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Make This Look: Free Day Dress

posted January 30, 2012 / 1 Comment

Original Inspiration

Free Day Dress from modcloth.com $49.99

Resources

Fabric: Daydream Main Cream from fabric.com ($7.98/yd)
Pattern: Butterick 5486

Tips

Add a decorative, non functioning placket to recreated the buttons down the bodice
Narrow the straps

Plus…

Cute and Tie Necklace from modcloth.com ($34.99)
Keep ‘Em Perforated Heel from modcloth.com ($64.99)

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Mena Trott

Mena Trott started The Sew Weekly to document her attempt to sew all of her own clothes in 2010. Since then, she's made over 125 outfits and has way more clothes than she needs.

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Ashley
January 30, 2012 at 1:45 pm

The free day dress has a natural waist line that the Butterick pattern doesn’t have. Is there a pattern that has this waistline?

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