Pattern: Vintage Simplicity 3417, bust 34”
Fabric: 1.6 m pinstripe fabric (with 75 x
75 cm left over), I’m not sure what material
Haberdasheries: A zipper, a button, 1.85 m
black twill tape
When I realised this fabric from my stash would be nice to use for a
1940s suit, I searched online for another suit pattern, but all the patterns I
found were either similar to the one I already had, or I liked them less than
the one I had. So I decided to make the jacket using my Simplicity 4915
pattern, and the skirt using the bottom part of the Simplicity 3417 dress
pattern. If I just added a waistband to that, I figured I’d have a very nice
skirt.
I shortened the skirt by 8 cm. Also, because the bottom part of the
dress is a bit wide at the waist, and I wanted to attach it to the waist band without gathers, I took the skirt in by 1.2cm at every seam, so it follows
my body at the top, after which it flares out.
This was a nice quick project!
Here’s the skirt laid out flat, to show the shape. Not a particularly
sharp picture, I’m afraid.
These are the side closure and the twill tape on the inside:
And here’s me wearing the skirt in Normandy:
(Photo by Jaap Gordijn, edited by me)
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