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Butterick 6947, from 1980

06/03/2011

Butterick 6947, circa 1980.
Approximately 10 cents.

70’s stripe jersey : approximately 1$.

Making a dress you love.
Priceless.
A few posts ago I wrote about going to an estate sale and buying a whole large box of patterns and armloads of fabric for around twenty dollars. What a day!
I’m sort of a nut for stripes and have been wanting one of the dolman sleeved t-shirt dresses that I  have been seeing in the shops lately. They seemed so simple to make that I just hadn’t been able to bring myself to buy one even though they are ridiculously cheap at the bargain shops. 
This dress was made in a couple of hours last night after I got back from the beach. The original pattern had pockets but I removed them because I ran out of the striped fabric and used an old t-shirt instead, and the pockets looked strangely bulky. I also chopped down the fabric nine inches to defrumpify the design. Yes, that is an invented word!
Since I can’t seem to get through a project without at least one glaring mistake I will share today’s:
I didn’t  match the stripes at the side seams correctly. Grrrr….
Today is my two year olds birthday and I wore this outfit to lunch with her and her sisters.

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Comments

  1. PinkSparkle And Lace says

    06/04/2011 at 12:34 am

    You did a great job! Pretty stripes too. I think I have that exact pattern in my endless boxes of patterns that I can’t stop buying. I like how you gave it new life.

    ~Tammy

  2. Stacy aka Stacybeads says

    06/04/2011 at 1:32 am

    Wow, two hours? It takes me that long just to pin and cut my pattern pieces! Great job.

  3. A.J.A. says

    06/04/2011 at 1:44 am

    Shoot- you look great! Nice dress, and Happy Birthday to the baby 🙂

  4. fabriquefantastique says

    06/04/2011 at 1:53 am

    What a great, enthusiastic post

  5. Jane says

    06/04/2011 at 2:56 am

    Great dress Justine and you look fab in it. Love the shoes.

  6. Rebecca says

    06/04/2011 at 3:32 am

    So cute! I love anything with stripes! :]

  7. Vintage Girl says

    06/05/2011 at 7:20 am

    You look fab! Love this dress!

  8. Debi says

    06/05/2011 at 1:14 pm

    Love this dress! It looks fabulous on you!!!

  9. Course of Perfection says

    06/06/2011 at 4:18 am

    Wow! Cute, cute, cute. I’m surprised how much I’m diggin’ that braided belt!

  10. Carolyn says

    06/06/2011 at 5:31 am

    This dress is just gorgeous, and you have the most perrrrfect shoes to go with it! As well as the perfect legs!
    Did the pattern include one for that rather divine shawl collared jacket too? because that is pretty cool as well…

  11. Michelle says

    06/06/2011 at 2:59 pm

    WOW! This dress is really fantastic! And that belt! Incredible addition to complete the look!

  12. Sophia says

    06/07/2011 at 11:27 am

    Great dress! You look fantastic!

  13. Natalie says

    06/07/2011 at 2:40 pm

    This dress looks great on you. I love the summer and beach feel of it.

  14. Seamingly Smitten says

    06/12/2011 at 12:02 pm

    Absolutely LOVE IT! I can’t believe you had to take off 9 inches, crazy pattern! But it looks so summery! Good job

    Jenny

  15. Selina says

    06/17/2011 at 6:47 pm

    That’s a great dress, I love how you styled it 🙂

  16. Andrea says

    07/01/2011 at 5:01 am

    you rock any color and any pattern.
    lovely dress!



I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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