My red dress!

I finally finished my red dress. I purchased the fabric from Walmart back when they sold decent fabric for $1 per yard. It is a silky and very lightweight. I used Simplicity 5189 for the basic pattern.

I did raise the neckline using a basic jewel-neck blouse pattern.











I also made the princess seams

begin at the shoulder instead

of the arm hole. It seems to fit

better that way.

New pictures

I have this old dress form I got at a garage sale in Minnesota and finally got around to setting it up and found out the largest it would expand is 1 size smaller than what I wear. Oh well, I will put my outfits on it anyway. A new form isn't high on my want list. Maybe an old one someday.

This is one of the shirtwaist dresses I made using Vogue 8021. I am not a fan of notched collars, but this one wasn't too hard to put together. I purchased the fabric from Hancock's several years ago. The cotton is fairly heavy compared to some quilt cottons offered now. It is a good cool weather dress. I like to have side seam pockets. I add a brown belt to finish it off.

I didn't put in the darts and pleats but sewed it together at the waist and then added elastic. I like a little more ease of movement and sometimes my tummy likes a little more room.

More modest skirts coming up in fashion?

I came upon this article about longer skirts making a comeback and the prediction that it would take hold of stylemakers and more would be wearing longer skirts in a few years. Check this out at New York Times.

Sense and Sensibility Patterns

Sense and Sensibility Patterns has re-designed their website . There are some wonderful patterns and great ideas listed. This apron is one of my favorites. I want to try the Romantic Era dress and blouse patterns. I have been thinking about getting a PDF download of the blouse pattern to see how it goes.

New patterns to try

JoAnn's had a pattern sale over Memorial Day weekend and I got 3 new patterns to try.
Simplicity 4221 , Simplicity 2450 , and Simplicity 5201.
For 4221, I have some fabric I can use for the outer layer and some for the underliner. Now, to find time to sew it all up!

Old News?

I was just perusing one of my favorite blog spots, http://homeliving.blogspot.com/, and thought you might like to read this old news article. It is amazing how perceptible some folks are and yet it is either ignored or placated out of the mind by "preachers of change."

Interesting take on current common clothing styles

Check out this site for some different thoughts on our present society and how "females" dress.