Evenstar Designs

This post is a little late, but here it is. I went hog wild when McCall Company had a huge pattern sale. One of the goodies I scored was a reprint of an original dress pattern from 1953. It came together quickly and was fun to wear. I also crocheted a hair net to go with it while I was in the car on a road trip. Voilá!

So I added a full circle skirt, and the straps:  then I measured how much to take of in the back for the zipper: then I sewed the zipper in. More in Part 3!

After making Leisl's Dancing Dress , I was in a wild sewing craze, so I jumped into the sewing room, and came out with a 50's swing dress. Here are some pictures of the construction: 1. Cut out a rectangle. The length should be the length from side to side across you chest. The width should be from were you want the neckline to be down to a few inches below your waistline. 2. Pin it on the dress form wrong side out! 3. Make darts to fit the front more to come!