I bought the pattern a year or so ago at Lost & Found in Smith St for the princely sum of $5. Mid seventies I'm thinking - I'm not a huge fan of the 70s, but some of the patterns can be great if you don't use orange and brown polyester. Unless you want to of course!
I got the fabric from the Vietnamese lady on Smith St yesterday - not sure of the fibre, it's a nice drapey knit.
Being a knit, I left out the zip. This meant it only took two albums to sew - Lost Souls by The Doves and Last Days of Wonder by The Handsome Family - hence her name (Handsome Dove) and the fact that she now exists when she didn't at 4pm.
As I hoped, she's turned out rather Joan Holloway. Hurrah!
7 comments:
Great dress!
Wow That turned out pretty awesome! x
Mmm lovely and very Joan-after-hours. Joan would never wear a plunging neckline to the office you know!
Gorgeous dress. Worth a night without much sleep I'd say :-)
I like this very much.
Strange how these old shapes keep reinventing themselves. Love the tie front.
Fast and fabulous! Winner!
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