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Description
This is the third dress I made from Butterick 4790 (the “walkaway” dress), with a few adjustments to achieve a perfect fit. When viewing the main sample garment for the Butterick pattern on their website, I noticed that it looked quite a bit different than the original pattern cover from 1953! So I came up with a method for altering the tissue pattern to fit properly, and I’ve also discovered that any 50s dress looks much better with a crinoline and corset underneath! I’ve given complete instructions on my blog , and you can see many more pictures of this dress here
Happy sewing!
Katrina
Edelweiss Patterns
Material Notes
The front panel is a stretch matte satin from Telio & Cie fabrics, and the pink rayon crepe was purchased for $2.50 a yard!
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
- Season
- Spring, Summer
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Dress
- Style
- Classic, Evening Wear, Vintage
- Material
- Polyester, Rayon, Satin
Credits
- Edelweiss Patterns
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Dec 11, 2011, 11.57 PMby smallone
wow wow wow!!!….this is by far the best rendition of the walk away out there.
Nov 28, 2011, 08.08 PMby corinaladue
I love this. The colors look gorgeous on you too.
Nov 28, 2011, 06.33 PMby imagiono
Very pretty :)
Nov 28, 2011, 01.16 AMby aluckmann
I agree, I have seen a lot of versions of this dress – and yours is my favorite! I love how feminine and pretty you look.
Nov 26, 2011, 05.40 PMby zenica
This is absolutely darling! It must be my favourite version of this pattern!
Nov 26, 2011, 01.12 AMby schnui
What a pretty dress and the fabric suits the style so well. And you look beautiful in it.