Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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!
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16 comments:

  1. DonnaB10:32 PM, March 14, 2007

    So very cute!

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  2. Heather K1:15 AM, March 15, 2007

    lovely dress... looks like you stepped out of the 40's ...

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  3. Karen7:18 AM, March 15, 2007

    I enjoy seeing your sewing projects so much. Very pretty dress.

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  4. cdorsey7:59 AM, March 15, 2007

    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

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  5. NotJustLaura8:46 AM, March 15, 2007

    It's lovely and just the kind of dress I'd like to make - my mother's going to teach me dressmaking this summer :)

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  6. Kendra9:40 AM, March 15, 2007

    I want one!!! :)

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  7. AmeliaB11:41 AM, March 15, 2007

    Your dress is so pretty and practical. You always make such beautiful dresses.

    ~Amelia

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  8. Clare12:15 PM, March 15, 2007

    Like I said on S&S, I just love your dress! You did such a wonderful job.

    --Mary-Therese

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  9. Anonymous1:00 PM, March 15, 2007

    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.

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  10. Anonymous1:48 PM, March 15, 2007

    What a fun dress. Happy laundry!

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  11. Mrs. Happy Housewife4:30 PM, March 15, 2007

    How fantastic! It looks lovely.

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  12. Tracy8:17 PM, March 15, 2007

    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!

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  13. Jenny10:52 PM, March 15, 2007

    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.

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  14. Anonymous10:18 AM, March 16, 2007

    Oh, I just *love* these old dresses and patterns. Wherever do you find them, and in such good condition that they're still useable?

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  15. Unknown7:17 PM, March 16, 2007

    i love this dress!

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  16. Martha A.4:37 PM, September 27, 2009

    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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