More from the wardrobe

Here’s another example of mid-90s Erin sewing. I can’t keep in mind where I got this fabric, although unique thrift is a great bet. and I can’t keep in mind what pattern it was, but I’m quite sure it was a new look that was selected particularly because the yardage I had was so narrow and short.

This was also from a period where I was trying to serge EVERYTHING, so the seam allowances are not what you would phone call generous. I provided that up quite soon.

I desire I’d been patient with this material and not jumped so quick to sew it into something, anything. I truly like it (and the buttons, which I’ll most likely salvage for something else — they’re opaque blue glass and truly lovely). I can believe of all kind of things I’d rather have done with it than this dress!

Also, while I’m being all Complainy McDisgruntledpants, the sleeves are as well long and I didn’t even get it to hang directly on the mannequin.

Here’s a closeup of the bodice:

And the fabric:

See what I mean about the fabric? Sigh.

And, can I just state — you guys have been incredible about the new wiki. The number of articles has tripled in just one day, and a number of other sellers have thrown their pictures into the ring! (I’ll update the listing of sellers and links later today, I hope.)

The finest part about the wiki — the one I failed to remember to highlight yesterday — is the ability to assign classifications to the patterns. even if you don’t feel you can upload pictures or produce pages, please feel free to edit the pages to include new classifications (way down at the bottom). That method we’ll get pages such as this one! Won’t that be cool?

I am so lured to spend the rest of the morning uploading pictures from my difficult drive, but, sadly, actual work is calling. when you begin making new pattern wiki pages, it’s totally addictive … provide it a shot!

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