This is another Butterick 6820, a full Butterick 6820, much more recent than Wednesday’s.
It is a really fun dress, isn’t it?
I love the combination of mustard and red (this is some fabric I bought in Japan):
The collar turned out okay, not great:
The sleeves:
The biggest problem with this dress is that the sleeve wings make it difficult to throw a cardigan on over it — you get lumpy uncomfortable bunching right at the bicep.
The pockets are HUGE:
I did another side-placket zipper with this one, mostly because I didn’t have a red invisible zipper handy:
Here’s the back:
I suppose now that I’ve made two bird-themed Butterick 6820s I should be on the lookout for one more birdish fabric to use, right? Since good things come in threes?