I wanted to clarify something about the straps on B5882. As I mentioned briefly in my last post, I had intended for the straps to twist when worn. And, as it turns out, the folks at Butterick (while genius) are not mind readers. Who knew?!
So I wanted to show you pictures of the dress as I made and styled it, so you can make your choice when sewing the pattern. Here's a picture I took in my sewing room, right after I finished the dress.
Oh! And here's the dress on display at the Craft and Hobby Association in Anaheim last month!
Several of you asked about how to do an FBA on this pattern, so I'll be sure to write about that soon.
Thanks again for all of your support! It means the world to me.
P.S. Several of you mentioned waiting for a sale to purchase the pattern, and you're in luck! Patterns are currently $1.88 on the Butterick site. The sale ends this Thursday, February 28th.
Thanks for the sale info I'm going to grab it now. And I really do just LOVE this dress!!
ReplyDeleteI forget if it's this week or next week (and I'm too tired to go look it up), but they'll be $1 at Joanns' soon.
ReplyDeletewow, the dress looks fantastic. Love it so much, it is defo going on my to do list...
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous dress! I wish to make one for myself one day. Maybe sooner than later thanks to the sale. Thanks for the hint!
ReplyDeleteAnd huge congratulations on your book and everything else you've accomplished since the start of this wonderful blog of yours!!!
-J
Thanks for clarifying about the strap! I can't wait to get my hands on your newest lovely pattern. :)
ReplyDeleteI snatched both of your new patterns up! I also brought a few more I had my eye on as shipping was 12$ so I figured I should make it worth it.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the FBA tutorial! And thanks for the heads-up about the sale. I've been waiting for a sale so I could get your coat pattern. :)
ReplyDeleteWow. The dress looks great. Congratulations on the release of the pattern.
ReplyDeleteStill not on the UK site!!! But I'm all about the fba so am happy to wait :D
ReplyDeleteTook advantage of the sale, so my patterns on its way. So glad you're planning to do an FBA tutorial for it so my tired brain doesn't have to try to come up with a method for it on it's own. I think it's wonderful that you went for the shelf-bust design for this season's pattern since those are nearly impossible to find in the vintage pattern market.
ReplyDeleteGreat timing on the sale! I also prefer your strap "twist" since it seems we also see a bit more red on your version of the dress. It makes more sense to me. But as you said, either way turned out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThis dress is amazing! I can't wait to make one for myself. I LOVE the fabric you used too, where can I find it for myself?
ReplyDeleteI got it at B&J Fabrics. If you call or email them, they're really helpful.
DeleteThis is such a striking design! I wish I had more fancy functions and less irrational fear of cleavage so I could actually justify making it. I'll just have to live vicariously through everyone's versions, which are sure to be great!
ReplyDeleteSince you promised the FBA, I'm def. getting one now!
ReplyDeleteI love the twist in the strap! Such a great detail, and how lucky are we to have the styling direct from the designer herself!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I have been checking Joanne Fabrics for this pattern to go on sale but I never have time to get to the fabric store so this is great. I want to make this dress for my New Orleans Jazz Fest vacation.
ReplyDeleteThis pattern to gorgeous,I've always love this bustline,Thanks Gertie!
ReplyDeleteI will be buying it today!
I am so in love with this pattern! Thanks for the pics of how it should be. It cleared things up for me!
ReplyDeleteordered it! very excited :)
ReplyDeleteHi there Gertie,
ReplyDeleteI love the dress and was tempted to buy the pattern, but was put off as the dress on the model made it look like the bust part was quite shallow............I am small busted, as is my daugther, so that part needs more coverage, due to our lack of shelf!! LOL.
So, really pleased to see the dress on your dummy, which seems to show the bust cups as more balanced to the rest of the dress.......can you tell us, it looks like they have tucked under part of the cups as there are only 3 pleats and your dress has 5 pleats in the cup if you see what I mean. Could you clarify this.
Your picture of the dress seems to be more in proportion to the rest of the design. Would love to know before I purchase the pattern.......Love your choice of fabrics by the way.
Pleased to see that you are going from strength to strength. I keep on dipping in and out of your book and am enjoying it very much.
I think it's because the bias band is flipped up in the Butterick photos, hiding some of the pleats.
DeleteDamn sales, I just spent more money eeep! :)
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Love love love this dress. I can't resist a good sale so I will probably end up buying the pattern. I'm also enrolled in your bombshell dress class on craftsy. I was very inspired by a pleating technique in the latest Threads, that looks a lot like the pleats on the bust of this dress. So I'm thinking of incorporating that detail in when I make the bombshell dress, assuming it wouldn't add too much bulk to the bust area. Seeing on this dress makes me think it'll actually work.
ReplyDeleteI'm also obsessed with having a retro cherry print dress this summer, and the fabric you used is making me swoon. Swoon! You would not believe how difficult it is to find a cotton dress weight cherry fabric on the wide world of the interwebs!
Well, anyways. Congratulations, Gretchen, you're my sewing hero :)
Lovely! I snatched up the pattern as soon as it came out and just made the first version (and corresponding pattern review) on my blog! You can see the results here: http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/blog/?p=3627
ReplyDeleteI love that there's a way to make the shelf bust a little higher, and it really highlights the pleating more that way!
Happy sewing!
Katrina
Love your version!
DeleteThis is such a gorgeous pattern! I'm so impressed, now I'm even more eager to learn so I can make this dress some day.
ReplyDeleteI have been loving sewing through your book and this dress looks perfect for the summer. I will have to get the pattern but I may need to finish up some more projects from your book before I get to sew this cutie up. ~Major Moma
ReplyDeleteGertie, I am one of the people who bought your Starlet craftsy class. You have gotten a bad name at Craftsy - for the lack of interaction available, which is totally different to all the other instructors - and for the messed up lining pattern which just doesn't work... I have had issues with the patterns in your book too, and there is no way I will buy any patterns by you again - whether they're made by Butterick or not. If you want people to continue buying your stuff you really need to honour your commitments and practise quality control.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you feel that way! You can get a full refund for the Starlet class, as it is no longer offered by Craftsy, which is why I don't participate in it. There was indeed a grading error with the pattern, and Craftsy felt it easier to pull the whole class than correct it. So they should have given you a refund anyway.
DeleteAs for the book, I'm not sure what your complaints are, so can't really respond there. But shoot me an email if you need help with anything!
Thank you for adressing this! I have asked Craftsy for a refund now, will let other know if I get it. Also, I love your book, and as you are making a new one, my biggest issue with it was the pattern sheets. I had hoped for induvidual pattern sheets for each pattern, finding the right one was dificult. For your next book, could you consider making separate sheets for each pattern? If not, how about a color code, so it would be easier to follow the lines? This had given me so much frustration I have decided not to use the patterns at all and rather use your sections on tecnique and fitting.
DeleteI love almost everything about the book, as well, but I agree color coding the patterns would have been helpful. I was still able to sort it out, but just for the sake of constructive criticism for your next book-- I'd gladly pay an extra buck or two if that's what it cost for color coded patterns.
DeleteSeems I forgot to ask for an actual refund, and they did not offer me one in their answer, however they offered to switch it for another jacket course, a quilted jacket, witch includes a butterick pattern, including shipping. I guess I'll go with that!
DeleteHave now purchased all of your butterick patterns. I was waiting eagerly for the spring patterns and am beyond satisfied!
Hi Gertie,
DeleteYour Bombshell class is still available on Craftsy. As you mentioned you don't participate in the Starlet class because it isn't offered any more, can you comment on why your support has been withdrawn from the Bombshell class?
Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, all! Could not agree more about the pattern sheets. We're looking at other options for book 2, I'm really hoping one will work out financially.
DeleteNeurula, yes I can comment on that. Craftsy classes only require teacher participation for a year. After that, they generally appoint an assistant teacher.
I want one!!! This dress is gorgeous!
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I love the dress, but it's a lot smaller than I am. Will Butterick ever issue it in larger sizes?
ReplyDeleteI am trying to get through your Craftsy course too. I feel I need more time than anything. I watch and re-watch the videos until I get cross-eyed, but when I watched it all through and take a break, I come back and it makes more sense, or at least, I can see another way I can do it that makes sense to me. I hope to be done the dress before the End of Time.
I'm really looking forward to your casual dress book. I'm hoping it will be an easier, kinder, gentler version of your couture book for the sewing doofus that is myself.
The shelf bust dress pattern is completely out of stock already! I was all set to order it, too!
ReplyDeleteThere was some sort of glitch, but it seems to have been fixed now!
DeleteThanks for the sale tip ;) I went ahead and bought all your pattern, in both sizes :D I always do that since you never know when you'll need bigger or smaller.
ReplyDeleteTo make your version, did you just flip the bias tape down and it stay there?
Yep, I just flipped the bias band down. It should stay there on its own, but you can also tack it in place if you like.
Deleteit is beautiful and very nice i like this thank you so much =)
ReplyDeleteI think it looks perfectly beautiful with or without the twist! And whooohooo, $1.88 patterns> Thanks for the tip! I am heading over to Butterick.com now.
ReplyDeleteim looking for a sewing mach. and dont know what to buy i would like to make clothes but my husband wants it for more heavy duty things such as tents and camping gear. do you have any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteDear Geoffrey,
DeleteI don't have Gerties expertise, but I would highly recommend starting with a used Singer in good condition. I picked mine up for a song when computerized machines became the rage. True, it only does four different stitches, but I have never found the need for more. It hasn't broken in fifteen years, and I do the maintenance myself. Just like with cars, the less computerized elements, the less to break down. I use it for apparel sewing, mostly vintage, so it fits :) I also repair my husbands canvas camping gear with it, renewing seams and adding patches. Hope you find the perfect machine! You might try a local sew and vac repair,they often have these great older machines.
I'm a newbie sewer but am continuously drawn to all the vintage vocue patterns,(I now have 2 dresses and a coat with about 6 more patterns cut and ready to be made up.)
ReplyDeleteHaving discovered your blog I have gone straight onto Amazon to grab your book and am looking everywhere for your Butterick patterns but can't find them. Are they being sold in the UK at all as I really really really want to make this dress?
My pattern is sitting in my mailbox right now! I can't wait to sew this dress - gorgeous! www.thatssewamy.com
ReplyDeleteThank you Thank you Thank you in advance for doing a FBA for this pattern! I'm an H cup and I tried on a dress very similar to this with the shelf bust at Trashy Diva. They were sold out of the color I wanted and I suspect that the shelf is supposed to go under your breasts rather than somewhere in the middle. I need to get this pattern now!
ReplyDeleteYou made that one? It's gorgous! I just picked it up to make some time soon. :)
ReplyDeleteDo you think this would work in seersucker or a nice quilters cotton?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about getting this pattern (after there are instructions for a FBA!), and I just wanted to clarify something: the bias band is supposed to sit at your underbust, right? It looks like it hits just below the fullest part of the model's bust.
ReplyDeleteVery excited by this pattern. Do you know when this pattern will be available in Australia and does the sizing run true to size?
ReplyDeleteGertie, I am just finishing sewing this dress and I have to say, I love it! I am just having trouble with one thing... the strap under the bust. It is pesky and wants to flip up (like in the Butterick photo). Did you do any hand-sewing to keep it behaving? How do you keep it in place?
ReplyDeleteBTW - I took your Bombshell course and LOVED it, too. I am in Phoenix and can't wait to hear where you are doing an appearance.
I ended up doing just a little hand-sewing. http://thesewinglab.blogspot.com/2013/03/butterick-5882-review.html. Thanks for the pattern! I really like how it turned out.
DeleteI just picked up this pattern and fabric last week. I'm glad I came across this before making the dress, now I can make sure that the strap sits correctly. I thought it looked a little off in the Butterick image. Overall it's a stunning dress and I'm psyched to make it!
ReplyDeleteJust want to congratulate you on your line of patterns.
ReplyDeleteI just found out about you and your blog today.
Just wanted to say how beautiful this pattern is as I don't wear dresses hardly(prefer skirts and cute tops). Now I think I will make one for myself!
Best wishes and can't wait to see your upcoming patterns.
erika
I like how Butterick photoshopped the picture of the dress on their website once they found out they didn't photograph the strap turned down as you intended! ;)
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ReplyDeleteHi Gertie -- quick question about this pattern. I'm newer to sewing with a pattern, since I started out as a quilter. It says to cut the strap in both the contrast fabric and the main fabric, but as far as I can tell, only the contrast fabric is used for the strap. Or am I missing something? Can you provide some guidance? Making this dress for my rehearsal dinner and I want to get it right! Thanks so much! :)
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