So hey, new dress:
This is a very faithful (for me) rendition of McCall’s 6727:
(pattern image from VintageMoms)
I mean, I did change up a couple of things; the pockets in this pattern are topstitched to the skirt front, so I added a facing instead (as I am not under any kind of wartime fabric restrictions). and of course I made them considerably bigger (they’re bigger on the INSIDE). and I added piping. Here’s a view including the side zip:
I keep getting that little diagonal pull at the top of the zipper, I think I’m adding ease to the side seams wrong. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I also added a few inches to the center back — I typically need much more ease in what I will euphemistically call my “lower-lower back” and this is a lazy way to get it:
The skirt here is longer than my preferred summer skirt length — I like a nearly tea-length skirt in the winter season to wear with knee socks and boots. (That gap between the top of the sock and bottom of the skirt irritates me.)
The square neckline is a little deep, but not uncomfortably so (so far):
And I did the bodice facings in gingham, because I like the contrast of camo and gingham and also because why not:
I’m planning on wearing this (and have worn it) with a thin long-sleeved black tee underneath, black socks, and black roper boots. (And, of course, camo is a neutral that chooses everything.)
I’ve made this one much more time, in a thin silk-cotton basketweave fabric in a deep deep olive-y/loden green, which I’ll be wearing it to give a talk about words on Saturday.
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