As part of my goal to make sewing a wardrobe-building activity (especially with real world work looming), I planned out a color palette and list of items to sew this spring and summer. I’m using red, navy, white and some yellow. I’m all about the 1950’s full skirt/fitted waist look, so my first serious project is a navy blue and white polka dot shirtwaist dress that I’m Frankensteining out of a McCall’s button front blouse (M5138 ) and a skirt I drafted myself.
Behold, my duct-tape dress form Doris in the bodice section:
The collar didn’t go in very neatly, but I didn’t have the patience to screw around with it so I’m leaving it as it is. I also don’t like the way the facings are done in the pattern, so I probably wouldn’t sew with it again.
I’m putting a waistband between the skirt and the bodice for some definition, and I had already sewn in it when I realized that although the fit through the bust and ribcage was great, the bodice flared weirdly over the lower part of my waist. So now I have to take it out and fiddle with it a little.
