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1930's Remake Dress.

12/12/2013

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    I am sorry to say I did not get pictures of the dress that I took apart to make this dress.  I was in a hurry to get going on it and totally forgot about taking before pictures. 
    When I found this dress in a box a couple of months ago I knew I wanted to make a 1930's dress out of it.  But I was not sure I would have enough.  So I went to pinterest and spent HOURS on there looking at dresses from the 1930's. 
    I found lots to use for ideas then went to simplicity to look for a pattern I could alter.  All the 1930's patterns on eBay and Etsy were way to expensive.  And the local Joann's store had a 5 for a $5 simplicity sale. 
    After getting the pattern and making some adjustments I found out I would not be able to get the sleeves out of the same color.  My sister suggested I use a different color.  I did not like the idea of that but then remembered a picture I had seen of a 1930's dress on pinterest.  It was blue with red plaid sleeves.  So I went to my drawing board. 
    I combined the pattern I had gotten and altered with the idea's I had in my head and the fabric I had to work with.  When I was done with the drawing I showed it to all my family and emailed it to some people to get there feed back on what they thought.  Then I was ready to sew.  
    After the dress was done or almost done I moved onto hair and make up.  I tried LOTS of different hair styles before I found one that would be quick and look 1930's. 
    Yesterday morning I grabbed my sister and went outside to get some pictures.  It was only about 10 degrees and yes I was freezing.  The things we do sometimes!!!!  So here are some pictures.




This is the pattern I used simplicity's 2917
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This is the dress I drew.   Here the skirt is a little fuller then it wound up being.  I thought I had a little more for the skirt then I did.
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My dog was not fast enough=)!!!!
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Here is a close up of the sleeve.
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The belt.
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The hair. I want to do a tutorial on this sometime. We shall see when and if I get that done.
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I don't have a better picture of the front of the hair sorry.
1 Comment
Josie Anne
12/16/2013 05:40:30 am

It looks really good Sis. You did an AMAZING job.

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