The one that got away

Sometimes you have an idea in your head of exactly what you want to make. I have a wedding to attend in a few months and a few metres of pale yellow brocade and I know exactly what I want to make from it. A 50s slim-skirted frock with an interesting neckline.

What, just like this eBay auction?

Well, yes.

But I missed it. I just can't pay the huge prices that so many patterns go for. I said in a previous post that I'm interested in setting up a loose open-source pattern sharing kinda thing. I'm working on it.. will keep you all posted.

I've sewn two vintage patterns in the last week and will post them soon too.