Burda Style For people who sew
Description
A fitted shirt dress using McCall’s 4769. I used my favourite Liberty Tana Lawn print and fully underlined the dress with white silk cotton. I also used vintage buttons and a vintage lace trim on the hem, so the whole dress was a great stash buster! I’d highly recommend the pattern if you’re looking for a basic shirt dress shape with a nod to vintage styles.
More photos and construction details on my blog. Thanks for reading! x
Material Notes
2 metres of Liberty Tana Lawn cotton for the body of the dress, white silk cotton for underlining.
Vintage buttons and vintage lace trim for the hem.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Jun 12, 2013, 01.20 AMby freyastark
Fabulous! That is my all-time favourite Liberty print, and that pattern is a great way to use it, especially underlined. I like the look of McCall’s 4769, too, but haven’t got around to actually making it yet. A fine effort. Well done.
Jun 8, 2013, 01.03 PMby becprentis
Liberty + shirt dress = fab! :)
Jun 7, 2013, 06.38 PMby jojokitten
I love this dress and immediately searched for the pattern…but i’m guessing it’s not a current one :(
Jun 6, 2013, 08.41 PMby bellasophy04
Lovely dress!
Jun 6, 2013, 06.19 AMby cathysews
A great dress…lovely looking at the inside too.!
Jun 5, 2013, 02.51 PMby lorenna
A beautiful dress, and it looks lovely on you!