1945 housedress

this baby has taken 3 full months so far. I spent a lot of time with Casey's wonderful guide, and with the calculator and measuring tape. math! 

dresses from the 40s are faded, no?

it's cost...$36 for a box of patterns (from the archive! i got SO MANY in that box, but this is the first I've used.)
$ 8 for fabric (had i spent $12, it would have sleeves and a fuller skirt. doh!)
$ 10 for buttons (i will repurpose them, one day)

plus 1000000 hours

that's $54 (thousand) for a housedress. a little pricey, i must say.

SO i'm super proud of this anyway because it was a vintage perforated pattern made four sizes too small sixty years ago, and i made it into something that fits and looks..

well, it goes around me, anyway.  it needs pockets, because um, i am built like a quarterback? maybe some padded underpanties too. (if i bought them, i would buy these, "THE PIPPA". F. t. w. ) so it's not even done. Ach. Let's see how a summer of pilates and running shapes my rear, and if i can build in a pleat to bustle it up.

housedress! 1945! bound buttonholes! wrap dress! collar! shew.

i'm still smiling!

there's a whole lot more vintage magic left in the box. how do you decide when to break out that tissue? i think part of the fun with this one was that it was pre cut, so i didn't feel like i was defacing anything, ya know?