Shirred dresses have been very popular in the last couple of years and I’m sure you have seen many tutorials on how to do one without a pattern just by cutting rectangles of fabric and sewing them together. It took me a while to give shirring a go myself as I wasn’t sure I liked the look of it that much. But then I discovered the Victory Patterns Sofia dress. While I think the free tutorials are a wonderful way to go if you don’t want to spend money on a pattern, a professional pattern definitely offers many advantages. What I like the most about the Sofia is that the…