Burda Style For people who sew
Description
I am all about basic righty now and this is another basic tube dress. Although most people would advise against horizontal stripes but I think it works for this type of dress and because the stripes are small. I was aiming to accentuate the positive (my shoulders) and to draw the eyes away from my hips ;)
It has very small gathers as not to add too much volume and the band at the bust has a 2 button closure ( I guess you can see that I’m not a big fan of zippers at the moment). It’s made of a cotton/lycra blend so it has some stretch and has white in seam pockets. I got this fabric years ago and only used it to make a small fabric covered gift box (see photo). I loved the fabric and I guess I didn’t want to ruin it but this dress was simple and I figured I could always recycle it if it didn’t work out. In the end…I love the dress so everything worked out fine :)
Material Notes
Cotton/Lycra
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Nov 16, 2009, 07.55 PMby petit.mouton.bleu
:D a happy dress
Sep 15, 2009, 05.12 AMby ZenLove
Very nice!
Sep 8, 2009, 10.55 PMby faithhopelove
Simple is good! I might follow your lead and make a maxi for summer… Yay!