New Years Eve Dress

My husband gave me the most gorgeous Michael Miller cotton called 'Midnight Mums' for christmas, and the minute I unwrapped it I knew it would make the most gorgeous 50s party frock. Lucky he has intuition with these things and had given me 5 meters!

I made Vogue 2960 with the fabric. I absolutely love this dress and think it is the best thing I have made yet. The back is so gorgeous:

The pattern calls for bound buttonholes, but I am quite scared of them, so I opted for machine buttonholes instead. I think they look quite nice though:

This dress was so nice to wear. It was quite a windy night, and when the wind picked up the skirt you could see the fullness so well! I did have to make sure it didn't blow it up too much though - it was way too hot to wear a petticoat, and I certainly didn't want to be showing off my underwear!

We had lots of fun, and my frock was a hit!

This was my first post to Sew Retro too.