Dressmaking adventures

I followed the pattern for the middle dress

Well after what can only be described as the most shameful of lapses in blogging, I'm back in the room! I had a legitimate reason for five weeks of tardiness when my wonderful parents were visiting from Australia, but I have absolutely no explanation for the rest of the time. I do apologise most sincerely.

While I was slacking off I thoroughly enjoyed watching The Great British Sewing Bee. Most bloggers who have even a passing interest in sewing all became obsessed overnight with this program and wrote about it at length. I don't blame them. I'm not one for reality TV usually but this was both entertaining, educational and totally gripping. If you don't live in the UK and struggle to access the BBC you have my condolences but no doubt there's a national variation in the works in most places.

Anyway, whilst watching I felt a twinge of guilt come over me. We've all been there and it's a horrible feeling when you remember a long-forgotten project started many moons ago and then left to languish in the 'to do' pile. Mine was a 1966 Simplicity dress (pattern number 6840) which I started in 2011 (eeep) when my Mum was last over for a visit.
I hauled it out and was pleasantly surprised to see it was very near completion. I thought you might like to see the end result.

The pattern was purchased in a thrift shop if memory serves me rightly and the fabric came from an obliging bed sheet. I have to say I'm pretty pleased with the result overall and only struggled with easing the skirt onto the bodice and hopefully my teeny tiny resulting pleat is not noticeable.

The front of the bodice

The back of the bodice