Here's one of the dresses I made for Daughter last year but never got around to blogging about. She picked this fabric from the quilting cottons at JoAnn's. Okay, so taking a picture of it while she's standing in front of a door that is nearly the same color is probably not my best photography decision of the year. Nobody's perfect. I'm a dressmaker, not a photographer.
Anyway. The buttons are a little too bright, with a little too much orange in them to quite match the red berries on the dress, but that is pretty much the only flaw and I think I can live with it.
When I was younger, I had a number of dresses made like this one. This is one I call the Shamrock dress. I made this one about 13-14 years ago (yes, it still fits) but hardly ever wear it. Daughter absolutely loves the style, which is so much more appropriate for her than for me, so I set about making one for her. I had to create my own pattern for her dress, as I couldn't find a button front pattern, though I confess I didn't try very hard. The conversion is pretty fast and easy.
I start with my trusty
Butterick 3360, which I have made many times. This pattern has the front on a fold and a back zipper for a closure. Remove the center back seam allowance and cut on the fold. Add a self-fabric facing and interfacing to the center front, and Voila! you pretty much have a button front dress.
The only trouble is all those buttonholes to sew and cut and all those buttons to attach. But the buttons on the front are alot easier to fasten than the zip at the back which is so hard to reach sometimes.
All in all, it's a gorgeous dress. Daughter is very happy with it and has put her order in for another.
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