Vogue 1329 -- Grr!! Invisible Zipper 3, Me 0

I was reading my sewing blogs and instantly loved everything about the Vogue 1329 dress as posted by Erica B. I also loved that it said "easy", so I thought I would give it a try, in slightly different colours. Things seemed to be going well until the insertion of the dreaded IZ. For whatever reason, this zipper insertion has kicked my @$$ 3 times now, so I will be taking a different slant on it. When I looked at my fabric panel, it has quite the curved raw edge on it, and my cutting is atrocious -- it looks as if it was cut by the Dr. Seuss' Grinch. Remember his crooked cut job on his Santa suit? Anyway, the pattern piece on the instruction guide looks quite straight-- of course it does!--and my fabric edge is quite curved, and , um, jagged. Sigh. Sooo very frustrating. My language was quite salty.  Since my fabric is quite stretchy, I am just going to sew up the centre back seam, hope that it all lines up, forgo the lining that I started on, and just wear a slip underneath. And maybe Spanx. Yeah. I'm not ready to give it up as a wadder yet, so I will do my best to salvage it, even if I have to wear a cardigan over it.



Yes Vogue, I am a sewing novice, but your easy pattern is not too difficult, and will not defeat me!!