hmmm..not sure why I decided to sew it .Read the reviews,comments you name it on pattern review but I still decided it was a go that day ! lol
(sewn about 2 yrs ago btw)
Well first I did read the reprint is “Not ” the same as the original ! That from Butterick themselves.Hence it did not fit the same .Accept I changed mine to fit higher and more snug when I wore it .By the way it looked nothing like the way it did on me ..like it does on my dress form .My dress form being much more bigger ,curvier and I have a short torso and longer legs .Well it actually looked better on me then the mannequin.Issue was I felt this dress could lift up and reveal a bit too much when I wore it .lol
It is currently just sitting in my basement in a bag of has been projects .
Quick & Easy One Piece Wrap Dress. Here’s the smartest idea of the season . . . a dress that has only back waist and shoulder seams, that has its back wrapped around to the front for a sheath-and-overskirt look. Binding finishes the edges. Wear it for any occasion. Made from just 3 pattern pieces, no facings! A “Mother & Daughter” fashion, for Daughter see Butterick 6204
For the Australian re-released version of this pattern see Butterick 7500
Here’s a look at the history of the Walk-away Dress:
During the 1950′s, Butterick experienced a phenomenon it had not known since the ‘Garibaldi Suit’ of the late 1860′s. It was pattern 6015, and it was dubbed the ‘walk-away’ dress, because it was so easy you could “Start it after breakfast… walk-away in it for luncheon!”.
It’s simple yet flattering wrap design and easy construction were what made it so popular. Sales of the pattern were so great, that at one point manufacturing of all other patterns ceased, and only the ‘walk-away’ dress was produced until all back-orders for this dress could be filled.
Fabrics – crepe, taffeta, faille, satin, velveteen, shantung, gingham, chambray, cotton prints, linen, pique, cotton broadcloth, light weight wool crepe, silk.
This pattern has been reprinted as Retro Butterick 4790
This pattern below reminds me of a reverse of the walk away dress -hence you won’t see me making it 
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I must try this!!! xx
if I could fins my pattern of it I would send it to you lol
pattern review also has some other samples that others made. I think the link should open it below
http://sewing.patternreview.com/Patterns/12206#.UDVF9aCWx9Q
liked this version visually of it
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/524410_10100476946382805_38403220_45419061_2131038729_n.jpg
I made the reprinted version of this for my Easter outfit this year. It looked great but was a little worrisome to wear. I had fit issues with the under arm gapping (I think if you are a C cup or smaller it would be fine). There is plenty of fabric in the skirt of this dress, but it really did feel like a little wind could reveal a little too much!!
That is exactly how I felt, purplecushion ! Before my pregnancy I was definably an A cup (hardly nothing their lol) exactly like I wrote( glad it was just not in my imagination ) I felt the dress would lift up in the back and reveal too much . Their was a woman who made a crinoline petticoat underneath …which did make it fuller for the skirt but still not sure if my fear of this dress flying up would be taken away from me
Now I wonder because I have only seen one actual picture of this being worn in the 1950′s and it was by a very heavy set lady how long the popularity remained with these dresses?
Good question. I wonder if there was a momentary fad and it fizzled out when people started wearing them? I have noticed a couple of other wrap dresses from that time period. I wonder if they are any better. I really, really wanted to love this dress because it was simple to make and it really does look lovely on (correcting for the minor fit issues). It was just too uncomfortable to wear though
I read a review that said this dress just begged for a waist cincher and a crinoline to make it doable- what did you think? I love your embellishments….
I’m about 60% done with this and I can tell I need a waist cincher. Added to the fact that the waist is the part I accidentally cut a size too small (doh!). A round of Spanx for the bar, please.
I LOVE your fabric choices! The one I’m working on is just red on red with traffic cone orange bias tape. (Umm, should be charming.
) Is yours seriously still in the basement? It looks really cute. It’d be a crime to let it languish.
prttynpink …I am trying to find the blog where it was done .it looks great and the undergarment adds the fullness the skirt needs to give that period look . But I don’t know?….Cuckoo ….it was not that I did not like the way it looked but I felt that walking out a slight gust of wind could get under the dress blow it up from the back and reveal more then I wanted to show …and yes it is sitting in a plastic bag in the basement could not find myself
love to see the one your working on cuckoo….their cute …not just to me very wearable!I did see a version on pattern review where it was made with a waist cincher! loved it
Hopefully I’ll finish it tonight. It’s hanging the recommended 24 hours to let the bias hang (or whatever it does) before finishing the hemming. I already did the neckline in bias tape because I was dying to se what it looks like, and I like the colors together. Now I have to do the remaining edges, the snaps, etc. Will definitely post something if I can get the snaps to shut.
And if there’s no chance for major gusts of wind.