New Pattern: 2011 April 28

Oh. My.

I am so excited about this pattern, it's completely irrational.

The 1930's were a miraculous decade. Nobody had anything and yet they managed to make even housedresses look insanely glamorous.

This pattern says it's an "apron", but you'll notice she's not wearing anything underneath it. I think it really means "bungalow apron" or morning dress, which was something basically in between pajamas and a casual dress. Like those loungers you see advertised in newspaper inserts and at Vermont Country Store: You don't sleep in them but most people don't wear them to the grocery store, either.

This one is a back-wrap with little cap sleeves. You know I love cap sleeves. It's a lot like my dear, defunct, flapper dress pattern but not a pullover, and with some shape.

Here's a bad picture of the instructions. I'll post a better one when it arrives. I can't tell for sure, but it looks as though you might have a choice of a V-back or a higher, less revealing, one that buttons at the shoulder.

The pattern itself is undated but it does have a National Recovery Administration logo on it, which means it was made between spring 1933 and June 1935.

Update: Nope! The left side of the back buttons to the right shoulder, and the left side just wraps around and ties into place.

Hilariously, there are no facing pieces for the back. Not cut pieces, and not in the pattern diagram. It just says "face" and leaves you to your own devices, although it clearly shows the back pieces with facings in the instructions. Very economical, really, not to waste paper printing pieces that are just smaller parts of other pieces that you've already provided.

Ooh! A single button at the shoulder! Do I see another bound buttonhole in my future?