Working on this today
I am using scraps of the last dress to make this cute 50s pattern. I went thru a redraft of my kimono sleeve sloper. It's much less baggy in the chest. I think it would look better with shoulder pads.
Finished Project: Have You Seen This Dress Somewhere Before?
Yep, the material is the same as my last project. I can safely say that I have two one of a kind dresses for a total of $40 handmade! I only have a few scraps of this left. The first dress is 40s era. This second dress is 50s era. If you watched my last video on my youtube channel, this is the pattern that I showed you how I adapted the collar. This Advance Pattern has a beautiful double collar. It's just the cutest. Well...it's at least a CUTE pain in my ass to sew. LOL The skirt portion is my sloper. The amount of material I had left from the last dress was not enough to make a full skirt. So I used the fitted skirt sloper. It shows off my curves. The little calf leather box purse I found at a local vintage shop. I love it! Round booty doin it's duty! Ok so this pattern originally has these cute upturned contrast cuffs. I made them and hated them. They just do NOT look good on me. I love how cute they are, but because my upper arms are bigger, the cuff just pulls the
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