{"id":59577,"date":"2017-04-12T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T15:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=59577"},"modified":"2017-04-12T05:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T09:34:02","slug":"sew-tell-liesls-lisette-for-butterick-b6411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/04\/sew-tell-liesls-lisette-for-butterick-b6411.html","title":{"rendered":"sew+ tell: liesl’s lisette for butterick B6411"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been wearing this dress for a few months now. I haven’t had a chance to show it to you yet, so let’s remedy that before it gets too warm out! I’m really pleased with how it turned out.<\/p>\n

\"Lisette<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lisette<\/a><\/p>\n

Pattern:<\/strong> This is Lisette for Butterick B6411<\/a> with a couple of small changes.<\/p>\n

Fabric:<\/strong> The soy jersey from Drygoods Design<\/a> in Seattle is dreamy. Keli has great taste in fabric and always finds really interesting sources, so her offerings are quite different from what you’ll find elsewhere. I love the hand and drape on this fabric, and it was wonderful to sew with.<\/p>\n

Changes:<\/strong> I knew I wanted to wear a belt with this, so I eliminated the waist seam and gathers. And of course I lengthened the dress by quite a bit, like I always do. I also added a center-back seam to conserve the fabric I had and to add a little structure to the back of the dress as well.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I did with the pattern pieces to eliminate the waistband and lengthen the skirt. I did this to the front and the back:<\/p>\n

\"Lisette<\/a><\/p>\n

To add a center-back seam, I simple added a seam allowance at the Cut on Fold Line and cut 2 instead of cutting on the fold line. That allowed me to cut the back along the selvedge instead of the center fold line, which was perfect because otherwise I wouldn’t have had enough fabric for the length I wanted.<\/p>\n

Construction:<\/strong> I didn’t use a serger on this dress at all, but instead sewed it with a longer (2.6 or 2.8mm) straight stitch on my machine, stretching the seams as I sewed. This way I could maintain the wide seam allowances. I don’t really know why I chose to do it this way; I guess I just thought the extra seam allowances felt a little luxurious. In a few places (side seams, center-back seam) I topstitched them down (almost like a faux flat-felled seam but without the folding, since jersey doesn’t ravel) just because I liked the look of it and to help keep them in place so they didn’t curl up the way jersey tends to do.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably make this again, maybe shorter and in black or navy. I’ve been wearing it a lot, especially in the winter when it was really cold. I like to wear it with a moto jacket<\/a> over it, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been wearing this dress for a few months now. I haven’t had a chance to show it to you yet, so let’s remedy that before it gets too warm out! I’m really pleased with how it turned out. 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