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Me Musing .
. . February
2,
2007
Time is flllllllllllying
by . . . only 2 more days until the BIG Dance Party for my 60th
celebration!
Last Friday
I was looking for a Vogue pattern online and saw the same pattern
listed on ebay so decided to check it out. Was I surprised to find
a wonderful site by a woman in Florida who has a lot of Vogue Vintage
patterns (which have now been resized for mature figures!).
Since I hadn't
quite decided on what dress pattern to use for my party dress, those
Vintage designs gave me a whole new idea . . . why not make up
a dress from 1947, the year I was born ??????
I seem to recall
writing in one of my other musings that I might be at the sewing
machine at the last minute finishing my dress . . . so getting that
'flash' of 1947 vintage was putting me closer to that reality.
. . especially since the pattern had to come from Florida in time!
(Not only did I buy that pattern from her, I succombed to 5 others
also!)
They arrived
on Tuesday, giving me time to go through my $1 a yard stash. I found
a fabric I had gotten 5 yards of months ago (figuring at the time
that I would be able to use it as a sample for something!)
I love how the fabric
is described on the bolt as
'origin and content undetermined'!!!
It has a wonderful drape and richness to it.
These were
the late 1940's patterns I decided had great possibilites:
  
My original
pick was the middle one; however, after they arrived and I looked
more closely at them, I decided on the far right one (even though
it showed it was from 1948). The pattern said it was for 'advanced'
sewers . . . I wasn't deterred, however, and plunged right ahead!
The technique
for putting the left and right front together was very interesting
and getting the gathers to do what they were supposed to do was
really quite simple.
I had to make
my usual alteration of adding 1" in length in bust area. The
darts were sewn a sort of funny way and when I tried on the almost-completed
dress, the darts seemed to be making the bust look way wide . .
. so I re-worked them and think it hangs better now.
It called for
a side zipper and back zipper or using snaps at the side
and small buttons at back neckline. Evidently the fabric has a little
give to it (which I discovered when I tried on the
almost completed version) so a side zipper was unnecessary.
And it didn't take me long to sew up that space in the left sideseam
. . . especially since I haven't put in a zipper in 30 years. Decided
this was not the time to begin practicing! A hook
and eye worked perfectly for the back neck.
I must have
been 'in the flow' as everything went together smoothly.
And as of last
night, I just had the hem to finish. I would have gotten it done;
however, I was playing some of the 159 songs (from
20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's) I have put together for our
music and that got the ideas 'popping' of 'dressing' for the dances'
. . . as in:
Charleston and other
'Roaring 20's music'
Perfect accents for
my 'Hernando's Hideaway' favorite!
I'm not quite up to José Greco speed with the castanets;
however, each time I dance to that music, I seem to improve.
Besides . . . it's my birthday and I can do whatever I want!!!
"Well-behaved
women seldom make history!"
Am
sure there will be plenty of photos of the festivities to post early
in the week.
Hmmmmmmmmm
. . . wonder if the groundhog saw his shadow ?
I
don't have time to look for that now . . . I have a hem to sew!
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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