A dress for red shoes.

Before Easter a sweet friend gifted me with a pair of adorable red shoes.  She knew that I'd admired the shoes, and went and picked them out for me.  I tell you, she's a gem, a wonderful person, and when a wonderful person gives you red shoes, of course you have to make a dress to match them!  This dress is an out of print Butterick pattern (B5316).  The fabric is a sateen cotton from Hancocks fabrics.  

I was really unsure about the fit and overall look of the dress but after letting Hanni screen the pictures I felt much better about it.  Does anyone else have that problem...you look at your sewn garment for so long and can't decide if you like it or not?

I had to tweak the fit of the dress especially the box pleats on the front of the skirt.  I didn't find them entirely flattering so I converted them to pleats that point toward the center of the dress.  I read in one of my pattern fitting books that those pleats are much kinder to the abdomen than box pleats.  I also took some length off of the bodice as well. 

I am adding this dress to the Project Sewn sewalong pool.  I think it fits the "floral frenzy" theme quite well!