I made this dress slowly over the past week, working on a little bit each day until it was finished.
The fabric was painstakingly unpicked from an old kimono I bought here (yes, yet another one!) and the pattern was the same as this dress- New Look #6457. When I bought the kimono, the man in the shop said that it dated from the late 1800s, which I thought was pretty cool, but the fabric is still very sturdy and and thick so maybe it wasn't worn very much. Inside the seams I found a lot of lint and also bits of loose tobacco. I like to think of this as my new 'workdress'- it's quite plain and utilitarian and I like the dark navy and grey pattern.
I hope you have a lovely weekend, dear readers.
