Knee length dress in knit material

      

Recently I had made this dress for a friend. She wanted to wear it for a semi formal occasion. As you can see, it is a knee length dress, half sleeves with a short slit on the left leg.

Material:
Cotton synthetic mix, knit material in off white black and red checks, 2 m, 60" width.
Black, synthetic, slight stretch, 1/4 m., 44" width.

Description:
We decided to make it about calf length initially, with a longer slit. She wanted the black material to one side. Since the design is checks, I suggested we go with square neck. in front and shallow round on the back. The sleeves had a few small pleats on the top for a better fit. On her first trial, the dress did not look all that fetching because of the length. It turned out to be perfect at knee length. Because the dress got shortened, the slit got shortened too. We are going to put a few red coloured buttons on the black strip closer to the neck to add a bit of jazz.