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April 6, 2007
Singing the Burda Blues
I think that I am just not built for Burda patterns. Especially the one I just made, Zoe. I am not exactly sure who this thing was built for, except that model. It looks pretty cute just hanging around, right? Maybe like a 1960's tennis dress?
Well, on, it looks utterly ridiculously bad. First, there is the very low drop waist, and then there is the snugness of the bosom that makes the shoulders sit wrong then there is the looseness of waist and hips that is totally disproportionate to the rest of the thing. Did I mention the length? I am 5'2. This dress was designed for someone 5'6. IT WOULD NOT COVER THE WATERFRONT.
It was such a good idea, the whole free pattern thing, and I knew going into it that this would be more of a muslin than a real dress, but I am certainly not going to make it into a real dress. Luckily, it was super simple and didn't take a whole lot of either time or thought. In the future, however, I think I need to stick to Simplicity, et al. Anyone want a mostly finished dress?
If I can get to the laundry, I will probably start one of these today (v neck edition). It couldn't come out any worse than this blues song of a dress.
Posted by loyd0008 at April 6, 2007 10:12 AM
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Hi,
Too bad about the dress. At least the pattern was free. UGH SIZING! The proportion sounds a mess! I still haven't found the way to download these free patterns and now maybe I wont bother. Anyhoo just wanted to let you know that Joann's has $1.99 Simplicity patterns this weekend.
Posted by: katie at April 6, 2007 3:50 PM
Ooh, I have that one and am planning on making it as well, or at least the jacket ...
Posted by: Erin at April 6, 2007 5:07 PM
To be fair, unless you had a body like a barrel, that's not going to work (and if you, are you going to wear a minidress?) Move on, my dear...
Posted by: Flibbertygibbet at April 7, 2007 4:47 AM
That would explain why the picture of Zoe in your earlier post is a "seductive" looking behind pose. Who knows what they've got going on in front to give the appearance of that fit!
Posted by: sophanne at April 7, 2007 7:56 AM