Not a vintage pattern, and supereasy, so not even a "no more buts", but I thought other lovers of all things retro-50s would appreciate the swishtail pencil in leopard spot babywhale corduroy (from fabric.com). Its vogue 8317. So easy I made two on sunday afternoon (both lined) - this one, and one in black wool gabardine.I've been sewing quite a bit recently (I need new winter clothes), so take a look at my blog sewinginthecity.blogspot.com