Tuesday 26 January 2016

The perfect shirtdress

I am so excited to have this dress finished, and ready to show you.

This is McCalls 6696, in the remainder of my bridesmaids dress fabric. When I was doing the wedding sewing, I bought ten metres of this gorgeous green, pink and cream floral. Because I was cutting out the dresses together, I ended up with a lot left over, and decided to make myself  a dress. I wanted something different from the bridesmaid dresses (which were BHL Anna bodice on Simplicity 2444 skirt), and decided I wanted to go with M6696.




After making my earlier version, this one was incredibly straight forward. Changes were minimal. I have eliminated the back gathers on the pattern, replacing them with the Simplicity 2444 back darts. I also shortened the bodice. Unlike my earlier version, I had enough fabric for the entire fullness of skirt. I also added about four inches to the skirt length, so it finishes mid calf. Unfortunately, these photos didn't turn out full length.

The buttons are plastic pearl-like shank buttons, which look great, an was much easier than trying to match the green.

Not too much else to say about this one, except I love it, and suspect it will be on high wardrobe rotation.


8 comments:

  1. I love shirtwaist dresses! They are truly timeless. The fabric and buttons you chose are perfect.

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    1. It's such a classic design, and works so well in this fabric

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  2. What a beautiful dress. Love the little buttons too.

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    1. The buttons are great! I was so lucky to find a great match

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