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Description
I made this dress to wear to a posh afternoon tea at a local country hotel in celebration of a friends birthday.
I used the Burdastyle Danielle dress pattern for the bodice, as I’ve used this before and it fits me perfectly. I used the bodice and waistband of this pattern, and the skirt is from Burda 7407.
I self drafted some tulip sleeves and inserted a lapped zipper.
More on my blog here: http://alittleofwhatyou.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/made-by-me-tiger-lily-afternoon-tea.html#
Material Notes
Polyester crepe de chine
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Aug 25, 2012, 05.45 PMby pixiesam
Thank you so much everyone for your lovely comments. I am so pleased with how it turned out and yes, I had a wonderful time wearing it.
Aug 25, 2012, 06.51 AMby janene
Amazing fit. Perfect for an afternoon tea! :-)
Aug 25, 2012, 12.50 AMby HelenMoore
This is so cute! I love seeing others come up with ideas from patterns we can get a hold of!
Aug 25, 2012, 12.34 AMby schnui
This is a really lovely dress and you look great in it as well. Well done.
Aug 24, 2012, 07.03 PMby jenny walker
beautiful! i love the sleeves, and the wider waist band looks great too!!
Aug 24, 2012, 06.20 PMby Mary Athey
Hope you.d a great day out in your fab dress. its lovely xx
Aug 24, 2012, 05.36 PMby mwelland
I love the tulip sleeves. The dress is beautiful!
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Aug 24, 2012, 05.42 PMby pixiesam
Thank you so much. I’m so pleased with how the sleeves turned out.
Aug 24, 2012, 04.20 PMby sewrecycler
Hi I really love the dress – and the material suits it perfectly. Hope your afternoon tea went well.
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Aug 24, 2012, 05.42 PMby pixiesam
Thank you so much. Yes, the tea was wonderful!