I forget when exactly I started working on this dress--either late January or early February. I put it down in the middle and when I picked it up again it still took me two weeks to finish it. Apparently, I was not feeling in a very "sew-y" mood.
I don't have any "in-progress" shots. Anyway, I used this pattern:
I don't have any "in-progress" shots. Anyway, I used this pattern:
A 1940's girl's pattern
I ended up with a minor alteration by not ruffling the panties and I didn't put the rick-rack all the way around the skirt because I should have put that layer on before the stuff around the 'bib'.
You may notice a slight gap at the bottom of the button area. I had forgotten to wash my material first and because I know sometimes it shrinks I like to do so. Also, I knew the rick-rack wouldn't shrink, so I washed the dress before I put the rick-rack on. Well, when I washed it, the angled back opening ripped out and in order to re-sew it where it wouldn't rip out again, I had to square it out....thus the slightly unseemly gap back there.
 |  I am still working on the best technique for these side closures...I have yet to be completely satisfied with one of them. |
All in all, I think the dress is cute regardless of the fact that it didn't turn out as "perfect" as I had hoped. Still, I don't think it's going to come apart any more and I suppose if you didn't know the back was supposed to look a little different, you'd never know the difference.
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