October 25, 2012

Birthday Dress

This is the second version of McCalls 6503 and there will be more!  I love this dress.  It was fun and easy to wear and got lots of compliments from strangers. 

Why the birthday dress?  Well because Monday was my birthday and it was the first day I wore it.  This time, I faced the collar with the solid contrasting fabric so it stood out.   I also added tiny, tiny (barely visible) yellow piping to the bottom of the sleeves and the yellow bow belt. 

I took out the extra length from the front bodice at the side seams only and it worked great! 

I added as much length to the skirt as my fabric would allow - which was only 2.5" and still wasn't quite enough.    With wider fabric I think I can get a skirt that long enough I don't have to do something funny to get it hemmed.


For this version I cut 2.5" wide slightly bias (cut on the 60 - because that's what I had room on my scraps for), seamed them together and then sewed it to the dress with the tiniest seam allowance I could.  I finished those inside edges, folded a tiny little bit at the top down and then hemmed the dress with a blind hem. 

It's a bit short - but it's fine.  With tights nobody can really tell anyway. 

I had company for dinner on Monday and they had just arrived as I was corralling JB to take photos.  The good doctor was playing 'model photograher' and whooping and hollering.  Yelling - "yea baby!  Work it!  That's what I want to see."  I was laughing so hard - there wasn't a decent photo in the shot!  But it was very fun!

Next up - what we did for JB's birthday.  Don't forget to enter the drawing to win the extra copy of Pamela's Perfect Pencil Skirt pattern. 

11 comments :

  1. I like this dress! The yellow accents add just the right amount of "pop." The dress looks terrific on you. Nice job and Happy Belated Birthday.

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  2. Another pretty dress - I love the dots. Happy Birthday !

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  3. This is so 60s! I love it! The fabric is fab and the contrast of yellow makes everything rock :D Hope you had a fab birthday!

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  4. I love it. I agree with what Nancy said - the yellow accents are just right. Hope you had a good birthay!

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  5. I think it's adorable and chic! Clearly, you feel good in it too. And the photos are fun. Why aren't they good?

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  6. I think it came out great! I love the yellow accents; they really brighten up the dress. Glad you had a good birthday in such a pretty dress.

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  7. You are clearly a party animal !!! Good for you and wearing it a bit shorter. Lookiin good!

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  8. This is adorable on you!!!! Love the yellow trim and it's not too short at all. Wishing you a happy belated birthday ~ you youngster you :)))

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  9. I need one of these for my birthday, too!

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  10. It looks great on you! We all need a fun dress in which we feel sexy.

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  11. That's so cuuuuuuute! I love the contrasty yellow.

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