What I like about you - the Simplicity 4074 knit dress

Dear Simplicity 4074 . When you first appeared in the catalog - back in July 2006 - I couldn't resist your charms. You were an immediate addition to my pattern collection. By October 2006 I had purchased the perfect knit fabric to create you. I even had you almost completely sewed by December of that same year. And that's when your charm no longer worked on me. You see, I hated the way you looked when I placed you on my body. I thought maybe it was the length...perhaps I should have sewed you shorter. Or maybe it was the self fabric belt...perhaps you needed more of a contrast. I just didn't know. I only knew I didn't like you. I know that's hard to hear, but it's true. So I hid you in the back of my sewing closet hoping to forget you. But every time I choose a new fabric I'd see you. Even though the guilt would begin to gnaw away at me, I'd pretend I hadn't seen you. Finally, last year, in an attempt to make you a winner, I had cut you so y