Details on the maxi dress

After reading the Sewaholic sewalong post about stay tape I decided to reinforce the sides. I've got the one that you can iron on the fabric, there's no need to stitch it:


Matching the pattern on a side seam:



Matching the stripes. The seam finishing is the same as on my ' Butterfly garden' dress:

On the side seams tried to match the horizontal blue lines. You can't match the pieces everywhere because of the different grainline (picture on the left) The front and back skirt seam is matched both horizontally as vertically (picture on the right)



Making the loops. I find it easier to press the seams before turning them right side out, that way the seams stay open on the inside:






I pinned the pockets to match the stripes:







I've finished the lower edge of the pockets with a bias band (this fabric is really a horror to work with!)