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| Sonja Style: Burda 7828 |
Since I start with sewing, I had always dreamed of making a knit dress, yet I was underestimating my own skills or overestimated the challenge. Which I thought to be a hell of a job, turns out to be a lot of fun. So whether you hesitate to make your own knit dress, just start today and enjoy!
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| Sonja Style: Serger |
I just wanted a very light breathable summer dress with a nice fit and hence I choose for a very straightforward and famous pattern:
Burda 7828. It has only two stars and goes with a very clear instruction. A lot of people have made this pattern and a a lot of versions and alternations can be found on the internet. On
Pinternet, I have made a board with the very genius name "
Burda 7828" where you can find some examples; from maternity dress till wrap shirt.
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| Sonja Style: Burda 7828 |
I also bought an old, yet good Lewestein serger, via marktplaats.nl, a dutch trading site for new and secondhand stuff, like Ebay. I think it's a very fantastic machine, it provides a nice and professional finish to your garment. So this was a perfect occasion to use this machine too!
I copied the pattern one size smaller than was recommend by the sizing table, which turned out to be a 34 for the upper part and 36 for the skirt part and made the original version of the pattern (version B). The only alternation was to decrease the length and wide (with respectively 15cm, and 5cm at both sides) of the under part of the skirt, creating a better fit; like you can see on the pictures.
However, I like to reuse this pattern in the future, probably with a few alternations, since it turns out to be a very nice pattern.
Let the summer start!
