Blue Wool 1940's Dress

[atherleisure]

I have had a couple of modern dress lengths of wool in my stash for several years, and I finally felt like making one of them up last month. nuranar loaned me an early 1940's Hollywood Patterns pattern to copy about five years ago, and I used it for this.





I liked the quasi-keyhole neck but wanted the longer sleeves. I liked the contrast on the sleeves in the pattern so I cut straight bands for the ends of the longer sleeves. The biggest thing is that the skirt is not nearly as flared as the pattern illustration showed.

It's a pretty, blue wool crepe, somewhere between royal blue and navy. The pictures make it look darker than it appears in reality. The trim is done with the ivory wool I made my 1897 Harper's Bazar dress from a few years ago.



The back view looks kind of wrinkly, but from the side you can see that it's simply that it blouses a bit.


Once again I got my daughter to take pictures.

Comments

[koshka_the_cat]

I love it! Especially the neckline. Fantastic job!

[atherleisure]

Thank you. The neckline was well-patterned too so it fit together nicely.

[danabren]

How lovely!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[motorharp]

What a neat dress!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[mala_14]

What a lovely pattern! Those seamlines are so great. I really like what you did with the contrast bits.

[atherleisure]

Thanks. It is a very nice pattern. The skirt is in eight pieces so it would be easy to make small adjustments to make it flare more without making a big difference in the lines.

[marianme]

Sweet. The wool has a nice drape to it and the contrast trim is a nice touch.

[atherleisure]

Thank you. Wool crepe is a delight to wear.

[penwiper]

It's darling! And looks so cute on you!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.