This weekend I managed to finish (well almost finish) a couple of garments I have had in my unfinished items pile for a while. The first one was my favourite and most sewn pattern (Butterick 4443) to date in a quirky button print cotton lawn fabric which I purchased in the sale at £4 per meter ($6.72) it is black with brightly coloured buttons printed all over it.
I had sewn the dress up a while ago but got disheartened when the lining became twisted and pulled the bodice out of shape. Well I decided to try and sort it out. It worked out wearable although the shoulders are a little on the large side and gape a little. I made a simple belt to go around the waist and decorated it with a random buttons from my stash, I loved sewing them on with contrasting thread, they look so cute.
The dress in now finished and although it not the best fitting I ever made it is wearable. Please excuse the photographs today it was the best I could capture whist balancing my camera on top of my sewing machine, an without spending hours washing, drying and styling my hair.
I had sewn the dress up a while ago but got disheartened when the lining became twisted and pulled the bodice out of shape. Well I decided to try and sort it out. It worked out wearable although the shoulders are a little on the large side and gape a little. I made a simple belt to go around the waist and decorated it with a random buttons from my stash, I loved sewing them on with contrasting thread, they look so cute.
The dress in now finished and although it not the best fitting I ever made it is wearable. Please excuse the photographs today it was the best I could capture whist balancing my camera on top of my sewing machine, an without spending hours washing, drying and styling my hair.
This is just smashing! Love the idea of the belt too.
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