I found the blue and cream dress in an op-shop back in the summer, and something about it was very familiar to me and I couldn't help buying it to alter. When I saw this post on Rummage (I love that blog) I remembered my blue dress languishing in the cupboard, and got cutting and sewing. I used to wear dresses just like it when I was a young teenager- that neckline, that colour, those buttons all the way down the front, so I'm not sure if I will really wear this out of the house. I wonder, did you wear dresses like this too?
I shortened it a bit, replaced some missing buttons and removed the waist ties and now I can't help thinking that this dress actually used to be mine. In the early 1990's. Maybe my sister will remember, I'll have to show her next time she's around.
Also-
- Tom and I just finished watching the BBC adaptation of Dickens' Little Dorrit. It was so enjoyable- fabulous costumes and characters that nearly jumped right out of the screen.
- I love this song, and the video. (Warning- you may not be able to stop listening once you start.)
- A handmade songbird.
