Burda Style For people who sew
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For the upper part of this dress I used white poplin and the Danielle pattern with altered neckline. The skirt is made of jersey and has many pleats (I used model 105 from Burda 10/2007). The compination of the two patterns was easy and needed no alteration. The result is very very flattering ( in my opinion better than the original Danielle), as the jersey pleated skirt drapes and mooves flirty.
I planned to make a simple dress without embellishments for everyday use. Accidentally I made a hole with my scissors at the back bodice. The dress was already finished and I couldn’t redo the whole from the beginning. So the only solution I could think was to put some lace and ric rac to cover the damage. I also put ric rac and lace all over, to make the whole embellishment look as it was made on purpose. Thanks god I have long hair so it isn’t very noticeable. I ended with an evening dress, as the only lace I had in my stash was one with glossy little things, as you can see in the last photo.
Hope you like it!
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Intermediate
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Mar 16, 2013, 02.48 AMby Capriceong
Thanks for the advise. I’ll take that into consideration.
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Mar 16, 2013, 03.14 AMby liliv-1
You are welcome, good luck with the dress:)
Mar 15, 2013, 10.27 AMby Capriceong
Great job! I’m about to attempt my first Danielle. Would a cotton voile work on this pattern?
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Mar 15, 2013, 11.01 AMby liliv-1
For the bodice sure, but the skirt of danielle looks better made of fabrics with more body in my opinion.
If you are not afraid of waisting your fabric and time, you can try it, but it is not the safe choise.
Feb 21, 2013, 11.39 PMby Meldbombs
Great job! Haha im trying to combine self designed jersey skirt with this bodice and self designed contrast band
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Feb 22, 2013, 08.20 AMby liliv-1
I didn’ t put the band in this dress…..I have made an other jersey version of danielle with the band and it was a failure:(
Feb 20, 2013, 09.52 PMby Mary Athey
This is lovely on you. I love the black and white and the ric rac trims fab x
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Feb 20, 2013, 09.54 PMby liliv-1
xx thanks! I just hope it doesn’ t look weird to have trims at the back of the dress:(