Butterick 6307 - Pattern Review
Hey everyone, Miranda here!
This past year I took a textiles course at my school, and for my final project I chose to sew a classy dress and overcoat from a retro butterick pattern that my teacher had in her classroom. The pattern and the instructions themselves were not overly complicated, however I ran into several problems while sewing this ensemble.
Firstly, the fabric that I purchased for the dress was a very thin baby pink, which meant that I had my work cut out for me. Since it was so thin, I found that I had to do two layers of lining on certain pieces, such as the bodice, and every single stitch that I made showed on the fabric so seam ripping was difficult.
With that being said, the actual construction of the dress was fairly straightforward, except for the zipper due to the several layers of lining. Overall, the dress itself took much longer than I anticipated, so I had to work quickly in order to get my over coat finished before the deadline.
The coat did not take that long for me to complete, and I am very satisfied with the way it turned out, as I only ran into one problem on it which had to do with an iron that I left on a setting that was much too high... oops?
In the end I am very pleased with the way that my pieces look together, however if I were to make it again there would be a few changes that I would make, including reducing the neckline measurements so that it would fit me better against my chest, as well as choosing a thicker fabric. With those aside, the actual dress itself is beautiful, and I absolutely love the sleeves which have amazing dart detailing.
Thanks for reading! Write you later,
Miranda
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