Many, many thanks to Nora Needles, who tipped me off to this pattern ... and which, thanks to the miracle that is eBay (It's from ebay seller Stella Blue ... ), is now mine. Merry Christmas to me!
Soon I will have every midriff pattern ever made, and then I can begin to construct them all to outfit my midriff-banded robot army. They will fan out across the land and bring my rule of justice and pretty dresses to all. (Limited exceptions will be made for conscientious-dress objectors.)
And another big thank you to all who donated to Heifer International this year ... I think I still owe you all one or two more drabbles, which I hope to have done by Wednesday or Thursday ... after that, new Duro pictures! And sewing room pictures! I promise!
Merry Christmas to you all!
Wow, my mother had this pattern - she made herself a dress out of some magenta color fabric - and it looked wonderful on her - the dress turned out very nice too. She made a lot of party dresses since she was so social, and it wasn't worth it to buy new dresses all the time.It's great to see this pattern again. I ought to lift all my mother's patterns off her - she has quite a collection - but not as many as I have!
Posted by: Zoltar Panaflex | 12/25/2006 at 02:11 PM
Merry Christmas, Erin! Thanks for making the season even a little brighter.
Posted by: Anonymous | 12/25/2006 at 09:15 PM
That first view is sort of duro-esque, isn't it? It just has a high neckline instead of a low one.Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Robinson | 12/25/2006 at 09:58 PM
Just discovered your blog...and boy, am I glad!Merry Christmas! Hoping to find more lovely dresses in your blog closet in the coming new year! =)
Posted by: Irene | 12/26/2006 at 12:37 AM
Hooray! I'm so glad you got it. That Stella Blue has some nice patterns. I can't wait to see this one made up! V. much looking forward to the pix.Merry Christmas to you!
Posted by: Nora | 12/26/2006 at 09:01 AM
And this Vogue vintage reissue (V2934 on the Vogue pattern website) might be just the jacket to go with this dress. I thought of Erin and her Duro dresses and midriff-banded dresses when I saw this.http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/voguepatterns/shop.cgi?s.item.V2934=x&TI=20001&page=1CMC
Posted by: Anonymous | 12/26/2006 at 12:39 PM
Let me join the midriff army!
Posted by: enc | 12/26/2006 at 04:08 PM
Or should I say Midriff Army
Posted by: enc | 12/26/2006 at 04:09 PM