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Silk Ruffle Blouson Dress

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I completed this lovely dress just in time to wear to the wedding shower of our friend. Here is the journey of the construction of this dress.

I chose Butterick 5744 pattern to make the feminine ruffled blouson dress in a lovely silk crepe and silk habotai lining material that I purchased at Mill End Store in Milwaukie, OR. I made view A of the pattern with the plain skirt with the double ruffle of view B.

silk material draped on dress form
teal silk crepe de chine draped on my dress form
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Butterick 5744 pattern

 

I was going for a pretty, feminine and romantic looking dress such as these styles:

Tory Burch blue ruffled dress
Tory Burch dress
Nicole RIchie in a pretty yellow dress
yellow dress on Nicole Richie
Tan ruffle neck dress from Karen Millen
Ruffle neck dress from Karen Millen
pink blouson dress from Cynthia Rowley
Pink blouson dress from Cynthia Rowley $330
tank dress in peach with neckline ruffle
ruffle neck tank dress

So I took my pattern to the Open Sewing session held at Mill End Store in Beaverton last Saturday and was able to get some great assistance and personal fitting attention from sewing expert Elizabeth Miles. We cut out the pattern pieces, pinned the pattern tissue pieces together and I slipped it on. Elizabeth was able to fit the pattern tissue to my body.

We decided that the pattern needed a few tweaks for the best fit. We added a bust dart and did a slight full bust adjustment, as well as added about an inch to the bottom hem of the bodice front and back.

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Elizabeth was such a great help for me to fit this dress, I can’t thank her enough for her time and attention. I will be going back to that session for help on other sewing projects for sure!

So on to the cutting and sewing of my dress.

I added 2″ to the hem of the skirt using a chalk outline as I cut out the pattern. The chalk line is a little faint in this photo:

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And here is the lining cutting layout:

 

 

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As I sewed, I made French seams for the skirt side seams for both the dress and the lining:

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Sew a narrow 1/4″ seam wrong sides together, press flat, trim and press open
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press edges of seam flat
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right sides together, sew seam again, enclosing the first seam

 

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completed French seam

All in all, I am very pleased with my finished  dress and was excited to wear it to the shower!

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ruffle neckline blouson dress in silk

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Comments

13 responses to “Silk Ruffle Blouson Dress”

  1. Red Point Tailor Avatar
    Red Point Tailor

    Fabulous! Perfect summer dress! Great job! It fits perfect!

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      Thank you!

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  2. SewBaby Avatar
    SewBaby

    So pretty! Well worth your effort!

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      Thank you so much! I am pleased with it too 🙂

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  3. Carrie Avatar
    Carrie

    Oh this is such a beautiful dress! I have to say, you make the most beautiful silk garments – I want to steal them all for myself!

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      Aw, thank you so much Carrie! I do love silk, it’s my favorite fabric to wear 🙂

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  4. Fifty Dresses Avatar
    Fifty Dresses

    Absolutely beautiful! The color, the pattern, the fit, the construction – all perfect. I hope you feel like a million dollars in this dress because you sure do look like it!

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      What a nice compliment! Thank you very much!

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  5. Caroline Avatar
    Caroline

    That is a beautiful dress! Lovely shade of blue too.

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      Thank you so much Caroline! I do love the color, just had to have the fabric!

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  6. Andrea Avatar
    Andrea

    It’s great to see you learning and practicing the fitting techniques you experienced when I was there with Pati and Marta. Your silk garments are making me rethink my choice of fabrications for my blouses and dresses.

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    1. odetosew Avatar
      odetosew

      Tissue fitting is the way to go for sure! Silk is a wonderful choice for blouses and dresses, for the right pattern and design of course. Go for it, you not be disappointed!

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