Following the success of my DVF dress I thought I would run one up for my daughter. She had just told us at Christmas she was expecting her second baby so I thought I might try a maternity style wrap dresses.
I used Butterick B5860, view B. I wanted to add the collar from D, but Esme said no. (I will blog about making clothes for others on another occasion!)
![A maternity wardrobe](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-12-05-15-17.jpg?resize=611%2C814)
I got some purple-blue viscose jersey out of the oddments bin at Simply Fabrics and ran one up. Unfortunately due to my sloppiness, and less than perfect eyesight, I managed to make the jersey up back to front. In other words (if you knit) I had the purl on the front rather than the knit. A beginners mistake. Also, she noted that the front wrap was somewhat long. I did follow the pattern and we thought maybe it assumes a bigger bump. Here she is in it, in the 8th month of her pregnancy (3 weeks to go). It’s so voluminous that it has only just fit her. She is a slim girl (normally) and she found the ease excessive. Anyway given the warm weather, and the advent of her maternity leave she is now willing to wear it.
![Esme in 5860](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-11-09-18-21.jpg?resize=611%2C814)
![Bump in full view](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-11-09-18-40.jpg?resize=611%2C814)
jackie
Jersey is not a straight forward fabric to work with nor is a wrap dress easy.
a pattern made of Jersey will always come up larger than woven, and then each jersey has a different ‘stretch destination’.
Also. I do not think I have ever successfully made a wrap dress that hangs straight at the front with out a lot of after tweaking.
I bet Butterick are just erring on the side of caution.
It looks pretty good to me:)
Utta Retch
This has to be an emphatic no. I have a biggish bust with a smallish, high waist, wide hips and a bum as big as all outdoors. The problem both with RTW and patterns, is that this type of dress essentially is only for the ‘flat’ bodyshape – no bust, hips or rear. I also loathe knits/stretch and this is another reason why the wrap dress is a failure for me.
fabrickated
I am not generally keen on jersey either – I find it a bit clingy around the legs and hips.