Bridesmaid Dress #2: Shauna

Bridesmaid Dress #2: Shauna

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• 6.09.2011

Last week I shared Robin's bridesmaid dress and many of you liked it a lot!!  Here's Dress #2 of 5 for my wedding, for my good friend Shauna.

She picked the bodice, and the skirt is the same as the other dresses.  This one is pretty close to several other lovely bridesmaid dresses out there:

J.Crew:

BHLDN:

I used (you guessed it!) one of my top dress patterns, Butterick B4915, for the bodice and midriff panel, and did a simple pleated skirt just like on Robin's.

I made some modifications, however.  Shauna is 5'1", and has a shorter than average torso, so I shortened the pattern--both the crossover bodice pieces and the midriff panel piece.  See?

To shorten the pieces, you take a little tuck in the pattern piece--I did the above and below the arm hole.  I used her back waist measurement to take the right amount out.

I cut out the lining first, then used it as a pattern for the fashion fabric.

There it is!  A custom fit!

(If you made your bridesmaids' dresses, or did any other DIYs for your wedding, I'd love for you to share them in the Adventures in Dressmaking DIY Weddings Flickr group!!)