Burda Style For people who sew
Description
I made this dress using a vintage 1961 sewing pattern. It’s the first time I’ve used a vintage sewing pattern and I have to say, I love them and am completely converted! I found this wiggle dress pattern, McCalls 5995, on Etsy, bought it and had to grade down the pattern. To view the pattern, click here. Grading really did scare me to no end as I have never done this before. However, it turned out brilliant, though I do believe I could grade down just a little more for a snugger fit. I did triangular bound buttonholes down the front of the bodice, you can find a tutorial for that here. For the zipper, I handpicked it and lapped it. This I am most proud of and I do believe that I will use more and more regular zippers with this technique method than trying to use an invisible zipper, which typically never works for me. The original design was so attractive to me that I didn’t alter or change anything except for the triangular buttonholes. The Red Vixen Dress, just in time to be smitten for Valentine’s Day!
Material Notes
Red Merino Wool Twill from TrimFabric.com, Red Dupioni Silk for the skirt lining, covered buttons
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
33 Comments Sign in to add a post
Featured
-
Editors' Pick
Surfer Girl: 10 New Sewing Patterns
The style is cool and sporty beach wear that can be worn anywhere!
-
Pattern of the Week
Floral Pencil Skirt
This pencil skirt is perfect for everyday wear! We love it in floral.
-
Editors' Pick
Photo Bombshell: 8 New Plus Size Sewing Patterns
This collection will make you shine in front of the camera!
-
Member Project of the Week
Strapless Bustier Dress
Get inspired by printed floral bustier dress with flounce! It is so summery.
-
DIY to Try
Head Bands
Make yourself a lovely hair band this spring!
BurdaStyle - Footer
BurdaStyle is a DIY fashion and sewing community. Our aim is to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, hobbyists, DIY'ers, and inspire fashion enthusiasts. We offer downloadable PDF sewing patterns, project ideas, tutorials and a community passionate about fashion. Press coverage on BurdaStyle can be found here.
Website Help
About BurdaStyle
© 2009 BurdaStyle. Inc. All rights reserved. Site by AREA 17
May 24, 2011, 01.26 AMby wildcatspow
Ack!! This is STUNNING!!
Apr 8, 2010, 09.45 PMby cayetanca
Beatiful dress, wonderful finishing, congratulations!
Apr 4, 2010, 12.40 AMby nuiwida23
This is really gorgeous…LOVE the triangular bound buttonholes!
Feb 17, 2010, 08.56 PMby pixelink
SENSATIONAL!!! Love all your work ;-)
Feb 9, 2010, 10.13 PMby seemane
Gorgeous style & colour – love it!
Feb 9, 2010, 04.26 PMby gtangel
ooh my.. this is the most stunning dress ever!! simply gorgeous.. its speaks so much .. GReat Job!!! i love it…
Feb 9, 2010, 10.16 AMby silke
this looks realy great and kind of sexy… great work! i love the shape and especially the buttons and button holes. how elaborate!
Feb 9, 2010, 10.15 AMby anajan
Hot dress! Love the color, the shape, the button holes… well everything about it! Well done!
Feb 9, 2010, 08.02 AMby juebejue
so very lovely!!!
Feb 9, 2010, 06.24 AMby dewreb
So cute! I love the buttons, and the shape!
Feb 9, 2010, 03.42 AMby littlecottondresses
Great dress, styling, and the photography as well!
Feb 9, 2010, 01.57 AMby ginasophia
Thank you for the link to the button holes, they are very unique and have given me an idea for a project I scrapped because of the missing buttonhole option on my machine.
Beautiful work by the way, absolutely lovely!!
Feb 8, 2010, 11.46 PMby stefilu
you did a really great job! I love the buttonholes. the color suits you so well, I’m a big fan of red myself :) As for the invisible zippers – I don’t like them, tried it once and decided not to do the same mistake again :)
I tried to leave this post on your blog but the “post” button doesn’t work :( or is there any trick I don’t know about? :)
1 Reply
Feb 9, 2010, 04.32 PMby sunnilj9
Oh I’m so sorry! I’ve had a couple of problems with this. I just put in a ticket with Typepad. Thank you for letting me know. Hopefully this will be resolved soon. Thank you for looking at my blog!
Feb 8, 2010, 10.52 PMby pikkupossu
Simply awesome :) Sassy and loaded with attitude :)
Feb 8, 2010, 08.51 PMby ichigogirl
It’s just gorgeous, the fit, the style, the finish, the colour. The triangular buttonholes are fabulous… made me want a wiggle-dress you did!
Feb 8, 2010, 07.48 PMby susanne2011
That’s awesome, love it! Great buttonholes and love your gloves!
Feb 8, 2010, 07.25 PMby nettie
That is absolutely stunning!!!
Feb 8, 2010, 07.22 PMby Jodi Wade
straight into my favourites! those buttonholes! wow!! you did a fantastic job on this
Feb 8, 2010, 06.27 PMby michelleiswell
those bound button holes are AMAZING! You should be proud of those as well. They are great! Love this!
Feb 8, 2010, 06.16 PMby skwarynia
WOw really great:)
Feb 8, 2010, 05.59 PMby nenasew
What a sexy dress and there is hardly any skin showing. I love it.
Feb 8, 2010, 05.37 PMby almresl
WOW! This dress is so wonderful. I love your work and your website.Thank you for the inspiration.
Feb 8, 2010, 05.32 PMby zickzack
That’s a great dress! I have not tried to make bound button holes yet because I like the normal ones almost better, but triangular ones.. I might try that in the future!! Thanks for the link!
Feb 8, 2010, 05.30 PMby victors
Wow! its a work of art, those button holes are amazing ;)
Feb 8, 2010, 04.59 PMby smallone
grading down, and triangles, and difficult zips…and a wonderful result, very inspirational…not to mention lovely.
Feb 8, 2010, 04.32 PMby irmchen
I love merino wool… and I love the earlie 60ties… and I love your dress! :-) Looks really pretty. Well done!
Feb 8, 2010, 04.22 PMby gatonju
Very Sassy Dress! Well done! Also, Thank you for including a link to the buttonhole tutorial.
Feb 8, 2010, 04.01 PMby mudinfedi
Wow!! this is absolutely amazing. I love the buttonholes. I think I should start checking out vintage patterns. Your dress is so unique.
Feb 8, 2010, 03.56 PMby frkbustad
Great work! It’s fantastic, and so many lovely details! I guess we all just have to start practising on vintage patterns, because this is oh so nice!
Feb 8, 2010, 03.42 PMby wzrdreams
Great photos of an amazing dress! I actually like that it is not extremely snug. It still looks falttering and not at all frumpy or ill-fitting. I love the triangular bound button holes. Bravo!