Here's a dress I made from a 50s pattern I altered to resemble a mail order pattern that didn't work out. My best guess is that the mail order pattern is from the late 1940s.
As I was putting together the American Weekly dress, it became clear that it wasn't going to work out. Part of the problem may have been my alterations, but I think there was also something off about the pattern itself.I tossed the wadder, but was reluctant to give up on the design. So I took out a pattern that I had worked with successfully before: Butterick 6149, from 1954, and changed some of the details to resemble the American Weekly design. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be: probably easier than starting from scratch with a pattern I've never used before. My final result is below. More photos are here, and I wrote a little more about making the dress here. Thanks for looking!
