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Cake Tiramisu knit wrap dress

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I love, love wrap dresses. I hate the anxiety that comes with wearing one when you have to worry about it gaping at the neckline or flying open below the waist! So I decided to try Cake Patterns' Tiramisu knit faux-wrap dress. Also the name of one of my favorite desserts! Reviews of this dress promise no gaping at the neckline, and its not a wrap skirt, so I thought I'd have a good shot at containment! This pattern was also appealing because it is fully customizable to fit:  the bodice can be adjusted by both band and cup size, and the midriff and skirt can be made in different sizes, if that's your shape. Cake makes it easy to grade from one to another (not that its difficult) but you can take the bodice size (say 30), find that mark on the top of the midriff, then find your waist size (say 27) at the bottom of the midriff and just cut along the line that joins the two. Zero trigonometry involved. I ended up cutting a 30D for the bodice after all was said and do...