'50s Buttondown Dress

Summer 2009
1950's style buttoned dress
Pattern - Butterick B5315
Difficulties - I. Hate. Buttonholes. I JUST learned how to do them properly with my sewing machine, so I struggled with the buttenholes for this dress. Also, in the back there is an area where you use the same fabric to line, and since the contrast in the pattern is apparent, you can kind of see the pattern behind the fabric. Kind of annoying, but not major.

This is the dress that I wear all the time. While living in Chicago, I fell in love with '50s and '60s style, and this dress is just that. The fabric, which I LOVE, came again from Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, IL. The dress itself is fairly easy. It has pleats, and buttonholes, and sharp seams, but nothing annoying. I'm planning on making this dress in tons of fabrics and selling it on Etsy, so watch out for it!

K

UPDATE: Instead of creating a new post, I wanted to share my second version of the same dress, just sleeveless. I realized that the dress was a little Minnie Mouse-ish because of the pattern, but I think  leaving off the sleeves was a suuuuper cute solution. This one is the first non-costume sewing I've done for someone else, so I'll know soon whether it fits her! Oh yeah, and hand-made buttons!