The bolero was very easy to make and I definitely want to make more! The only alteration I made was to shorten the sleeves so that the winged cuffs sit a bit higher on my arms.
I'm also making the halter top from that pattern in the same purple fabric that I recently used to make a 1940's skirt. I originally cut out the full skirt from the Simplicity pattern above but the more I thought about it, I realised I wanted more of a pencil skirt shape. I searched through the few patterns I have to see if I had a skirt pattern that I could use with the already cut out material. The only pattern I had that would fit was the skirt from this Butterick dress pattern (I used the slim skirt on the right):
Lastly, I was looking in one of my favorite stores, Monsoon, and came across a great gold blouse that they had on the clearance rack. I think it looks perfect with the outfit!!
Here I am in the whole outfit and out and about in our wonderful small historic village in Scotland:
Lovely little lane in our town...
The whole outfit. Ah, I am so happy with the way it turned out....now we just need some warm weather (it's about 40 degrees in these photos despite the sunshine!!!)
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