My first Burda pattern in a really long time.
Pattern Background
Burda 6/2024 #110 is a shirt dress drafted for 2-way (as opposed to 4-way) lower stretch knits. It has short sleeves and an A-line knee length skirt.
Fabric and Materials
I used a 100% cotton jersey from Gorgeous Fabrics. It is mislabeled on the website as a stretchy rayon/lycra jersey so when I purchased it last month I had an entirely different project in mind for it. After getting it and seeing how it had just the slight mechanical stretch of a 100% cotton jersey I decided to pivot to this pattern.
The interfacing was black Pro-Sheer Elegance from the now defunct Fashion Sewing Supply. For this pattern you interface the collar, tie band, and front plackets so you want to pick something with a soft, flexible hand.
The buttons are pink 18L shirt buttons from WAWAK.
Fit and Sizing
This pattern is available in sizes 36-46. I started with a size 44 and made the following alterations:
- Added 5” width to the hips
- Changed the sleeves from short sleeve to cap sleeve length, using my Jalie Tina pattern as a guide. I find the diagonal angle created by the shorter cap sleeve more flattering than the longer short sleeves included in the pattern.
Construction
Even though it wasn’t what I expected, this cotton jersey was wonderful to work with and thus construction was a breeze.
I sewed most of this on my Juki TL-2010Q. Since it is a knit I decided to forgo serging the seam allowances. I switched to my Janome 6500P for the buttonholes and used the knit buttonhole style:
For the sleeve and skirt hem I used my Janome Coverpro 2000CPX.
Before sewing the collar I trimmed a generous 1/8” from the shorter side edges of the under collar to encourage the collar to roll better.
I used 1/4” instead of 5/8” seam allowances for the belt. I prefer the slightly width slightly wider.
Burda has you use thread loops to hold the belt in place. For now I decided to just go without. The “grab” of the cotton jersey seems to keep it in place well enough.
Conclusion
This is a great pattern if you want something that is more structured than a t-shirt dress but still easy to care for (no ironing necessary!) If I was still working in an office I’d be making up a ton of these.
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