Sunday, September 9, 2012

Long live polyester!

 
This dress was one of those quick projects I finished up in a couple of days.  After my last dressmaking project, I was looking for some instant gratification.  Sort of like treating yourself to a flip through your Country Living magazine after you close the cover on Anna Karenina (which will soon be a Kiera Knightley movie!!).  If this dress was a total flop, I was resolved to wad it into the trash and move on. No regrets.


To my surprise, it went pretty well.  I used Simplicity 6954, dated 1966.  I took an inch out of both the center front and back seams because apparently not only am I vertically challenged but also horizontally.  I left the skirt a little long so it would fall below my knee, and then, subsequently, added a kick pleat so I could walk. 


Now I typically don't search out polyester, but I liked the weight of this fabric.  And the red rose print on navy caught my eye.  Plus it cost me something like $1.50 at the local thrift. The leftover scraps went back to said thrift store, so you see, it was the perfect thing!  No cost; no pressure; no guilt!  All sewing should be this carefree!



Admittedly though, I like my Tolstoy, so now I'm in the throes of a 1930s matching skirt and jacket.  But until that is ready to leave the sewing room, I'll be peddling around the neighborhood in this little number.

Happy days, Everyone!

5 comments:

  1. You have a lovely figure, and totally rock that terrific dress. I remeber double-knot polyester from the first go-round, and though it has been anathema for the last 25 yrs or so, it definitely has it's place.
    Love the dress, love the blog.

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  2. Oops! That should say double-"knit"! (Double-knot is what you do to the laces of your Keds, so they don't come untied and tangle in the chain of your Schwinn!)

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    1. Lol! Thanks Wendy. I'm finding that I buy fabric based on the (1) color and print and (2) the drape. I'm not too picky about fiber content. Although I do have a huge stash of wool in many awful colors and patterns simple because it's wool!

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  3. Gorgeous! and the dress isn't bad either ;)

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