A foul cold is doing the rounds and I am among the fallen. A day at home wallowing in my ill-health permitted construction of a wee blouse from a 1970s pattern and some strange and wonderful silk I got at The Fabric Store sale some time ago.
I bound the sleeve edges in bias tape (sleeves, schmeeves) and made it a little shorter with a curve in the lower hem.
I keep thinking that I should make fewer stunt frocks and make more practical separates but I struggle to find tops that suit me. They’re often very shapeless. This one is OK: darts and a back zipper give it some shape. I made an amateurish mistake and used too-heavy interfacing on the collar (doh! This is what happens when you deplete the stash!) so it pulls a bit on the otherwise lightweight fabric.
Several weeks back I made up a frock in a bright red seersucker from Savers… about 7 metres for $9. It’s so vivid a red that my camera lost its shit and couldn’t photograph it accurately. This shall have to do:
I took a bit out of the back shoulders to reduce the gape, added pockets and ric-racked the bejebus out of all the hems Check out the giant ric-rac action! Like a dinosaur spine!
I like this one but unfortunately the bright red and white trim takes it into Little Orphan Annie territory. Maybe I should go the perm and dye-job to really embrace the look.
Make it 'til you fake it 
Stunt frocks! Thats what I make, too! I love the rickrack- it’s like angry teeth coming for ya!
The red frock is amazing! Just don’t team it with white socks or black MJs and you’ll be fine. I’d like one the same pls when my waist returns (here’s hoping) after I’ve birthed!
I have so much yardage of this seersucker that I’m happy to share. Keep me posted on the waist situation and I’ll send some your way! The giant ric-rac was from Rathy Remnants, methinks.
Both are lovely. I think you can get away with the red as long as you don’t cinch it with a white belt. I wouldn’t have thought Orphan Annie if you hadn’t. I just thought of valentines.