Pink Floral Wrap Dress: Butterick B5030
I started planning what to wear to the mountain wedding around April. I knew the wedding was in July and outdoor, so possibility of being pretty warm or even hot. I wanted something light and summery but at the same time classy and formal. And I knew exactly which fabric to get!
It's another beautiful viscose poplin from Blackbird Fabrics. I've already used my yellow one and black one and I love them both.
This time I got it in pink! I thought pink would be the most summery, wedding-y colour. It was the last time for Blackbird to restock this fabric, I was lucky to be able to snatch some before it got quickly sold out.
So with this pretty viscose, I wanted to make another Butterick B5030. Remember I made a wearable-muslin of it back in April? That was because I wanted to make a wedding guest dress with this pattern!
After making the blue one, I knew I wasn't a huge fan of the front bodice bands, and so I decided to use view F without the collar.
After I put together the bodice, something felt not right, something was missing. Because this fabric is so light and soft, it looked too flat and plain, almost. I unpicked front darts and changed them into gathers and voilà! That's just what I needed. I think the gathers added some texture and depth.
I kept the back darts as they are instructed.
I made the skirt a tad longer with this one, I originally wanted to make a maxi dress but then I didn't want it to get dirty outside and I can't really pull off maxi dresses as I'm short. So I kept it more like a midi-length.
The wedding day was hot (35℃), and I was wearing a slip underneath but! It was still breezy, light, easy to move around, and my shoulders and arms were protected from the sun. It was actually perfect to wear on that day!
Though I'm really happy with this dress, after making two wrap dresses, I might have come to the conclusion that wrap dresses aren't exactly for me...
It uses a lot of fabric and I have to be always careful not to flash my legs by accident (Though I should mention that skirts overlap pretty deeply with this pattern so there's less chance of that happening!)
I still really like the design of bodice, so in the future, I'm going to try wrap style dress; I think they are called "surplice dress"!
Anyways, here's a picture of me in the dress and my hubby in dashing suit at the wedding ceremony location! Such a beautiful mountain view.
I might look like I'm wearing white tights, but I'm not. It was just really bright that day and my legs look washed out in the photo! haha. My clutch is also a me-made, scalloped pearl clutch.
Jul 14, 2017
