Butterick 5147 in pictures

Please go and check out my fellow sewists versions of this dress on the Flickr site.  They have made some amazing dresses and you have to see the "Queen of this Pattern" (Sheila's) latest version!  It's pretty awesome if I say so myself.

I used the flared dress version (View D); since I have a TNT sheath-like dress pattern already.

The obligatory hands on the hip pose:

This is how I will wear the dress with a white cardigan:

This needs to be corrected:

One of the neck and bustline:

A few things I learned:

1.  Always stick with what I know works.  When I traced out the armhole section, I should have traced the TNT pattern's armhole instead of going with the B5147 pattern.

2.  Starting with your TNT is a great idea...it definitely saves time with alterations! (More on that later!)

A few things I will do differently:

a.  Raise the armhole seam.

b.  Take a little out of the side flare - I'm not sure I like the way it hangs.

c.  Take some tucks in the neckline pattern, it's a little wider than I like.

I will make this a few more times to work out the kinks so that I can start to play with the pattern.  It's a great pattern to add to my work wardrobe.  I can see myself making it for all 4 seasons. 

You can see my journey in pictures here...

...and a Parting Shot...

My daughter always makes me laugh soooooo hard while she is taking like 30 of these photos...

...as always, more later!