I love both on you - hope you are keeping!

Good eye efbgen, I didn't notice the side seams. Most people complain about the sleeves not matching so I thought I would comment. Glad to hear from another seamstress

They look beautiful on you, you are wise to keep. I love the checked dress. If you don't mind me asking, did you get a regular or long/tall? I am curious if the regular would be too long on someone my height. I am 5'3.5" exactly.

LYNN- LOL- I have been on the receiving end of “ the sleeves don’t match up” comment many times also. Thanks for you and SMITTIE thinking it’s a good eye..........
I am particularly aware of matching seams on red check. A few years back I had to make several costumes for a dance group that needed peasant blouses and 3 tiered gathered ruffle skirts...... in you guessed it- red gingham. Miles and miles and miles of matching checks on then, 36 inch wide fabric. As a seamstress you can probably guess what a fun job that was. Now I when I see any checked garment, my eyes make a beeline for the seams. ( sorry SMITTIE) Thank goodness I only sew for family now.......
OCD is not necessarily a good thing- lol.

Efbgen- I really appreciate your pointing out the mismatched checks. I don’t mind them now, but in other scenarios, I might.
I think I would go crazy sewing that much gingham. I’m sure you are ginghamed-out!

Cocolion: I got the 6US REGULAR, and my shoulder seam-to-middle-of-the-knee measurement is 37.5”. I am 5’5.5” exactly. Hope this helps, and thank you.

I was wearing it today to clean out my car today. It doesn’t really wrinkle much.

These are so great... but why oh why did you show me the gingham? I am outta control when it comes to gingham!!

I think both of them look great, both for style and for fit. Enjoy!

I'm so glad that you kept both these wonderful dresses. They are very different but both look fresh and lovely on you.

Great you kept both dresses, as they are fantastic on you.

These are great dresses. The red is super on you and the gingham looks so good with the white trousers. I'm smiling about Trinny and Susannah - seems so long ago now, but the tips stick with me too.

Thank you Rachy, Gigi, Joy, Dianna, and Jane!
Rachy: The gingham is a bit crazy-tablecloth but I’m oddly comfortable looking like a table cloth(!) I do think this dress will be a weekend-only thing, which is fine because my other weekend-only dress is too small for me (I have gained weight on my lower half).

Jane—T&S give sage advice!

These dresses are gorgeous on you and I'm so glad you're keeping both. Such fun colours for Spring.

These are both gorgeous on you! And I'm interested to hear you got the 6 regular for the Boden. The Truefit for me keeps jumping back and forth between the 6 and the 8 so I still haven't ordered Boden due to fears about not fitting!

Freckles and Suz: thank you!

Suz, you are definitely not an 8US! R u sure ur not looking at the UK site?

Both perfect, pls keep!:-)

You look gorgeous in both of these. I have a red gingham skirt, which my husband refers to as the tablecloth skirt, so you are not the only one sporting the tablecloth look!