Random Sewing: The "A Real Green" Dress (That's Cruel)

How has it taken me this long to make that joke?

Fabric: Green knit from Joann’s $10 maybe?
Pattern: Stretch & Sew 1505
Year: 1979
Notions: Nothing but thread
Time to complete: 10-12 hours maybe?
First worn: To work on Monday
Wear again? Why, yes!
Total price: $10

So this was not on my 2013 sewing plan, but it was part of my 2012 sewing plan, and I did use a stash fabric! So, win! Except that I still have about 3/4 of a yard left of this fabric. D’oh! It will probably become a tank-top for summer.

Apparently I forgot what this pattern looked like so this isn’t exactly what I was hoping for. I forgot it was supposed to be blousey. I’m afraid it looks like a nightgown without a belt. Oy vey!

I had attempted to make the skirt fuller, but it just all pooled at my hips very oddly. So I trimmed it back down. Hopefully I’ll get it right when I go to make the teal and grey polka-dot versions I planned for my stash.

It was only 21 degrees F Monday morning so I wore a cardigan, scarf, and polka-dot tights. I really can’t wait for it to be just a little bit warmer. Mainly so I can wear skirts and dresses and not freeze, but also because we closed on our new house last week and there’s lots of work to be done that need to wait until it’s warmer outside.

My head is full of house stuff. It’s very hard to focus on anything for more than a few minutes. Husband and I will be watching TV or doing other things and then one of us will randomly go, “I think the couch needs to go on the left, not in the middle.” and the other will immediately know what was meant and agree or whatever. Secret language of marrieds. We’re bordering on insufferable.

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