Pattern Review: The Roscoe Dress

A couple of months ago I decided to jump on the cult following train to make a Roscoe dress from True Bias. I had this pattern in my stash for what felt like forever but just never got around to making it. For my first two versions, I made a top and a hacked dress version. Both soon became firm favourites in my wardrobe which led me to question, why did I take that long to try it out?

Fast forward to about a month ago and I got to participate in a photo collaboration with True Bias and made probably my favourite Roscoe dress to date. This has no hacks and is made in all its original glory. Oh I lied, just remembered I shortened it by 2 inches cos I’m vertically challenged. I wanted it to be breezy for the summer. Translation: loose and not touching my body while I sweat in this crazy heatwave Utah is experiencing.

Let’s talk about sizing. The Roscoe dress is designed to be oversized and loose. For the top I made a while back, I sized down to the size 16. It was fabulous and the perfect fit but I knew it would be snug on my hips if I did the full dress version. So for this dress I made a size 20. I could have probably done the 18 but the 20 suited just fine. It fulfilled all my high fashion dreams so I cannot complain.

For fabric I used this lush Ellen McKenna cotton fabric I picked up from Nerida Hansen. I have a large stash of Ellen McKenna fabric and I always save them for the right project. I couldn’t help seeing these two together. It’s the perfect pattern and fabric combination and I cannot wait to wear it to death.

When the hubby and I went to take photos I knew it had to be epic. I had long loved this local mural but never quite had the right outfit for it. Enter in my new Roscoe dress and I couldn’t have dreamt of a better photoshoot. The hubby was also making me laugh and saying things like “yes girl”. So hopefully you can feel all the love and positive energy that went into this dress. This was also the first dress I made since miscarrying and it came together so fast considering how fragile my mental state was. So I’m beyond happy to showcase this creation. I can’t recommend this pattern enough and True Bias themselves. I was not expected to write a blogpost as part of the collaboration (it was just a photo collab) but I needed to explain why this dress has such a cult following. I highly recommend trying out this pattern if you haven’t already and if you have be sure to try out some fun hacks!