I'm back with a new dress! Like I said, I have been super lazy and using commercial patterns for about a year now. This one is a shirtdress by Simplicity -- pattern number 8014. I did a mix of multiple views to create my perfect shirtdress. I technically cut a View C but used the collar in View A and D. I think I made my cuffed sleeve and sleeve tabs differently than the pattern asked me to do, but I do what I want. Haha. Best of all, this dress already had a pocket bag pattern! Many times, I will create my own if there is enough room in the skirt portion. I also had to change the grainline of the yoke on my pattern (ie. cut it the opposite direction). Normally, you would cut your back yoke on a shirt or shirtdress on a crosswise grain because it prevents stretching out and gives your garment more stiffness/structure. Well, that simply wasn't going to work with a one-way print! I would never hear the end of how I "cut it wrong" by anyone wh...