The Walkaway Dress
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
So my Walkaway Dress as featured on The Great British Sewing Bee is finished – and what a beauty. I chose a cotton print with a vintage design which I thought fitted the style just right. All in all it took me about five and a half hours, but not all in one go. It’s a hungry dress as far as fabric is concerned – 4.6 metres plus 5 metres of bias binding – but I think it’s worth it. There are only three pattern pieces and, even though it looks more complicated, it is in fact very easy to make. The most time consuming parts were hemming the circle skirt – I may cheat and just turn up once rather than twice next time, and applying the bias, which goes on all the edges. If you make this, be careful on the neck edge as sewing the bias in place can make it stretch out of shape a little. Using a stay stitch will help.
The sizing of the dress is not very generous – I made mine thinking I’d have plenty of room but to be honest it’s too tight to wear right now – so check carefully before you cut. I’ve got a few more Hip Hop Abs workouts to do before I can squeeze into mine, but for now Patricia the mannequin is enjoying it for me. I still have to do the fastenings on the front (so not quite finished in reality!) I’m going for loops and buttons rather than the popper fastenings the pattern asks for as I think they’ll look nicer.
I’d highly recommend everyone to make this dress as it really is a lovely thing and so vintage darling. Just my thing.
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