A Rosy Pink 1950s Dress

Hello Ladies,

I have just finished sewing my dress for the 1950s sew-along I had on my blog, and here are the results! 

I used a drapey pink rayon for the main body of the dress, along with a lovely rose-print matte satin for the front panel.  This is the first time I've sewn B4790 using the contrasting fabric option, and I really think I rather like it!  I wore a crinoline with the skirt that is specially designed for the walkway dress, and I created a last-minute headpiece to complete the 50s look.  I just covered a crinoline frame with taffeta, then decorated it with ribbon and roses.  I wore a birdcage veil in front of the headpiece, then flipped it back over the top like Lucille Ball often wore her hats from back then.

The skirt is finished with a lettuce hem edge for the ruffly, almost "flower petal" hem, and I had the pictures taken in a massive rose garden which was the perfect setting for this floral inspired dress.  Hope you enjoy the pictures!  (You can read all about this dress and how to make a 1950 hairstyle on my blog).

Happy sewing!

Katrina
http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/

Butterick $2.88 Sale

Heads up, it's Butterick sale time (again), this time all current patterns are $2.88 including the Retro range.  Is it me, or has the retro range shrunk? And why don't McCall's have one I wonder?

I am only just starting to find some of the great repro patterns that are now long out-of-print a second time.  These two lovelies arrived in the post this morning:

There seems to have been a spate of scallop hem tutorials recently so perfect skirt pattern to complement those, I have some brown crepe looking for the perfect pattern partner. The misses and girls coat pattern includes misses S to L and girls sizes 2 to 8 in the one envelope - what value!

I've blogged before of my love for mother-daughter patterns, but is it a little sad or is it cute? (Bearing in mind my daughter is not quite 2 and too young to choose what she wears, although I do ask her opinion and she's very good at demonstrating when she doesn't want to wear something!)

Happy Thursday!