiation of it is problematic. Mostly because this fabric wrinkles like a Shar-Pei. It took all my weight on the iron to get it as smooth as it is in these photos:
The pleats turned out well, though, didn’t they?
And the side zip?
More evidence of the essentially wrinkly nature of this dress:
And the back:
I’d like to make this dress over again but I’m thinking I should go more Classic Villager and do it in some teeny tiny prints. I just bought some Japanese Liberty from Jones and Vandermeer (on sale!) that might be a good candidate for this pattern … or maybe in red again, so I can salvage those buttons, but something not so crinkly. Thoughts?
A Dress A Day 
that dress is a real stunner, so you need to do it again in less wrinkly red fabric.
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Is that Kona? I’ve found the trick with Kona is to take it out of the dryer when it’s only about 70% dry, and then press post-haste.
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I vote another red also. I think the front pleats get lost in a print.
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Try a spray sizing next time you iron the dress. It’s too pretty to give up on yet! Also, since I started using a fabric steamer (the floor model) wrinkles are easier to handle. Good luck!
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I love the solid!! I had a villager dress like this in pumpkin–favorite!!
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I like the plain fabric better than the prints, much better to show off all that hard work on those pleats! My SIL has one very similar with seven small pleats on each side in a perfect emerald green, one of my favorite dresses…
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How Many Cans by Soul Coughing. Nice
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