The holidays are now in full swing and I knew I had to hurry and stitch up my holiday dress! Fortunately I was able to fall into the “Little Red Dress Project” guidelines with my 1956 Butterick 5603!
I used silk dupioni, silk charmeuse to underline the whole thing, and silk organza to stabilize it. Surprisingly, for a dress with so much hand sewing, it didn’t take more than a few days to complete. The fit itself also wasn’t too difficult, though I did need to change the bust darts into pleats to be able to handle a full bust adjustment of 2″. From the waist, I cut about 5-6 inches to accommodate a small waist length as well.
L9ve this , the silk dupion is beautiful, perfect for the holidays !
The silk dupioni was actually amazing to work with, and I agree, great for the holidays! Pretty terrible to photograph, though, because of all the shimmer haha!
So stunning!
Thank you, Lauriana! I definitely felt like a million bucks 🙂
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What a pretty dress! I agree that the dupioni was a great choice.