Wow! Since discovering all these great sewing blogs, I have really been motivated! Erin over at Miss Crayola Creepy is hosting a sewalong called The Great Gatsby Sewing Challenge!! Woot!! Here is her link:
I am super excited! I have never attempted anything from the 1920's. I have always loved the dresses from this era, so fluid and floaty!
I looked through my stash of dress patterns and the earliest I own are 2 Anne Adams patterns from the 30's. Being the one-track-minder that I am, I stayed up one night scouring the pattern websites for something to jump out at me. My main rule of thumb is that it has to be something I could wear to work and sit in all day at the salon.
Here are some choices I found.....
All of these patterns have potential to be transformed into a 1920's dress by lengthening the waist or skirt etc. Imagining it with period colors and fabrics would also help with your decision.
But here is the beauty I choose....
In detail.
I purchased the pattern from Joann's and also looked through their fabric choices. As much as I LOVE the nightlife of The Great Gatsby, in reality I'm thinking more of a day dress that Daisy Buchanan would wear. Here are some of my inspiration pictures...
The fabric I was looking for was something in the exotic flower family or in an exotic art deco pattern.
I found something in the clearance aisle at Joann's and I am excited about it! Only $7.00 a yard! Here she is.....
Peacock feathers! Super soft, drape-y and flow-y!
Close up of color.
I can't wait to get started, deadline is end of May!
that fabric is PERFECT! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jodi! Nothing says glamour and excess like peacock feathers!
DeleteOh wow, that Vogue pattern is perfect!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe colors are wonderful. Can't wait to see your dress!
ReplyDeleteThat fabric is sublime! I adore just about anything with, or depicting, peacock feathers so very much. What a fun, exciting challenge! I totally love the fashions of the 20s, but don't have the best body for most of them, so it's always fun to live out wearing them vicariously through others in the vintage world (that said, I am planning to do a 20s themed outfit post one of these days).
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
I think Vogue 8813 is just divine!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you will have a beautiful dress. Can't wait to see it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I do love your muted peacocks and that dress - fabulous! I can't wait to see your completed dress!!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your inspiration! The fabric you picked is just perfect and I can't wait to see your finished dress. This is the pattern I used for the base of mine believe it or not: http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6551-products-22742.php?page_id=108
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