Realised that I'd forgotten to post photo of my completed dress - it's been through the washing machine and on the line twice already since completion so it must be a success
The fabric is a fine wale cord with a bit of stretch and self colour embroidery akin to 'broiderie anglais' style so the resulting dress is really comfortable and cosy.
If I make it again , fancy it in a summer weight too, I'd add perhaps an inch to the upper body and 2" to the sleeves - as I said before the pattern is bereft of markings re waist/hips/bust - it's not too short but longer would be better. As for the sleeves, I didn't want to turn back the cuffs on this dress as the fabric is quite thick enough, but in a lighter weight fabric a turn-back would be nice and necessitate lengthening the sleeve.
I sewed the longer variant and surprisingly it's plenty long enough without any additional inches even on me (mid calf length )
The pattern envelope states 4 yd fabric, I bought 3.7m and have enough left for a straight short skirt for DD.
Forgot to explain the other 2 photos - made using a 'free' pattern from a recent magazine in jersey fabric, the leafy one is a double jersey skirt with a suede-like top layer ( feels lovely but a b***t to sew ) and the other was sourced on our recent hols from a shop in Worcester, 'Rags' I think, much easier to sew and quicker to dry too