As promised, here are some photos of the Burdastyle dress I made. I used
Burda 02/2011 #101 for the pattern.
This was my first time sewing a Burda pattern. I did struggle a bit with the different style of instructions. I've been getting Burda magazines for awhile (I don't have a subscription but I buy them from the newstand when I can find them) so I really want to learn how to make their patterns. This was a good first try. The dress was somewhat difficult to fit in the bodice. I think this may be because I have fairly narrow shoulders. Despite fitting it in the bust area, the shoulders and the back, there was still a bit of gaping in the bust area. I decided one way to remedy this (without making a new dress) and to add an interesting feature would be to do piping in the same polka dot fabric as my apron.
The cord I used was the only thing we had around the house and that was a cord used to wrap presents. I put the cord in the polka dot fabric and wrapped it up and sewed it up as piping to add to the neckline and armholes of the dress. I really like how it turned out.
Here's a close-up of the piping on the sleeve and neckline:
Here's some outside photos:
I know it's cheesy but I absolutely love the red telephone booths!
I ended up finding some perfect red polka dot ribbon at Edinburgh Fabrics that matches the piping perfectly:
I wore this dress out to celebrate David's birthday last Friday! We went to a wonderful restaurant, had a lovely dinner and champagne!
