buttons buttons everywhere

I made myself a new dress using a cotton satin.  I like the purplish grey blue.  It is a hard color to give a name to.  I used the 1914 pattern from Sense and Sensibility.  I really rather not use gathers, so I used pleats everywhere.  I also made the cuffs a tad larger and changed the neck finish.  I think the next time I might change the neckline a tad.

I like how the cuffs and sleeves turned out.

There are 15 buttons on the back and two hooks and eyes.  It is a bit difficult to button by myself.  My Beloved was out of town this morning and I got into it!  I did ask a lovely lady friend at work to check that I was all buttoned up.  Not that anyone could tell because I really needed to wear a sweater all day. 

I would make this again.  May change it a bit but what else is new!