Burda Style For people who sew
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I’ve discovered cotton sateen. Stretch too!
It’s so divine and makes an every day dress a little more glamourous with a slight sheen, lovely and easy to sew too.
Plus you can have a dress that fits when you are skinny or wearing your ’winter coat".
Thanks to my ex also for my lovely camera for Christmas so now I don’t have to wait for him to come over every 6 weeks to take photos. Although they aren’t nearly as good as the ones he takes.
This is a vogue pattern I made about 7 years ago. I made a slight alteration in the pattern adding two darts at the top as it is quite baggy around the upper chest.
I’ve also added a little colar to give it some extra oomph.
My first version didn’t turn out brilliantly and luckily I had enough fabric to make a whole new one.
Except for a slight bit of wrinkling at the back I’m very very happy.
Material Notes
Navy blue stretch cotton sateen.
Armani Cotton for the colar
Difficulty
Novice
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Jan 22, 2012, 01.27 AMby domestic-divaonline
Sateen is wonderful and you’ve made it look marvelous with your design and contrasting choices.
Jan 17, 2012, 12.00 AMby sewtessuti
gorgeous!
Jan 14, 2012, 12.30 PMby Jodi Wade
Chic
Jan 11, 2012, 06.47 AMby Swirlz1
This is so well made, can’t believe the skills of a novice can do this… Very inspiring
Jan 11, 2012, 04.31 AMby sarahwau
I love the dress and I love cotton sateen. Stretch cotton sateen sounds even better :-).
Jan 10, 2012, 10.40 AMby Priscilla Folley
Very elegant, just like you said. Very flattering – good job!
Jan 10, 2012, 04.29 AMby Seeks Corey
Love the collar. It definitely makes the dress here. (Though the dress is certainly nice as is.)
Jan 10, 2012, 03.58 AMby Julia Morley
looks great! The collar makes it perfect.
Jan 10, 2012, 02.16 AMby schnui
It is a really nice dress and I do like the the striped collar. I use to like cotton sateen but found it often shrunk and kept shrinking. Please let me know if this no longer happens as I would like to use it again to make some pants.
Jan 10, 2012, 12.35 AMby aluckmann
It is lovely. The stripe fabric for the collar does give the dress more personality. (I too am a fan of cotton sateen!)