Simplicity 3213 – 1950′s Girl’s Sun Dress and Reversible Bolero
November 8, 2011 in Sewing, Vintage Patterns
Oh, Simplicity 3213. How you captured my heart immediately upon sight!
I purchased this pattern without even a second thought – I adored the scalloped dress and bolero, such a sweet design. “I MUST MAKE THIS NOW!” I said, the moment the pattern arrived in the mail.
- But, it’s Autumn.
- And, the pattern is a 3T while Lily is only 21 months old.
Oh! Such trifling worries! I’m a firm believer that when inspiration hits, especially when you’ve had a massive creativity block, that you do your best to work with it. And so I did.
I already knew I had the perfect fabric – two lovely 1950′s cottons that I found when I was in Madison last month. The pink gingham appeared to have been used as a table cloth at one point so I had to work around a few small stains. Thankfully, I had –JUST– enough fabric! I had 4.5 yards of the fantastic pink, turquoise, green and white checked fabric, so I had plenty to play around with for the contrasting pieces.
Enough talk and on with the photos!
I’ve mentioned before that Lily is a rather, uh, “active” model – so the photos of her wearing them are quite blurry!
It may not seem like it, but the dress is actually too big (being a 3T and all), but due to the ties, I can tie it relatively tight. The bolero, however, is huge! I think by Summer, though, she should ft it better. I do still need to finish the bloomers and bonnet, but I was just so excited with how well the dress turned out that I had to share!
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So adorable! The dress pics are great!! And of course the dress itself too. I’m really impressed with the crafts(wo)manship. Looks incredibly sharp, clean, professional. Nice work! I can’t wait to see more!!
Thank you! I’m already working on the next dress. Hint – it has robots!
Wow. If that is not the cutest dress and the cutest little girl…. I miss sewing for my little girl who is not so little anymore.
Thank you! Hopefully my daughter will still allow me to sew for her when she gets older!
My oh My! That is just about the most precious baby and dress combo! I have to sew some vintage for my two year old . I am starting a sewing linky party today called Sew & Tell Saturday at my website and I am hoping to get some vintage sewists aboard to post their projects because there aren’t any sewing linky parties to show off vintage creations. I hope you can come over and post a link to your blog today! Thanks so much!
Justine @ Sew Country Chick
Thank you so much Justine! I went over and posted my link. Thank you for the invite!
Simply adorable!!! The fabric work so well together.
Thank you!