Burda Style For people who sew
Description
This is a dress that I made last weekend in a fit of spring fever. I found the fabric at Joann’s as I was attempting to spend a gift card I got for Christmas. It’s part of the Lisette spring line, I think. It’s just a very lightweight cotton. The dress is fully lined with the muslin I made to test out the pattern, which worked out great since the fabric is kind of transparent. The pattern came from the book The Vintage Pattern Selector by Jo Barnfield. I took two patterns from the book and combined them. I love the book and the patterns in it, but I wouldn’t recommend them for someone new to sewing. The instructions are somewhat vague and there’s nothing mentioned about the yardages needed or seam allowances, hence the muslin.
Material Notes
Very lightweight cotton for the main fabric and white quilting cotton for the contrasting collar and cuffs.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Mar 25, 2013, 05.17 AMby sewingentusiast
That was my reaction as well “This is very cute”!I hope you enjoy wearing it… Job well done!
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Mar 26, 2013, 05.25 AMby hncampbell88
Thank you! Unfortunately, we’ve gotten a bit of a cold snap, so I’ll have to wait until it warms back up to wear it.
Mar 24, 2013, 08.22 PMby tejka
very cute!
Mar 20, 2013, 10.15 PMby Mary Athey
fabulous dress x
Mar 20, 2013, 08.34 PMby lentretemps
very cute !
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Mar 20, 2013, 09.07 PMby hncampbell88
Thank you!