Burda Style For people who sew
Description
The m-sewing dress pattern (free of charge!!!).
The moment I saw the pattern I became obsessed with the dress. I used M size, but had to alter it in order to make it better fitting. I added front darts, and added darts on the back, in the neckline area, since the dress wasn’t standing close to my back and neck.
The purple trim isn’t actually piping – I used really narrow band and top-stitched it to the dress blocks. I made a small fault here, since these bands I used are rather thick and firm, while the white cotton is light and thin – that made the bulky effect. But, some ironing fixed that. However, I recommend using narrow satin bands instead.
Also, I added lining because the white cotton is rather transparent. I used really thin white cotton for the lining. All in all, I think this is a really good pattern and I will definitely use it again.
LAST EDIT: I got several messages with questions regarding printing at home the m-sewing patterns (pattern sheet is really big). The Adobe Acrobat Professional has the Tile option for printing, which cuts large paper sheet into smaller ones, that fit the A4 sheet format. I hope this will help.
Material Notes
White cotton;
Thin white cotton for the lining;
Purple band (around 7m);
Zipper
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
Credits
m-sewing
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Apr 27, 2011, 12.28 PMby toril
M-sewing’s large format pattern pdfs can be converted into custom size tiles via this web page for free.
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Apr 27, 2011, 12.41 PMby anajan
Wow, that’s a really useful site! Thanks for posting it! And, thanks for the comment below ;)
Apr 27, 2011, 12.24 PMby toril
Jednom riječju – WOW!
Apr 26, 2011, 09.17 AMby olyaboieru
wow, it looks like retro wedding dress! white suits you so great!
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Apr 26, 2011, 09.19 AMby anajan
Hehe, a retro groom is the only thing missing in the photo? :)
Thanks!
May 15, 2010, 06.12 PMby Jodi Wade
This is beautiful!
Nov 28, 2009, 11.16 PMby manuela
WOW! The piping is really great!
Aug 4, 2009, 08.29 AMby tigermary
WOW! This is so special! Love it!
May 8, 2009, 06.37 AMby pepeljuga
Jednostavno, tebi sve lepo lepo stoji!!
Jan 14, 2009, 11.43 PMby shmuci
odlichna haljina :) i havla za link !
Aug 1, 2008, 06.51 AMby lybu
woooooow. This dress is gorgeous. It fits you perfect.
Jul 31, 2008, 01.58 PMby sunnyb64
Love the criss-cross piping, it looks so classy!
Jul 31, 2008, 01.20 PMby camilaustral
i saw this pattern but didn’t like it “at first sight”, but seeing yours just changed my mind, you look great!!! and free patterns are always welcome.
Jul 31, 2008, 11.43 AMby mirela
Waw I love this pattern and the ribbons give it such a nice detail! Beautiful! Thanks for the link…downloading…
Ohhh some of them are totally Burda patterns from really old magazines, but they have a huge collection! Great! http://m-sewing.com/patterns-catalog/women/dresses/blue-dress.html
Jul 31, 2008, 09.09 AMby carottesauvage
Phraow! Ana! I really love those lines! It suits you perfectly! Just beautiful!
Jul 31, 2008, 08.51 AMby carlatv
Very beautifull! It suites you. Now you have to show it off on a night out on the town.
Jul 31, 2008, 08.00 AMby Vivat Veritas
really nice dress! very delicate. i like your choice of color too!
Jul 31, 2008, 07.27 AMby adgentry
Very pretty dress and nice job on the piping! It looks great on you! I’m going to download the pattern, too – thank you for the link!
Jul 31, 2008, 06.47 AMby squirrellypoo
that’s gorgeous! I’m downloading that pattern right now!!
Jul 31, 2008, 05.21 AMby nenasew
Beautiful dress and it looks perfect on you. Love the pattern. Seems like it is very figure flattering.
Jul 31, 2008, 04.58 AMby miss-g
Excellent work! Fits really well.
Jul 31, 2008, 04.42 AMby milkyway
Uhhh what a great dress! I love the bias detail, is really nice plus you look so pretty
Jul 31, 2008, 04.31 AMby yoshimi
Beautiful! It suits you so well. You’ve done great!
Jul 31, 2008, 04.10 AMby senasews
wow, awesome dress. you look gorgeous in it!
Jul 31, 2008, 03.01 AMby toupinette
great dress! very wrll made! good job!
Jul 31, 2008, 02.43 AMby sandramorim
Very nice dress! Looks really well done, great job! Will check out the site as well…
Jul 31, 2008, 01.59 AMby fashion1
a beautiful dress and it fits you very well! I must check out this site, too. thanks for the tip.
Jul 31, 2008, 01.53 AMby treeedom
This is really nice and well done, I am going to have to check this site out…..