Burda Style For people who sew
Description
This dress is a combination of JJ blouse pattern, Ute blouse pattern and my redrafting.
I used the JJ blouse for defining the bodice of the dress. It is cut under bust and incorporates gathered bust panel, that gives the dress a bit of ethno look (it reminds me of dirndl blouses and ensembles). The back of the bodice is altered as well, so it has 2 darts instead of shoulder princess seams.
For the sleeves I used the Ute sleeve pattern, but cropped it a bit.
The skirt has one pleat on the front and one on the back.
The scaloped hems came naturally, since the cotton I used was embroidered and had lovely bordure. I used button hole stitch to secure the edge more and run the fabric through the machine, following the embroidery. Then I cut the extra fabric and got this lovely hem.
The dress is fully lined with lightweight cotton.
Material Notes
Embroidered cotton
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Oct 13, 2009, 02.57 AMby kellyt2
Clever and beautiful!
Oct 1, 2009, 05.37 AMby DHAMMI
It’s lovely……….great transformation.
Sep 3, 2009, 01.37 PMby Marija Cosic
Beautiful! Extra! Dopada mi se tvoj rad, vidi se da si pedantna!
Sep 2, 2009, 08.36 AMby LYBU
Fabulous dress. Great tranformation
Sep 1, 2009, 12.40 PMby Miss-G
Wow. What a transformation. Nice use of the border on the bodice and sleeves.
Sep 1, 2009, 03.51 AMby Judeb
Love the way you have done this, looks fantastic
Aug 31, 2009, 11.09 PMby Spontique
Absolute perfection again.
Aug 31, 2009, 02.40 PMby Ghainskom
Beautiful!
Aug 31, 2009, 02.29 PMby Miss_B
It’s gorgeous. You did an amazing job.
Aug 31, 2009, 01.29 PMby sewella
Haljina je predivna – materijal fantastican!
Aug 31, 2009, 01.28 PMby fabricaddict
Beautiful dress – what great transformations and that scalloped fabric is very pretty!!
Aug 31, 2009, 01.21 PMby Laurie1962
So crisp and summery. I love the colour on you.
Aug 31, 2009, 01.00 PMby Mirela
very pretty! Oh my gosh I cannot see JJ in there at all! Such a transformation, great job as always!