Reversible Butterick 6016

Last fall one of my plans was for a bias-cut plaid dress in two or three colors, out of a reasonably nice lawn that I found at fabric.com.  I wanted to use Butterick 6016, and I also got a nice black lawn for lining.  However, for a twist, I decided to try and make the whole thing reversible!

Butterick 6016 actually has center front and back seams - I chose to keep those and just straightened out a little bit at one area and cut VERY  carefully.  I even hand basted this one.

Front:

Other notes- of course, the zipper was a bit of a struggle.  I attached it to the colored side and whip-stitched it on the black side.  So, when wearing the black, it looks a bit like an exposed zipper treatment.  I also catch-stitched the two layers together at the waist seam, but otherwise kept them completely separate apart from the armhole/neckline. 

Inside out, here is the dress:

You can see the plaid through the black a little bit, so I decided to cut the hems so that the blue definitely showed instead of looking like an accident.  It still might all look a teensy bit accidental.  I've been wearing it with a belt, although something other than the big plasticy one I've got there would be preferable.  The waistline is about one inch too high.  Boots aren't a great match, but it is winter here!  I was just psyched to wear no tights for a day.  I did wear a black cardigan, though, so I had a bit of a ninja look.


And the back - showing me that age may be catching up a bit.  Stand up straight and do some more tricep presses!  Or, really, ANY tricep presses....