Thursday, June 6, 2013

Sure-fit Designs™ Fit and Burda Style

I am finally ready to show you my latest creation.  It is not another blouse, I promise!  If I was built like Sarah of Goodbye Valentino or Glenda of Sure-fit Designs™ or Peggy Sagers, I would make a dress every day.

When I was young, I was built like that; but let's face it, the clock isn't turning back any time soon. 
BUT, I did make this dress just because I wanted to see if I could change my SFD blueprint into this style.  I received an email a few weeks ago from someplace, and it had new Burda patterns to look at.  I usually dislike Burda patterns immensely for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is that they are usually displayed on young girls the size of a toothpick.  Then there is the way the patterns come with colliding railroad track drawings and no seam allowances.  Good heavens!!!  I do good to get my garments to suit me without those issues.

This is the first video I made for you.  It shows HOW I turned my SFD blueprint into the Burda style.



Not ONLY did I make a dress,
I tried the color-blocking thing.
I don't really like color-blocking most of the time.  Peggy Sagers has done some that looks really nice, but she is really good at figuring out what looks good.

I recommend her video from this past Monday night on "Sewing Slim".  It is very informative.  She talks about how to wear a long necklace. and she is so RIGHT about that.  I was surprised at the difference even on her.  She is very tall, and you would think nothing could make her look less thin than she is.  The idea is to DRAW THE EYE.  I am going to have to watch my own eyes and see what they are drawn to when they look at other people's clothing.  Just because I love to sew, doesn't mean I have a clue about design.

HERE is the shift dress from the Burda catalog.  Don't you think I look JUST LIKE THAT in mine!?  LOL! Let's hope that darling child NEVER sees my version of her tiny little shift dress.



Here are some pics of mine.

This one is BEFORE the pockets were added:



This is AFTER I added the pockets this morning:



Here's a pocket-sampler I did to see if I should make the pockets DARK or LIGHT.  I may have made the wrong choice.  Oh, well.  I still learned a lot.  If I didn't have to go back to work tomorrow, I would whip up another one -- a SOLID one.



ANYWAY, here is the video I made for you just a little while ago.  The dress is all done, and I think it is nice.  It is very comfortable.  Not sure if I should shorten it or leave it alone. 

If I make this again, it will NOT be color-blocked.  I think my bust dart looks a tad too high, but so does Blondie's in that picture which is quite a shock since when you are young, your boobs are up under your chin.

I've got to get up out of this chair, and get SOME form of exercise!  Think I'll start on the trampoline.

Hugs, Joy

14 comments:

  1. Wow, you really are a great advertisement for SFD! You did a wonderful job of morphing the Burda to fit you. It fits beautifully! Off to watch the video...

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  2. Great looking dress - got to love SF blue print so that you can be fairly confident that what ever you use it for will be be a good fit.

    Love your dress - it is very flattering - makes you look very slim.

    Skye

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  3. Wow! You did such a great job on that dress. It's so cute on you. I went ahead and watched your 2nd video and I have to say "I love you". LOL! That video is great. Thank you so much. Cheers!

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  4. Beautiful dress and Great fit! I agree 2" shorter. Peggy is right my eyes kept going to the darker fabric. I would have done it that way too. I've seen dress with the darker fabric on the sides, but they used solid fabric so maybe that makes a difference, but you did an awesome job! Thanks for sharing the video's
    Blessing,
    Sherry

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  5. I think you are delightful!

    Mary

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  6. Definitely shorten it! It looks nice the way it is, but shorter looked better!

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    1. Shorter it is. I'm going to start it right now. Thanks!

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  7. Joy...you did a fabulous designing job. You really didn't need my help. You realized that this side panel came from the edges of your bust dart and waist fitting darts in the front. Well done!. And I agree with Peggy, the darker blue would look more slimming had it been the dominant center panel fabric. And...I like it 2" shorter too. You did a great job in your video of explaining what you did to draw this design. I'll showcase your design accomplishment in one of my upcoming blogs. Again...great work. Kindly, Glenda

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    1. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, gee. You are so sweet, Glenda. I really am proud of me though. I'm drawing out the pattern to use for the gorgeous lace you sent me. I'll probably be showcasing it next.
      Hugs, Joy

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  8. You have great legs; you ought to show them off more often. I agree, shorten it a couple of inches. You are so good with SFD. You need to be Glenda's teacher for Oklahoma.
    Hugs, Phylly

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  9. Hi Joy

    I love the dress on you, did you do a sway back correction? If so how do you do it on a dress?

    Much love

    Diane xx

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    1. Hi Diane,

      I already had the sway back correction in the back of the blouse before I converted it to this dress. So easy to make a skirt out of a blouse. You just lengthen it.

      Hugs, Joy

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  10. You look great in your new dress, Joy! I'm equally hard to fit and find dress with lots of pattern pieces fit me much better than dress with a few pieces (like the one I'm working on now). Good job!

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  11. I adore your dress (but without the pockets,even though I too love my pockets!). I love it just like it is- with the side panels in the dark blue. BTW....you have nothing to worry about with dresses. It's ME that has a problem!!!!!!!
    Well done you.

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