Burda WOF 04-2009 #133 B

I love love love this dress. I did a pattern review on patternreview.com and you can view it here.

I did indeed make this dress in Brown and you can view the photo Here

Pattern Description: This floor-length jersey dress flatters your figure and is ideal for a hotel bar or pool partyPattern Sizing:44-52 I cut a 52 and then ended up using about a 50...more on that later.

Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Yes this turned out just like the photo/drawing. i decided to eliminate the straps becuase the shirring fitst really nice

Were the instructions easy to follow? The intructions were really easy to follow and this dress sews up super quick

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?What i like about this pattern is that you do not need to trace a pattern. and could transform this by just using your measurements

Fabric Used:A polyester chiffon from Joann Fabrics with thier posh lining

Pattern Alterations or any design changes you made: The pattern calls for Knit jersey so i cut the pieces based on the instructions and man did this dress come out toooooo big. I cut off about 6 inches of total with on the side seams just to get the dress to fit. I will make this dress again in another chiffon and this time i will just use my measurements. I also elimiated the straps because the dress fits very nicely with the shirring. There is just one problem on the back and that is it is really too tall/big. I could have used less shirring and maybe a curve cut under the arm hole to the back. I have very...very large breasts..and yes naturally LOL so i needed to add more shirring to get the dress to shape just below my lower bust. The burda instructions call for 19 rows i did 30. this really helped draw in the dress

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?I will sew this again tomorrow the dress takes all of about 2 hours. I will use a brown crinkle ciffon. I recommend taking your measures before starting the dress ..If you are not going to use Jersey Knit.

Conclusion: This is a great summer staple and i wish i had paid more attention to the dress when i received the magazine i could of made enough dress to last all summer...oh well.