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Vintage Ruffle Walkaway Dress
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1952 Butterick Wrap Dress – This is my version of the infamous Walkaway wrap dress. I made quite a few adjustments, its an easy dress but needs adjustments if you want a nice fit. I like adding to patterns too, so I went a bit mad. You need a slip for this dress too. This is what I did:
- The shoulders are very wide so for someone small like me, they were too far apart, I made a little tuck/gather with each of them, using a covered button to tie in with the cream bow.
*I don’t like having bare arms and I LOVE ruffles, so I added two layers of ruffles as sleeves, including one layer of black brodiere anglaise.
*The length was too long for me, so I took 6 inches off and added vintage black lace as a trim.
What else?
*Bow, I also love bows, rather than have buttons I added a bow, I love black and cream together and the bow allows for some desert after dinner unlike buttons!! I also added elastic to the back of the front panel to keep it in place as it tends to ride up.
Material Notes
Cotton Brodiere Anglaise Vintage black lace
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Nov 17, 2009, 09.02 PMby petit.mouton.bleu
wow! j’adore!
Nov 2, 2009, 08.01 PMby pinup
Thanks so much for the lovely comments ladies! Delighted!!!
Nov 2, 2009, 04.28 PMby Almatinka
Beautiful dress and very nice and clever adjustments! Great job! Now I am definitely making one of these!!! :-)
Nov 1, 2009, 05.59 AMby Arete
Looks great on you! I love the bow -it is nice touch!
Nov 1, 2009, 05.10 AMby AlanaGrace
gorgeous! and fits your height and body shape perfectly!
Oct 31, 2009, 07.30 PMby Cuttlebug
i love the sleeves you added on, theyre a great addition to the dress and look so easy to do. i recently struggled through adding sleeves the normal way to a ball gown, and this method looks way easier and just as good, if not better! i’d love to have that up in the learning section, i went looking through there and on the pattern section for help when i was making sleeves, and those would have been a life saver!
Oct 31, 2009, 06.06 PMby Flosiepoos
That’s the second time I’ve come across someone successfully making this dress, both time with several customisations. Well done! I made one too which didn’t work at all, I’m going to give it another shot I think. I did the same with adding a bow to the front by the way, I think it looks really lovely!
Oct 31, 2009, 09.16 AMby kaitui_kiwi
Amazing variation, I love it. I just got this pattern, I can’t wait to make it, yours is just fantastic, great job! :)
Oct 30, 2009, 10.14 PMby pagan
I love it! it looks pretty complicated though – how novice do you consider novice??
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Oct 30, 2009, 11.07 PMby pinup
Hi Pagan, thanks for the nice comment! Its pretty straight forward, the pattern is ‘very easy’ which it is if you follow it step by step As for the adjustments, I suppose they are a little bit more advanced but the original pattern would definitely be novice if you have basic machine skills. Does that make sense?!
Oct 30, 2009, 09.43 PMby Miss_Sylver
It’s great, well done!
Oct 30, 2009, 09.39 PMby pinup
excuse the odd expression on my face in the full length shot! I was getting to grips with self timer!