Burda Style For people who sew

Description

I started Dress #137 from Burda Style 5/2010 way back in December of 2009 it was a plus size pattern so I did not add any seam allowance and took extra large seam allowance while sewing. I had it pretty much finished except for buttons and hemming, then January of 2011 I broke my wrist, so it got put aside and I put on some weight. I remembered it last January 2012 and finished it up but it was way too cold to take any pictures and I did not feel so well. Two weeks later I had to have a complete hysterectomy and I did not want to do any pictures because of lots of swelling from my incisions. I decided this dress was Bad Luck and put it away, that is until today when I thought “Hey, its January again, bring it on”. So without further ado here it is, and I think I like it better now January 2013, than I did when I first started it.

I used a remnant of thin floral upholstery because of its heavier weight compared to plain cotton fabric. I wanted a dress I could wear on colder days. I only made one change to dress and that was I got rid of waist seam pockets. The waist is a tad snug and the bust is a little loose and too low for me. I don’t think that I will making another. The all together shape of dress is to hour glass for me. I don’t have any complaints about the back, it fits my shoulders comfortably and the darts are just right. I’ll will defiantly have to wear a pretty slip or cami under this dress so I don’t show off my chest with the dress being so low in the front. I had to pull front of dress up and slightly back to take these pictures, my bra was really showing.

Material Notes

thin upholstery
metal buttons

Difficulty

Intermediate

Categories

Season

Spring

For

Women

Garment Type

Dress

Style

Casual

Material

Other