Well, I finally finished the dress last week. It’s taken me awhile to get some photos together, since I had to lasso my Mom to be my photgrapher. But I attached some to this email to show you! I know the dress has its various flaws, but for a first-time dress for me, I am quite pleased that it’s even wearable. (I wore it to church this past Sunday…) I made the dress using a lovely linen material that is worth all the ironing.
Thanks for helping me figure out to shorten the bodice, Jennie!
~Genevieve
Isn’t this absolutely darling? I love the peach linen. Genevieve wrote me last month to ask for help in shortening the bodice of this dress (we short-waisted ladies always have to tweak that area). I sent her some illustrations to guide her through the process, and I went ahead and added them to my “How to Resize a Pattern” tutorial, since patterns with odd shapes can be a real challenge. Thanks so much for sharing your success, Genevieve!
10:13 pm
I love it! I go swing dancing sometimes, & I love the style of dresses from the 1940′s. For your first dress, you did a great job!
10:26 pm
This might be my favourite version of this pattern I’ve seen! Great job, Genevieve
11:07 pm
That must be one of my favorite Swing Era dresses I’ve ever seen! You inspire me to make one for myself!
7:12 am
You did a beautiful job!
8:12 am
That’s beautiful – it looks like the perfect church dress!
3:14 pm
Absolutely lovely! I would love to make a dress like that
10:49 pm
You did a wonderful job with it , especially for a first dress , I love it !