Weekend Sewing Projects – B4790 Butterick Retro Dress
Posted in Blog, Crafts, Sewing, Updates & News on 08/28/2011 05:53 pm by Estelle de ParisI spent a lot of time in my sew
ing room this weekend!
Yay!
I finally finished the B4790 Butterick Retro Dress I started LAST SUMMER!!

Somehow it is not too b ad th
at I dropped it after I cut the skirt part because I now have a serger which sews garments like a charm. No more raw edges, hems made e asy and satisfaction
as high as can be!
I used a red light weight gingham fabric at Hancock fabrics on sale and the necessary noti
ons such as bias tape and buttons.
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Like a lot of patterns, this one calls for modifications to fit you perfectly.
Buy Lasix onlines I personally adjusted the bust part and the shoulder line to my body and followed this tutorial to make the dress look more like the pattern cover. Purchase Antibiotics online I also decided against the bias tape on the neck opening and just hemmed it which is putting only the accent on the vertical lines.
As the fine lady on Edelweiss Patterns Blog mentions, Retro and Vintage patterns are modified to fit the modern figure
and loose their original Retro feel.
This is what the new edition looks like:
This is my altered version.
Excuse the unpressed look, I was in a hurry to try it and take pictures :p

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