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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. [personal profile] nuranar loaned me an early 1940's Hollywood Patterns pattern to copy about five years ago, and I used it for this.

H6806 Front - 1945

1940’s Hollywood Patterns dress

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.

1940’s blue wool dress

The back view looks kind of wrinkly, but from the side you can see that it's simply that it blouses a bit.
1940’s blue wool dress

Once again I got my daughter to take pictures.

Date: 2020-05-09 02:58 am (UTC)
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Sweet. The wool has a nice drape to it and the contrast trim is a nice touch.

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