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this dress (now a top) is based on Butterick B5211, i saw this beautiful matte satin and i had to have it, knowing slippery fabric is so hard to work with….
And yap, it’s a disaster :) I unpick the hem 3 times, i tried blind hem, rolled hem, hand stitch, no matter what i do, it just looked wrong!!
at the end (and out of frustration) i decided to chop it, string a skinny elastic through it so that i can hide the funny hem. i made a rose brooch out of the scrap, i’m happy now :)
Material Notes
matte satin, button, elastic
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
Credits
- Butterick B5211
http://butterick.mccall.com/b5211-products-7478.php?page_id=155
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Jun 20, 2010, 12.08 PMby doudou
Love the fabric and the top !!
Mar 26, 2010, 06.25 AMby 5294sandras
What a beautiful dress and top!
Mar 3, 2010, 06.09 AMby Zaiba Shaikh
Itsss sooo very Pretty!! Love it!!
Mar 1, 2010, 11.30 PMby Erin E
Love the fabric. So pretty!
I featured this top on my blog :)
http://trailertreasure.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/burdastyle-top-picks-week-of-222-228/
Mar 1, 2010, 03.42 PMby sunnilj9
It’s gorgeous and I love the fabric you used. The hem looks great and I love your solution to this problem. Lovely job!
Mar 1, 2010, 01.40 AMby josephina
It is gorgeous fabric. And you ended up with a lovely top. I have given up trying to hem slippery fabrics – they all get a rolled hem on the overlocker now!
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Mar 1, 2010, 08.54 AMby icecjan
i wish i have one :(
Feb 28, 2010, 10.02 PMby janul
I know, satin is a nightmare to sew… and I only hemmed a rectangle of fabric! I love your top!
Feb 28, 2010, 07.40 PMby rjhopkins12
That fabric is beautiful! Where did you get it?
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Mar 1, 2010, 12.34 AMby icecjan
i got it from Spotlight – if you’re in Australia :)
Feb 28, 2010, 07.16 PMby nenasew
I think that is a gorgeous fabric. I see why u bought it. I have the same trouble with slippery fabrics and yet I keep buying them. I like how you solved the issue by gathering it at the waist. Looks very beautiful.
Feb 28, 2010, 06.34 PMby lmb
I think it is beautiful. Worth all the trouble with the hem.
Feb 28, 2010, 06.11 PMby laugh434
Gorgeous material! I think it looks lovely as a top, but the dress was very pretty as well!
Feb 28, 2010, 05.36 PMby sandoz18
Very pretty—nice salvage. :)
Feb 28, 2010, 04.50 PMby bekaem
Lovely top and I love that fabric – almost envy…. :) Shame for the dress but a top is really so much more versatile anyway.