I'm doing the Walk-Away dress.
The likelyhood of me whipping this puppy up in a morning and walking away in it for a 'luncheon' are slim, but I'm excited regardless!
I've been cruising eBay and Esty for about a week now, and I just keep coming back to this pattern. I flippen love it. And although it's a tad dramatic, I think I can actually wear it in my actual life, due in part to my probable fabric choice:
Red Carolina Chambray from Fabric.com. I LOVE this stuff! It's so delicious and soft and heavy and flowy all in one. :) I think it'll be perfect, and kind of take the drama of the dress down a notch. I have 3 yards and I hope it'll be enough... I don't have the physical pattern yet, so I don't know the yardage. I'm a bit hazy too on what I should use for the binding. There's so much of it! I'm thinking maybe like an ivory floral like so:
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Any thoughts or suggestions would be much obliged!
Happy sewing to you all!
Sarah @ EmmylouBeeDoo
I was thinking of finally tackling that dress too! Which issue are you going to use? I'm thinking of using the 2nd one, it seems the best drafted (all 4 issues of it have slight drafting changes, or actually the current one has drastic changes and the others have minor ones. I hope you're using the first one since I decided not to, I'd like to see how it turns out!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to give this one a go one day too, so will be following with interest!
ReplyDeleteI unfortunately missed out on the original in my size (!) on eBay, so I just hastily bought the newest edition. I'm super bummed it turned out that way, but I think I'll always have my eyes peeled for the original... It's just so damn lovely :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love it if another gal was making this dress along with me! Fun!!
Sherry, thank you for the productive pressure! :D I'll need it!
ReplyDeleteSarah, if you like, email me (through my profile), depending on your size I might be able to loan you an older version!
ReplyDeleteThere's lots of reviews of that one on PatternReview, so I would check them out. I have that one, too, so I remember reading that there were some issues in regards to fit. I also saw it made up in person at my local fabric store, and it was very, very pretty! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristine! I love your blog! :D
ReplyDeleteYeah... I bought (hastily) the newest issue, and I'm regretting it. I am going to try and hunt down either the '99 version or (gasp, says my wallet) one from the actual 50's. Thanks sooo so much to Sarah @ ColorKitten for helping me out!
I feel like this is going to be worth it though :) Hold me to that, k gals?
Sarah, I made this last summer! I love mine, but I need to go back and make different binding. My fabric choice was too thin, but yours will probably be the perfect weight!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
http://jemimabean.blogspot.com/2010/07/butterick-6173-or-4790.html
The only fitting things I remember are that the waist is very very fitted (to hold the dress together/on). Measure there carefully for sure! And the shoulders/armhole/neckline had to be raised. I did an FBA too (but I normally do this).
Good luck! I'll be watching! Six months out, i have forgotten misgivings and keep looking at fabrics in stash to remake this one. Especially since I figured out the issues already.
That's a really pretty pattern and I like your fabric choice.
ReplyDeleteangie.a, which pattern issue did you make your dress with? Please tell me you used the 2006 reissue and it worked out swimmingly :)
ReplyDeleteSue, thank you! Yeah, I think I'm pretty settled on my fabric choice. It's a good color for all seasons, in my opinion. The binding though, I'm still deciding. :)