Listening: Norman Blake
I'm well south of the polar vortex but today is chilly by local standards and thinking about raining.
I keep wondering how I ended up with so many baggy 1970s dress patterns but I think it's the weather. I think overcast days make me want to wear soft, pajama-like things, so, even though I own 300+ potentially-flattering 1940s patterns, I end up with stuff like this:
I've nicknamed this one the Charge of the Sweetness and Light Brigade.
I have enough deadstock 1980s purple sprigged calico to sew this thing, too, and since it's not going to require much fitting, I could do it quickly, before anyone could stop me. I also have appropriate buttons. I hesitated because I wanted pink eyelet trim, but when I got home I realized I had a spool of eyelet and half a pack of petal pink RIT, so now nothing, nothing, is standing in my way.
It needs a little tweaking. The collar isn't contoured, which won't be flattering, so I need to change that, and I like the 3/4 length sleeves but those are just huge. They have elastic but I think I'll add bands with eyelet trim, and take them in a little bit.
I'm well south of the polar vortex but today is chilly by local standards and thinking about raining.
I keep wondering how I ended up with so many baggy 1970s dress patterns but I think it's the weather. I think overcast days make me want to wear soft, pajama-like things, so, even though I own 300+ potentially-flattering 1940s patterns, I end up with stuff like this:
I've nicknamed this one the Charge of the Sweetness and Light Brigade.
I have enough deadstock 1980s purple sprigged calico to sew this thing, too, and since it's not going to require much fitting, I could do it quickly, before anyone could stop me. I also have appropriate buttons. I hesitated because I wanted pink eyelet trim, but when I got home I realized I had a spool of eyelet and half a pack of petal pink RIT, so now nothing, nothing, is standing in my way.
It needs a little tweaking. The collar isn't contoured, which won't be flattering, so I need to change that, and I like the 3/4 length sleeves but those are just huge. They have elastic but I think I'll add bands with eyelet trim, and take them in a little bit.
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