Dress with Short Sleeves from burda July

While I was waiting for train at Waterloo station, I usually browse books shops and clothes shops.

And I have bought burda July. :)

This magazine is great. Fashion is the late style and all pattern are inside. Also with sewing instructions.
Every month, they use few pages how to sew the one particular pattern.
And there are many dress in the magazine are used that. So if you learned that pattern, you can use that technique to other patterns in that month.

I have pick up this dress.

The basic techniques of tops and gather parts with elastic, are all inside. To be honest, I couldn't figure out without that sewing lesson page to complete this dress!

I have used this fabric for this dress because I wanted to use this fabric.. I used it for A line skirt a couple month ago,  it went wrong. Skirt type, fabric and my body size are totally mis-matched...
As I have a petit size, A line skirt is killer. This kind of skirt me look not fashionable at all. And showed my body miserable.. :((
I had to re-assemble all..

Anyway, my revenge has done!

The original pattern has hem bands however as I'm not tall, I didn't add it.
Looks success.. Phew..

One concern is this fabric is too cute. I'm a mystery age 'forever 21' all the time, I thought how I could wear this..
Now I have a solution!
Using belt from HOBBS(elegant fashion brand!) and necklaces from Phase Eight, I could wear this dress classic way...

 Have a nice day!

Yasuko