Last night, the new Butterick patterns were released. There are some good ones, some awful ones, and some meh ones (as with any of the pattern releases from them. I have to say, they did pretty well this time around.
Let’s start with the ones that I like.
Butterick 6128. While it looks like your standard wrap dress, here, the real charm is in the maxi view:
I’m not sure about doing contrast sleeves for it. I think it would look pretty elegant in a black crepe fabric.
6127 is a great little piece. I love the faux lace jacket. I wouldn’t be tugging at the bottom seam all night. I wouldn’t be doing view C (with the contrast bands) but I do like this view with the lace.
I love Butterick 6129. It’s a fun dress – in all the views.
Connie Crawford’s contribution with 6146 is quite nice as well, though, I’m almost certain I have a similar pattern in my stash.
I will preface this by saying that I don’t generally like jumpsuits. But I really like this one and the dress views as well for 6130.
I like this single-breasted coat. It’s elegant and classic. 6143 will be a must have…even if I do have other coat patterns…
I love the asymmetrical collar on Butterick 6132. This would be a great little top. I like the other views as well. I can see the pattern getting a lot of use once I got it cut out and fit it to my body.
Cute! I’ll probably pick up 6123 for you know…the future when Baby Girl is bigger.
On to the patterns I consider to be “the bad.”
I think I just don’t get the whole Tilton thing. I don’t like either of the patterns in the new collection. If you like it, please explain it to me. I have a hard time picturing who wears these.
For your consideration, a silk tent:
I mean…it’s not flattering…maybe with a belt…but then you lose the seam details. I just find 6138…odd.
I mean??? It kind of from afar looks like you took some fabric, wadded it up, stitched some button holes and called it good.
They are probably fairly challenging patterns given the curved seams and all. They’re just not for me.
The neckline on 6136 drives me nuts. I mean??? Iron?
Ok. and then there’s this.
It’s not a Katherine Tilton. It’s a hot mess, though. It kind of looks like what may happen when I get frustrated with a pattern. “ARGHHH I can’t get anything to line up! WHATEVER button goes here and here! HAH! Done!” Or something…
That said, I do like the other two views of 6140. They look less…frustrated.
On 6139, can you help me figure out what it is?
There’s a lot going on in the picture. I think that the shirt underneath detracts from the jacket. The lines on these are fine, but it’s just kind of meh. I have some patterns that are similar but that I like better.
Just in case you were confused about what to wear to the 50 Shades of Grey premier. Here’s Butterick 6151 for your consideration. There’s so much going on with it, I don’t even know where to start.
Just…you know…in case you needed to use a time machine to go to the beach in 1982, you can whip up 6137. I’m on the fence about this one. I think done right, these could be fun. I have to see them on someone else though first. So someone, whip these up!
The girls for 6124 are cute. I’m just not really sure what’s up with their pajamas. It looks like a Care Bear snuck into Mom’s sewing room at 3am and made adjustments.
I really wanted to like 6142 until I saw this:
I’m really not sure there’s enough going on there. I think that she should be wearing another pattern on her legs and a fourth on her shoes…just sayin’…
So those are the patterns I felt were worth commenting on. What did you think of the recent releases?
Related articles
Has anyone made B6139? I’m too lazy to make a muslin but need the A-B-C-D cup adjustments, so I think I’ll make this as shown and then perhaps make variations – pockets, a longer jacket, scrunched sleeves, button front or even Chanel style.