Burda Style 6224

I started out the day in this dress, then quickly changed out because it felt too constricting even though it fit pretty good. I made it longer and it is still too short for me. If I were to make this again I would add more length and probably not peg the skirt so much. I would also add a bit to the back width, both top and bottom, just to add to the wearability.

The sleeves are from a different pattern that's why this looks different from the pictures on the pattern. Once again the Burda instructions fell short even though this was from a pattern envelope not the magazine. Who knows if I did the pockets properly!

This dress might be good for going out to a restaurant or if you had to carry bulky things in your pockets, Ha!

 

Butterick 6591

This is the dress I changed into after wearing the blue dress. Normally, I get dressed once and wear that outfit for whatever I have to do that day whether it is cleaning, sewing, exercising, shopping, visiting or working in the yard.  The snow just left the grass, but I'm like the typical Minnesotan, put on your shorts or sandals when the temp gets in the 50's.

The dress is a franken-pattern of the two patterns shown below and I really like it. I like pattern mixing and I like adding a bit of velvet to the knit fabric. The fabric on the sleeves and hem flounce is a velvet burn-out in green and black.

I added width to the skirt because I didn't want this to be form fitting.

 

Burda Style 6135

Sorry about the bad pictures, but you know how hard it is to photograph black. I really like this Burda pattern for the jacket. I used my normal size for me and it fits perfectly. This is a pattern, but I think they have this in the magazine too. This pattern would work well for a little summer jacket as well.

The material is embroidered and I think from H R Harris, the fabric was difficult to work with, so glad I chose a simple pattern. The skirt is moleskin, just sewed the one seam and added elastic. Had it forever and I wear it every winter.

 

Mccall's 8147

Here we go again with the cheap JoAnn flannel. This flannel was not as good as it normally is.
When I shrunk the fabric the red bled everywhere. I had to wash it two more times to get the
color out and by that time the fabric started pilling, probably should have made rags out of the
fabric at that point. Went ahead with the project and this is what resulted.

I used a blouse pattern for the top and it seems to fit pretty good. The sleeves were way too long,
but I do have short arms, I'm also wearing shoulder pads to make the sleeves lie nicer. I may try the bow tie version of this pattern later date. I probably will donate this at the end of the season,
since I don't love it.