I finally got my Mum to photograph me in my walkaway dress that I made. Pics here if you want a look.Technically it's red but looks pink from a distance it's a very fine red line square on a white ground.
I also altered the neckline slightly as I prefer a boat neckline, it balances my hips better and I removed a bit off the arm cap, I didn't like that. Write ups on-line highlighted the difficulty of moving in this dress, a lot of people found it nice to stand still in but commented that it rode backwards because of the weight of the full circle skirt when they moved. To cure that I took out the buttons and loops that I had used and replaced with press studs ( hammered on type) and in the front fastening covered the press studs with buttons. The point of this was to make the waist fit snugly and hold the weight of the fabric. I found if the waist fits snugly it doesn't move at all.
The top needs you to be wearing a decent supporting bra even if you don't have much bust like myself, plus I added a petticoat (standard shape not 1950's) in case of showing my knickers.
Sewing and cutting out took me about 2 hours possibly 2 and a half but no more . I found a few misses on where I was a bit close on stitching down the bias binding when I washed and ironed it for the 1st time so you can add on another half hour for unpicking and restitching those bits. It's the Butterick B4790 pattern.