Springtime Sewing

[mala_14]

For the HSF Fairytale challenge I decided on making a green dress and pretending I'm a 1942 female Robin Hood. Makes total sense, right? I'm using a 1942 shirtdress pattern (McCall 4859) and got it cut out the other day and started sewing today. The fabric is a light green linen that I bought from Sewaholic when I was in Boston last year. It's a great colour for spring/summer and since the weather finally got to just above freezing in the past couple days (feels positively balmy after the polar vortex we've had to deal with) I'm feeling pretty happy about it. Less happy is the fact that when I was snipping thread tails off the darted sleeve caps I caught the sleeve with the point of my scissors and made a hole. Luckily I still have a good amount of fabric left over and can cut out a new sleeve, but such a hassle. Oh well.

Comments

[fancyfrocks.livejournal.com]

Awesome idea! I love Robin Hood inspired stuff of that era.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Lol, I didn't know there was such a thing. Although, now that I think of it, some of the hats are very Robin Hood!

[fancyfrocks.livejournal.com]

Yes, there was a Robin Hood movie with Errol Flynn in the late 30s, so especially late 30s to very early 40s there was a Robin Hood craze :)

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I forgot about that movie! That makes so much sense!