Vintage Forties Housedress: Simplicity 4099
I love this pattern for its pert collar, rickrack trim, and spiffy puffed sleeves. Some day I will make up the housecoat but this time I made the housedress version.
I have decided that I adore the front wrap opening garment. Such a breezy feeling of ease as I toss it on--no tiresome lines of buttons, no zipper to snag on my undergarments.
I appreciate that the pattern offers a complicated rickrack pattern for the pocket, but since I was using some jumbo rickrack I kept things simple with a single line of trim.
Ready to do the laundry!
16 comments:
So very cute!
lovely dress... looks like you stepped out of the 40's ...
I enjoy seeing your sewing projects so much. Very pretty dress.
Sewing...a talent I have yet to tackle. I have inherited my grandmother's sewing machine and need to just jump in and give it a whirl.
Catherine
http://angelfoodcakeisntacandle.blogspot.com
It's lovely and just the kind of dress I'd like to make - my mother's going to teach me dressmaking this summer :)
I want one!!! :)
Your dress is so pretty and practical. You always make such beautiful dresses.
~Amelia
Like I said on S&S, I just love your dress! You did such a wonderful job.
--Mary-Therese
How pretty! It always seems to me that dresses this style appear to be flattering on all types of figures. Not so much with today's choices.
What a fun dress. Happy laundry!
How fantastic! It looks lovely.
Very cute! I love the red trim. You look like you're ready for the laundry AND your part-time job at a soda shoppe!
Hi Anna I thought you might be interested in some pictures I have just posted on my blog. I've been lucky enough to have been given all of my Mum's old sewing patterns. Although I don't have any from the 1940s I do have lots from the 50s and 60s. Later I'll be posting the children's patterns she gave me, most of them are just beautiful.
Oh, I just *love* these old dresses and patterns. Wherever do you find them, and in such good condition that they're still useable?
i love this dress!
I love this dress!!! I find it funny that a "house dress" was much more stylish then what people wear around town now!
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