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[Isis]

Amie, your dress are so cute!

A very inspiring thread- so many pretty creations!

 

[Lily Amelia]

Thanks for the lovely comments everyone

The pattern was one I picked up in a charity/thrift shop, it's Maudella No 6212and I think it is from the 1970s. Unfortunately I can't find it at the moment otherwise I'd have posted a photo. I'll have a good look for it today though because I'd like to have a go at making one of the other styles which can be made from the pattern and the other pieces are inside the envelope.

The fabric was a bed sheet I bought off Ebay! I didn't want to waste decent/expensive fabric until I knew I could sew

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Lily Amelia your dress turned out great!!!
Hepkitty love the dress and the matching spats are really cute too.
Amie that dress look adorable and I love that you matched it to the picture on the patter I have thought of trying to do that with a few of my patterns.

 

[shazzabanazza]

Whew, I finally finished this dress. Two things I'm not too crazy about are:
1. The fabric choice. I wasn't too happy about its lack of flow and weight.
2. The grading I did for this pattern. I'm very inexperienced so I attempted to grade the pattern with the little knowledge I have. I think I did alright, but next time I hope to do this part better.
Overall I'm happy though.

I don't know why, but I really liked the shoulder pads I made.

Amie! Fabulous dress

 

[shazzabanazza]

Lily I reakon some of the fabic used for bedsheets is better then the dress fabic available in the shops!

Hepkitty Pretty dress and the spats are super cute!

 

[crwritt]

just finished this week, Butterick dress 5556 and Burda 8127 spats



Very cute. Is that leopard print Flannel?

 

[BoPeep]

Completely missed this post! Very well done, as always, Lauren!

 

[HepKitty]

Very cute. Is that leopard print Flannel?

Thank you. Yes it is, I found 4 more yards and snapped it all up

 

[kamikat]

Another Simplicity 3356

 

[shazzabanazza]

Another Simplicity 3356

Very nice welldone

 

[Amie]

Thanks all for the compliments.

 

[Isis]

Looks great kamikat! Very nice fit at the top- I know how hard that can be if you are a cury lady.

 

[TheSwingingBee]

I made this dress from a very flowy cotton voile from Simplicity 2549. It's kind of like wearing pajamas. Super comfy, I plan on remaking this pattern, in fact going to cut it out tonight!

 

[jessesgirl08]

I made this dress from a very flowy cotton voile from Simplicity 2549. It's kind of like wearing pajamas. Super comfy, I plan on remaking this pattern, in fact going to cut it out tonight!

very cute swinging bee!

 

[I Adore Film Noir]

I made this dress from a very flowy cotton voile from Simplicity 2549. It's kind of like wearing pajamas. Super comfy, I plan on remaking this pattern, in fact going to cut it out tonight!

Very pretty, it looks wonderful on you.

 

[Amie]

swinging bee, it fits beautifully and i love the fabric.

 

[TheSwingingBee]

Thank you guys for the compliments. I'm really having a love affair with dresses right now, it just makes it so easy to get dressed in the morning.

 

[Lauren]

Darling dress, SwingingBee!

 

[kamikat]

Very nice, SwingingBee!

 

[Isis]

TheSwingingBee, that's so cute!

I have just finished a Vintage Vogue pattern, V2934, a short jacket from 1950. Really easy to sew, but not a cut that suits me. I'm a high-waisted hourglass and as you can see the jacket stops just where my hips starts, so it looks like I have no waist at all. I think it would look very good on a slender person, though. I made it in faux fur, the whole project was actually to try to sew in that material and I was pleasantly surprised- I have always thought that faux fur is a nightmare to work with.

Forgive the dorky expression...

Of course, the right accessories really makes an outfit.