Purple flowers dress Burda 8/2011-125 - FESA 2011 garment No.1

Another version of this great Burda 8/2011-125 dress pattern!

I used a flannelish woven fabric from stash. It is gray-brown with purple and magenta flowers.

This time I lengthened the sleeves, omitted the collar, closed the neckline a bit, added pocket and inserted the zipper on the side. Of course, since I never read the directions (which are in German and I don't understand it) I couldn't find the way to insert that zipper where the pocket is. It was illogical to me that it should be attached to the pocket, but it actually has to. And it is also quite easy to do. :-)

I want to make a couple more changes to the pattern and then make another version. I looove this pattern soo much!!!

We can count this as my first entry for the Fall Essentials Sew-Along 2011! But I still haven't found the Flickr password....

Happy sewing everyone!

Dress Burda 8/2011-125 - part 3

Finally the dress is done! With a couple more changes.

First, I wanted to lengthen the sleeves but the result was really ugly. Since I didn't like the above elbow length I shortened them. The pattern was supposed to have a side zipper, but I inserted it in the back. This change influenced the collar, which is now opened in the back. It looks nice, as well as the knotted front. :-)

I didn't line it because I planned to wear it with a slip.

Oh, I love this dress! I will make it again with longer sleeves.

Ciao! :-))

Dress Burda 8/2011-125 - part 2

Here are the top pattern pieces with the alterations traced in red. I pinched the darts on the paper and then retraced all the pattern pieces before cutting.

And here it is! The first stage of the dress construction. I'm quite happy with the fit!

No creases! Well, it is also a knit so it drapes even better around the body. I want to learn how to achieve this every time!

I have to admit that the more I learn about fitting techniques the more I'm fascinated by the science and art of it.

Dress Burda 8/2011-125 - part 1

It was love at first sight, what else can I say?
Ah, this dress..and it's a "tall" pattern...and I found the perfect fabric!

The fitting went through three stages. Here is the second. Some seams have already been taken in - the front seams, central back seam and the back seam for a swayback adjustment.

There was more to do with the upper part of the top.

This is the second muslin. The bottom was fine so I made only the top. As you can see I constructed the sleeves ( in a rather intuitive fashion), as I envisioned the dress to have 3/4 sleeves.

Quite a nice fit! Except for the pulling around the bra. More room had to be added there.

More in the next post.