BurdaStyle Magazine: 11-2011-120 (Dress) - Type:Dresses  | | Viewed 333 times
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| | Posted on: | 2/7/13 1:22 PM | | Last Updated: | 2/7/13 1:24 PM | | Project Photo: |  | | Pattern Rating: | Pattern OK, but did NOT work for Me | | NEW! See reviews of patterns from this issue | | | | Fabric: | Wool Tweed [See other projects in this fabric] | | Related Links | Click on  to add a link |
| Pattern Description:
Long sleeved dress with stand up collar and ruffle running down front middle seam. Version A has a deeper ruffle than version B. I made version B.
Pattern Sizing:
38-46. I made my usual with Burda, 40 at top blending to 42 at hips. As you can see form the photo it is a bit fitted. Perhaps I should have gone one size higher to get more ease with this one.
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?
Yes, I think so.
Were the instructions easy to follow?
I didn't follow them much, since the dress is relatively simple to make.
What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?
I was attracted to the pattern by the ruffle detail. As it turns out, once I put it on, I really don't like the ruffle anymore, it's too fussy for my taste. Oh well!
Fabric Used:
Wool tweed blend, somewhat loosely woven so it has a nice fluid hand. Also both sides of the fabric are the same, which is key for the ruffle.
Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:
I didn't insert the zippers on the sleeves. I just widened the sleeves a couple of centimeters and my hand fits through with no problems. I also added a lining since I didn't want tweed wool against my skin. I made the lining using the back pieces and for the front I just winged it tracing only the bottom and side shape without the ruffle. In front I also gave the lining a huge scoop neckline, so it doesn't show over the ruffled neckline and finished the lining with a rolled hem on the serger.
Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?
Nope, I now know that ruffles look good in pictures but are not my style. If you know that you do like wearing ruffles then I do recommend it as the dress fits well and is not too sexy to be wearable.
Conclusion:
I'm glad I tried it, but now I know ruffles are just not for me.
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Very pretty!
2/7/13 2:39 PM
This came out great--so sad you don't love it! And thanks for the idea about the lining. I am planning another version of this that will need to be lined and I had been trying to figure out the front lining. A scoop neckline attached at the shoulders and armscye but free floating at the neckline makes perfect sense.
2/7/13 3:05 PM
i like it...it might take a while to grow on you,but.do give it the chance. You look great in it.
2/7/13 7:21 PM
I feel the same way about ruffles on myself, however the dress is really beautiful and looks lovely on you.
2/7/13 10:28 PM
Pretty dress! Sorry your were disappointed with it. I think it looks very nice on you.
2/7/13 10:52 PM
I actually like it a lot, and think the ruffles look really nice on you. But yes, I think everyone has made something that even if it turned out just like it was supposed to, sometimes later you decide just the style or such is not for you. I wonder what would happen if instead of having ruffles almost all the way down the font of it, if you only left just the ones around the neckline? That would be way less ruffles that way, even though I still think it looks very good on you, just as is even right now.
2/7/13 11:55 PM
Oh, I hope you haven't given it away yet. Even though you say it is not your style, you sewed it beautifully and it looks great on you!
2/8/13 1:29 AM
Yes, that's happened to me. It's a great dress though, I'm sure someone will be excited to find it at the charity shop.
2/8/13 4:44 AM
The dress is very pretty. It is such a disappointment to put all that work into making something and then not to be happy with the result. It has happened to me so many times. It is really hard to know what you will like before you try it on, so when you try a new style that looks lovely in pictures it can be a surprise to see how it actually feels when you put it on.
2/8/13 10:05 AM
I think that the dress looks great on you,but,if you are troubled by the ruffle, take the part around the neck off, or cut it way down. First start by folding it inside to see if that will satisfy you.
2/8/13 10:50 AM
I actually love this dress and love it on you. Maybe if you wear it a few times, you'll feel more comfortable? I'd never have thought to make this from the wool, but now I might have to copy you. Although, I'm not really a ruffles kind of girl myself.... And I have this experience almost every year for 40 years of sewing. It's good - it means that you're stretching your horizons!
2/8/13 10:27 PM
Lovely dress!
2/9/13 12:29 PM
I really like this dress, ruffles and all, but I know what you mean about taking the time to make it up perfectly and then realizing it's really not your cup of tea! That's the down side to sewing instead of trying it on before you spend all that time making it. But I love your tweed version! I love tweed, and it makes this dress a little less "ruffly", if you know what I mean. It's gorgeous!
2/11/13 6:49 PM
Thanks so much ladies for your kind comments! I have decided to give this dress a fair chance by actually wearing it a couple of times before giving up on it. Thanks for helping me to stretch my horizons!
2/12/13 1:41 PM