First let me say I just love this dress- it makes me feel all kinds of girly and the bow neckline takes me back to that time where I thought that Cheryl Tiegs in her Sears ads was the height of glamour, sophistication and I just knew that if I ate the crusts on all of my sandwiches I would grow a bosom, feathered hair and show the world what they were missing by taking my 8 year old self for granted! Ah, my dreams haven’t changed much now that I think about it……
Anyhoo- after the cheetah corduroy splendour frock I thought I should perhaps go in another direction, but the lure of the faux predator has lured me once more. My only concern is that I am 1 animal print dress short of completing the Mrs Slaghoople collection.
But is that really so wrong? Shouldn’t I achieve at least one goal in life? Great, we’re agreed- thats good because I just bought 5 yards of animal print ultrasuede.
For the record, I would like to mention that I am not really fat, it is an optical illusion brought on by always posing with a miniature dachshund. Thanks, Liesl!
I like it!!!! Very pretty!
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Ann, I love this ..so pretty. and looks great on you.. Happy sewing.
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You look absolutely lovely in your faux predator print dress!
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It’s not my style, but your version looks SOOOOO much better than the envelope photo.
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You have vision. I wouldn’t have seen such a lovely dress in that pattern. It’s really pretty.
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You nailed it, young lady!!!!! Super job…
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Animal print rules! Fab dress. Much more glamourous than the one on the packet🙂
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Animal print is always in style. Love the reference to Mrs. Slaghoople.
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I love it! You pull it off great!
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Lovely! I wasn’t sure looking at the envelope, but on you it looks great! And, well, I’m not convinced there is such a thing as too much animal print…
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Great dress. And nothing wrong with the Flintstones style. They just didn’t have as much choice as us!
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Your dress is stunning! I passed that pattern by because the envelope didn’t do it justice (funny how that happens). I don’t think it’s possible to have too much animal print, particularly when it is this lovely and understated.
I really think you need some zebra print to channel Mrs. Slaghoople.
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Oh thank you everyone! You are all so supportive and sweet!
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I love the tie in the front! And I whole-heartedly agree that you can’t have too much animal print.
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I came here because http://crazedsewer.blogspot.com/ wrote a post on this pattern and mentioned your blog. That dress is just gorgeous on you. I think I want to make one too.
Fabulous!
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Oh, thank you so much! I love this dress- I think everyone should have one!
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Thanks for your shoutout about my poem and Reuben’s. I was perusing your blog and I gotta say Simplicity Pattern 1939 is lovely, especially on you! For me as a young girl, it was all about Cybill Shepherd in Seventeen Magazine and Beverly Johnson, one of the earlier black supermodels who as a matter of fact did a
lot in the Sears catalog.
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Beverly johnson is still lovely!
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I just wandered over here form patternreview.com – I love your blog, you’re cracking me up! And thank you for writing the only review of this dress there to date – I even *gasp* have some of that challis but I promise to use something different to make mine so I don’t come across as creepy😉
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As thanks! I think creepy is one of my favorite fashion. Motifs, now that I think about it….
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I’ve finally got around to reading your older posts and have to say I love, love, love your dress. I went on a bit of a pattern splurge a week or so ago and bought quite a few patterns without checking reviews or seeing if anyone online had made them – this was one of those. So happy to how great it looks on a real person. Now I just have to wait for my patterns to come from the US to the UK.
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That’s gorgeous! I love the colour, and the print, and the admiring puppy!
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You are too kind! I need to wear Mrs Slaphoople more!
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