Butterick 1951 5744 wrapover housedress or apron dress

This, my friends, is why archive employees hate tape. Tape is evil! I had to Photoshop out massive quantities of badly-browned masking tape. Sigh.

I'm on a summer-dress kick. I'm skeptical of this one, though. It says it fits sizes 12-20, which is like, bust 30-38. Suuuuuure. I'm assuming that that means that tweaking of dart placement is in order.

I am also anticipating a need to split the back panel and cut it with more flare below the waist, since I tend to be a bit . . . curvy.

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Yeah, I was right--the back panel is just big enough. I'm debating where to go with this. I could re-cut it along the original lines and just wear it over stuff. Or I could try to re-cut the sides and sew them up to make it a pullover with back ties. I'd rather do the latter if I can figure out how.

Advance 5722 is more flared and probably would work better.

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I need to at least go back and finish this, though. I'm thinner now--it might work better. Hopefully. Besides, I love the fabric and would hate to waste it completely.

Taken on: October 21, 2019

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Sets appears in: • Butterick 1951 • Made Patterns more » • My patterns Housedresses • My Patterns 1950s • My Patterns Sundresses • Butterick 1951 5744 Unlikely Success apron dress • My patterns • My Patterns Butterick « less

Groups appears in: • Vintage Sundresses • Make & Mend hosted by NewVintageLady

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