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Vivianne | Halla

My sewing goal for 2019 in it's entirety is to sew clothing that is outside of my little box I call the comfort zone.  Truthfully, it's a very, very small box.   I wear long, tunic length tops...and when I say tunic, the rest of the world says dress length.   I own A LOT of leggings to wear with the tunics  dresses.   That's getting boring, and in about 10 short weeks I have the opportunity to do an internship for Healthcare Administration.  Leggings and dresses/tunics just aren't going to cut the dress codes. So, I embraced the Vivianne by Halla and I ADORE her!    Let's talk about her length first. Typically when I make a pattern, I add a good 3".  I did that the first go round and it was an abysmal failure.  I couldn't even bring myself to take pictures of it.  It was that bad! I neglected to take into account that Vivianne is supposed to sit toward the top of the hips, not directly on the hips.  So, while I would typical