DuBarry 5576 (1943): Fancy cowgirl housedress

Part 2 of 3.

So . . . this was my first fabric purchase.

I've admired this print for so long but could never decide what I'd make out of it. The want of housecoat seemed like the perfect opportunity to use it.

Unfortunately, I got home and spotted this sitting in front of my computer, waiting to be filed:

Now, it could be a housecoat, but the belted middle wasn't what I wanted this time around. Also, that's not a hide-your-light-under-a-bushel print. That's a wear-with-red-boots print. It even has little shoulder yokes, which don't have to be Western, but . . . oh, who are we kidding?

And you can't go Western without piping. Bust out the digital drawing pad:

(Western shirt collars, it seems, usually match the fabric used for the body of the shirt, not the yoke. I actually did image research on this online.)

Then, things got weird.


(Those are pearl snaps down the front. And embroidery.)