Hello Cuties! I have another dress made for Nora. It was impossible to find the cord and buttons In my stash to match The fabric I wanted to use. This fabric had a good feel to it even though not too colorful. It’s by Waverly and when I got it was $1 a yard if I remember rightly. I had purple buttons and lavender cord in my stash so that helped determine my fabric.😉 This is from a 1988 pattern but I think a shirt dress never goes out of style. Check out the pockets and I never put a casing on the outside before like on this waist. The headband flower design is a Cute Embroidery design I posted in Projects with a link.

by toogie 30 Jul 2020

I appreciate your thoughts Pam. I too have old patterns some I think were 25 or 35 cents.

by toogie edited 29 Jul 2020

Thank you, what are you working on to need the floor space? I forgot to ask....

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

If I knew it would fit in the length,I'd make her another one even if I had to use white buttons and a self fabric tie. I think the style is classic.

by pennyhal2 30 Jul 2020

Yes! Very classic and never goes out of style!

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

Thanks it should look good on her, she is so slim. I don’t know about color though, because she is fair skinned....

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

Thank you Lidia- I am hoping to get her a few more made.

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

I want to make a few more before she sees this one- thanks for looking

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

And I want to be small to look good in one !😂🤣thanks Nan

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Wow, you're working that machine again! Boas make nice gifts so they will appreciate them, I'm sure. I haven't even thought of Christmas but it sure is coming fast again, it will be here before we're ready. I wonder if we will be able to get together by then....I sure hope so.
At the time I found this bargain, I also found it in red and also turquoise, instead of the purple. At a dollar a yard I couldn't resist, even if I just made pillowcases.
Always good to see you-Love Toogie

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

ps-did you read below Chris's post?

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

It was a bargain and I didn't find them much anymore, before Covid 19. I am sure now I won't find them again, if I ever do get to shop. I thank you as always.

by pennifold 28 Jul 2020

I forgot to say I love the blossoms on the tree the dress is hanging from. It makes me think of Spring!

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

The tree is called a crepe myrtle. I have lots of them in my yard and they are everywhere in the south. They do brighten up a summer yard. Most all of mine are this shade although I do have 2 in front of my house a shade lighter pink. They come now in white, a really dark fuchsia and purple. Pinks are the old crepe myrtles, I believe. Mrs Lillian help me out here.....

Thanks about the dress Chris. Nora usually likes anything I make her, but mom chose this pattern, so we will see.

by graceandham 28 Jul 2020

Back to those crepe myrtles. The beauty of them is they are long-blooming in the heat, heat, heat of summer when everything else poops out. The old ones can get mildewed, but the newer ones from the National Arboretum, have Indian names, and come in lots of colors. I have seen red-purple, deep purple, lavender, white, pale pink, hot pink, and red with a touch of pink. A truly outstanding tree and now also featured as bushes, too. Oh, did I say, love your classic shirtwaist, and I think the casing on the outside makes it "modern", She sure did grow up.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Made 7 years old Sunday Betsey!
I knew a southern gal would know about crepe myrtles😉😂

by sewdeb 29 Jul 2020

I had a beautiful dark pink Crepe Myrtle tree in my yard in Pennsylvania. I loved it and wish I could plant one here in NY but they can't stand the cold winters here. 😥

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

Mrs Lillian tried to add a comment but said it must have went into cyber space. Her son or SIL is a botanist at the university, if I am not mistaken.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Thanks Laura and for sharing your memories. Your dress sounds pretty and it must have been. People that don't sew are always surprised when we make something....I wonder how they think the 'bought' dresses are made? Some person has to make them.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Thank you, I like the side seams. The stripes match up to a point going upward, like an inverted V or a teepee.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Added the back photo so you could see the side seams, stripes. I like how the skirt hangs.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

I hope she likes it, too mops! Mom chose this pattern and I originally wanted to make it in blue.
My mom made dresses for us 3 girls but no quilts. Grandma made the quilts. I think I told before how we learned to sew. I guess some things are just in our genes/dna.

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

I almost forgot I had this cording because some people think I have too much stash!-lol-they could be right, but at least I don't have to run out and buy at regular price. If I bought it, you can be sure it was on sale or reduced-lol-and if it was given, so much the better because once it's made, I pass it on.

by sewdeb 29 Jul 2020

You have such a good heart! God bless!

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

We must strive to be like Him (Jesus) even though we will never measure up.
My sister in hospital, please pray for her

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

I have always liked them too. My aunt wore them all the time with short sleeves. I wonder if she made hers. I don’t remember seeing a sewing machine at her house but she could have. My grandmother quilted all the time but I don’t remember seeing her make clothing. I’m sure she may have since she was born 1889 and used a treadle machine for her piecing. Thanks for looking.

by clintonmiss22 29 Jul 2020

My grandmother sewed all the time, but you never knew she had a machine either. She used a walk-in closet as her sewing room and could sew all day on her treadle machine and shut the door at supper time. She had an electric machine, but much preferred her treadle.

by toogie 29 Jul 2020

😂

by toogie 28 Jul 2020

Thanks I hope it looks good on her. I just sent you another pm.