Burda Style For people who sew
Description
For this dress, I used a vintage sweater material. I’ve had it for several years; I think I bought it at a thrift store. It’s a light pink and white with snowflakes and reindeer. The dress is perfect for winter. It’s Christmas-y but not so much so that I can’t wear it at other times, earlier in the winter.
Unfortunately I didn’t have enough of the fabric to match all the stripes up, plus the pattern didn’t really allow for them to match. I used a variation of the self-drafted cowl top pattern that I’ve used for years. I made it into a dress with a flared a-line skirt and short kimono-type sleeves.
If you’re interested, I blogged about it here.
Categories
- Season
- Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Dress
- Material
- Knits/Jersey
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Dec 30, 2012, 09.38 AMby Mary Athey
Fab dress!! I love the fabric.and.you made.a gorgeous dress with it. X
Dec 29, 2012, 11.24 PMby kisses
nice dress
Dec 29, 2012, 09.49 PMby krice
Beautiful! And it looks so great on you
Dec 29, 2012, 08.49 PMby byrdiesews
So cute!