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My black dress is finished and I´m so glad. It was not very easy to make it and took me quite a lot of time. It´s a combination of two older Burda Mag patterns. For the bodice, I left the zipper out and added straps, because I wanted to have a bow in the back. I made pockets too! They are my first pockets and I didn´t really know how to make them and whether I did it right (probably not :). It was a strange process making this dress: I said to myself many, many times, that I hate sewing and that I´m not ever sewing again. There were just so many steps for this to be finished, and I didn´t even know how will it look like in the end. Anyway, the fabric is really lovely, and was a dream to work with, so I forgive the dress everything :) Now I just need somewhere to wear it…
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Material Notes
black cotton + linen blend, interfacing
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Jul 9, 2012, 06.56 AMby bethmaryharley
Oct 8, 2011, 06.49 PMby adriprints
I love your Burday mash-up! Your hard-won efforts look great!
Jun 18, 2011, 10.40 AMby stephiaffi
Yes, I believe we do have the same taste :) I love this dress!
Jun 14, 2011, 06.02 PMby laceumbrella
You can’t beat a chic black dress and I love your version.
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Jun 14, 2011, 06.22 PMby janul
thanks a lot!
Jun 13, 2011, 04.32 AMby rifka
Lovely dress! The two patterns work very well together and the fit is perfect.
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Jun 13, 2011, 06.08 AMby janul
thank you! there is actually a gap in the front neckline area… I try not to think about it too much :D.
Jun 12, 2011, 06.26 PMby carottesauvage
simple (at first sight) and classy, what does the crowd ask for?
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Jun 12, 2011, 06.33 PMby janul
I don´t get what you mean by the crowd but… thanks :).
Jun 12, 2011, 06.34 PMby carottesauvage
English idiom unless being a bad translation of a French one….
Jun 12, 2011, 07.11 PMby janul
thanks, well, I know the idiom, but it doesen´t make sense to me… but that´s ok, I´m probably not very smart when it comes to idioms :).
Jun 12, 2011, 07.25 PMby carottesauvage
‘Mais que demande le peuple’ (Julius Cesar) ‘What more can one ask for’ would be the best translation
Jun 12, 2011, 04.51 PMby Anne Wagenhauser
You have done a pretty good job from the looks of it. Don’t give up, sewing is a very rewarding skill to have!
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Jun 12, 2011, 05.57 PMby janul
Thank you. I have to say I like the result and I´m not giving up :).
Jun 12, 2011, 03.35 PMby kelerabeus
Oh, don’t be a hater! You made a beautiful dress, isn’t that rewarding and encouraging! I really like the bodice, with those little raglan sleeves. Do you remember from which burda mag. is it?
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Jun 12, 2011, 04.09 PMby janul
Thank you! The pattern for the top is from Burda 2009/3, model 107 :). I should remember that many people make several muslins and it takes them much longer to make something than it does to me :).