Walkaway Dress

walkaway dress, a photo by ennalss on Flickr.

Here's the finished dress. I had to check all the bias tape and hand-stitch it in a few places where it was coming away. In future I should also pre-shrink the fabric before sewing up anything where the fit is this close. On the whole, though, a much better experience than Junior High Home Ec.

Fashion Pix

Looking at other vintage sewing patterns - I'm really impressed with whoever illustrated this pattern - just look at the dress on the right - s/he has perfectly captured the texture of the model's hair and the raw silk fabric of the dress.