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  Butterick 5281
Semi-fitted, lined, below mid-knee length dresses A, B have waistline seam, left shoulder yoke, right shoulder pleats, back bodice with darts, slightly flared, side zipper closing and shoulder pads. A: button trim and long sleeves with hook and eye closing. B: cap sleeves and belt.

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photo Highly Recommend
Pattern Description: Semi-fitted, lined, below mid-knee length dresses A, B have waistline seam, left shoulder yoke, right shoulder pleats, back bodice with darts, slightly flared, side zipper closing and shoulder pads. A: button trim and long sleeves with hook and eye closing. Pattern Sizing: 14-
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tanyamaile

3/29/13
photo Highly Recommend
This is the first version of this dress that I constructed quite a few years ago and never managed to get pictures of. My long-sleeved version may be found here. Pattern Description: MISSES' DRESS AND BELT: Semi-fitted, lined, below mid-knee length dresses A, B have waistline seam, left shoulder
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lauramae
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11/12/12
Recommend, with Modifications
Update - 03/29 Wore this dress to a wedding Saturday. It was extremely comfortable - did not bind, pull, or shift at all. Received many compliments on it. Overall one of the most comfortable dresses I've ever made. The only thing I think I'll change will be maybe, maybe, move the 1/2" shoulder
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KMangum

3/15/12
photo Difficult, but great for Advanced Sewers
Pattern Description: 1940s dress pattern re-sized and reprinted. There is a long and a short-sleeved dress and I made the long sleeved Pattern Sizing: I made size 14, with adjustments Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Hmm... well not rea
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KatieA

10/13/11
photo Highly Recommend
I made this dress for my birthday two years ago and never got any pictures of it. I decided two days prior that I wanted to make myself and dress and somehow I finished it! It is amazing what a little motivation can do . . . The pattern is rated "average" and I would agree, simply because there
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lauramae
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2/10/11

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