Doctor T Designs

Ok, somehow, despite being on the mailing list AND obsessively checking the Butterick website, I managed to totally miss when the new Butterick patterns came out a few weeks ago.  Work’s been more than a bit crazy of late, what can I say?  Anyway, looking through this collection, it seems that I haven’t missed out on much.  There are a few cute dress patterns, but, on the whole, this is possibly one of the dullest collections that we’ve gotten from BMV in quite a while.  Let’s take a look:

B6168 – A Lisette pattern.  I think this dress is pretty cute!

B6169 – Lisette.  The jacket looks pretty cool. Actually, is anyone else getting a modernized Downton Abbey vibe here?

The dress… kind of meh.

B6182 – Lisette.  Sort of meh on the boxy shirt. The skirt looks a lot like a recent Burda offering.

B6183 – Lisette.  I feel like this is a perfectly fine outfit, but not much interesting detail

B6167 – Patterns by Gertie with cup sizing.  Normally I love the Gertie patterns, but not so much this time.  Imagining that top on my bust… yeesh. I think this dress could be rather cute on a younger girl though.

B6186 – Connie Crawford.  Basic color blocked dress.  Comes in Plus sizing.

B6187 – Connie Crawford.  Color blocked tunic.  Comes in Plus sizing.

B6177 – Katherine Tilton.  I feel like we’ve seen similar in this pattern line already?

B6180 – Katherine Tilton.  I like the use of stripes in this skirt pattern. Saw someone wearing something similar (but dichromatic) in a parking lot recently, and it looked pretty cool.

B6172 – This top looks like it should be a designer pattern, but it isn’t. I feel like it looks cool in the photo, but seems a bit impractical to wear in reality.

B6166 – Love this dress!  This one is going on the list.

B6163 – My initial reaction was “pretty!” but I think I was responding to the color. I’m not overly fond of the dress in and of itself, but the blue/black lace combo is inspiring.

B6164 – Another dress pattern I don’t need, but one I sort of want. It is a simple sort of dress, but would be great for spring.

B6185 – Wardrobe pattern.  Sort of meh on this one.

The collars on the tops and not on the jacker is sort of interesting though.

B6184 – Another wardrobe pattern.  Not loving the outie seams.

B6181 – Bomber jacket.  Butterick is a bit late to the party.

B6173 – I’m oddly drawn to this tunic.  I can definitely see my sister wearing it.

B6179 – Fast & Easy skirt.  Nice, simple, basic.

B6176 – Fast & Easy.  Another pattern where we’ve seen a lot of similar styles in the past.

B6175 – Boxy top.  Meh.

B6178 – Fast & Easy culottes.  Apparently culottes are going to be a thing this year. Not loving this super voluminous variation though.

The streamlined version is a bit better.

B6170 – Not that I particularly loved this pattern to begin with, but the unfortunate color choice leaves me thinking “hospital gown.”

 The following are the See & Sew patterns, which are essentially pattern re-releases with new numbers.  They are all pretty decent, but for most of them the original patterns were fairly recent releases, so I don’t have much to say about the re-releases.

B6158

B6153

B6154

B6155

B6157

B6156

B6159

The highlight of this collection (for me at least) is the historical costume pattern:

B6190 – Pretty!  Love the draping on the bodice.

This version is pretty too!

And that’s it!  On the whole, this collection is kind of a snooze.  Possibly the most interesting thing is that Lisette has changed from Simplicity to Butterick as a distribution brand.  There are a few decently cute spring dresses, but there wasn’t really a stand out in this collection for me.  I will be getting the costume pattern for sure, and 6166.  A few of the other dresses are maybes for me.  Otherwise, it is mostly a pass.  What do you think?  See anything I’m missing?  Or is this a fairly dull collection for you all as well?  Feel free to discuss in the comments!