Whirlin' away

Here is my rendition of Butterick's famous Whirl Away dress, reissued as B4790. I love it!

I made this one using super wide cotton meant for bed sheets, with a tiny floral print which you can't really see in the pictures. I got the fabric from the clearance shelf in a little shop in Italy- most of the fabrics on the shelf have been there for at least 20 years.

I'm definitely making another, using some more fabric from the same place, with little flights of brown birds all over it. I want to make view A, with a solid brown for the front and underskirt. I'm still hunting for the solid brown to match the birds though, so don't hold your breath.

The underskirt rides up a bit when walking (particularly uphill), but there's more than enough fabric in the circle skirt to protect my modesty.

Here is a view of the back, so you can see how scoopy the back neckline is- I hadn't really expected that!

And finally, one in which you can see the waist wrap quite clearly. (and also the brooch I'm using to keep it together until I get around to adding the hooks and eyes for the front closure...) There are another couple of pictures on flickr for the curious...



















ETA: Also posted at Pattern Review and Craftster