Remember the bundle of Burda Moden's I picked up recently? This is my version of Model 8107 from the July 1969 issue. I chose some sky blue stash-fabric-of-mysterious-composition to cut into, which is a bit cardboardy to be honest. This has it's advantages and disadvantages - the bow sits nicely:
...but the darts have a mind of their own! Burda chose a pink floral for their version - maybe I should whip up another in my new sheets?!
The back, for the record:
I'd rather the skirt was a bit longer, the unhemmed length felt perfect. The skirt is rather weird actually - shaped only with darts, two at front and one at back. Well my side isn't flat, and my abdomen doesn't need two darts! Now I look back at the magazine image, I wonder if the skirt isn't meant to be a slight bell shape,and I'm filling it out to it's capacity! I cut the size 38/40 - and I'm really a size bigger in the waist and hips.
Can you see those instructions - just a few lines! I didn't really use them, but I did search for ages through the pile of magazines trying to locate the just the right issue to check how they made the belt, and it said: "Make belt. Make bow and sew on" - helpful! I decided to make my belt fasten edge-to-edge with a couple of hooks and eyes, and the bow loop slides across to conceal them. It's quite nifty!
I'm planning on letting the hem down to it's max and giving it a false hem - but I need to find something suitable first. And I took some photos when I was hemming the pleat area - so expect another tutorial soon.
Happy Sewing!
so beautiful
ReplyDeleteThis looks great and fits you so nicely. Seeing your post this morning made me laugh because I just finished and posted a dress with a very similar silhouette for Julia Bobbin's Mad Men Challenge.
ReplyDeleteI love your dress! It's a similar pattern, but a different look altogether!
DeleteIt's very pretty. Sherry thanks for including so much good information. I agree about the length. easier to sit in. Funny about the bow instructions, it came out looking perfect, I am glad you will be doing a hemming tutorial. looking forward to any tips in this area of sewing.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty and ladylike dress. The color is awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty dress and an awesome fit!!
ReplyDeletewow Sherry, I love it! That colour is great on you. I think the length suits the dress and looks good, but if your not comfy you probably won't wear the dress I guess. Beautiful work :)
ReplyDeleteThe colour is great on you and I think the design is also really lovely. I admire the fit - wish I could achieve something close to that.
ReplyDeleteI love the French blue colour. I think it's a pretty dress and it definitely looks nice on you, but I agree it would be even nicer if it was an inch or so longer. I like skirts hitting just the top of the knee rather than an inch or so above. I've made a few things lately that I would have preferred if they had been just a tiny bit longer.
ReplyDeleteYes it's amazing the difference one inch makes! I only took the hem up an inch, but it is a much better length unhemmed.
DeleteThis is really very lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe colour and style suit you perfectly - the 1960's really is your era! It's lovely Sherry. x
ReplyDeleteIt is perfect 1969...all you need is your hair to be in a "flip" style ala Marlo Thomas in "That Girl" on TV. You really tamed that fabric into a beautiful dress and I'm looking forward to the next tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI'd love a flip style, but unfortunately my hair would never stay in that position unless I used superglue - sigh!
DeleteThat is a gorgeous dress - I love the bow belt and the overall shape - it looks great!
ReplyDeleteThat is GORGEOUS! I love the colour and texture - goes perfectly with the make.
ReplyDeleteCardboard & all, this dress looks fantastic on you!
ReplyDeleteThat's lovely!
ReplyDeletesuch a perfect make! i think the skirt falls just right. i am particularly jealous of how nicely it behaves on your backside...
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely gorgeous and fits beautifully. I have a fair number of the vintage Burdas you bought, including this issue, which has some lovely patterns, and have even traced this pattern ages ago but not made it up - your version is making me think I should get to it.
ReplyDeletegreat dress! I love the belt as well (and their crazy instructions for it!!) I think it fits perfectly!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the colour. The shape is perfect. You look stunning in it! I wish I had a dress like that.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute little dress, and honestly, it is timeless. Nice sewing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty dress - that blue is TDF!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty and fits like a dream! I also love the floral they used in the magazine :)
ReplyDeleteI love your dress. And, yes, make another.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very pretty style and colour. Are you going to enter it into the PR vintage contest too? It qualifies.
ReplyDeleteIt is very pretty on you. I think the fabric looks great. It may be a bit cardboardy now but perhaps it will soften up with time? I agree about the length, it is easier to sit in. Also, I am glad you will be doing a hemming tutorial. You really scored with that bundle of Burda from the 60s.
ReplyDeleteVery cute dress, love the colour and the pleat. Sounds like the Burda instructions haven't improved that much.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely adorable! And big pat on the back for having to trace it off - it must have been a nightmare of lines! (those old Burda sheets are enough to put anyone off sewing forever!)
ReplyDeleteYes, they're a real maze aren't they!
DeleteBeautiful job you did on the dress! It's perfectly authentic in that crisp fabric, and that color. I think the bust darts may reflect the different shape defined by the bras of the 60s, which made the bust apex higher and somewhat closer to center front.
ReplyDeleteI definitely need a more conical bra for this dress - the darts finish practically on the BP, rather than set back from it!
DeleteIt looks great. I love the colour and the wee bow. Don't you love it how vintage patterns say things like, "Make belt"? They always assume so much prior knowledge.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! I'm a sewing teacher and your blog is super love of info!!!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Belgium,
Liliane
This dress is lovely on you. The Patternsheets of Burda are easier nowadays but in that time they were much better than many others. There were occasions where you had to do a search the whole afternoon before you had found what you were looking for
ReplyDeleteMarieke
Sherry, it's so pretty...looks like you're ready for spring.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed on older patterns that they expect the sewist to have a lot more knowledge; more modern patterns have more detailed instructions.
We used to go to the shop and we bought a set containing the material for the back of the belt and a buckel and some eyelets and instructions how to fix it. Even a tool to fix the eyelets was in the package. So it was sort of not Burda's concern how we fixed that belt.
DeleteSo do not overestimate our skills in that time.
Marieke
It's really lovely, and the bow trick is clever. I often love the unhemmed length better on me... you'd think I'd learn :)
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, I love the colour you chose too! I also bought a couple of vintage burda magazines on ebay, but I haven't dared to try them just yet!
ReplyDeleteStunning dress. I love the simple bow belt and the colour is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about 60s fashion or fitting issues, but I think this dress looks fantastic on you! If it was roomier in the skirt, I wouldn't think it would pull open the pleat as much, which would be a shame. I think the length looks great too. There needs to be a word that means youthful-izing, if you get what I mean. This dress would totally go into my weekly rotation!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely dress! Interestingly, Vogue had a pattern almost the same a year or two ago.
ReplyDeleteI love box pleat skirts and keep wondering if they'd work on me (have yet to try!). For some reason I often have trouble figuring out the best hemline with a-line skirts.
ReplyDeleteYou did a beautiful job.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely and dainty! I admire your perseverance in figuring out the Burda patterns and tracing them!
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