The One Hour Dress, brainchild of Mary Brooks Picken's correspondence school the Woman's Institute and courtesy of the Antique Pattern Library. Copyright 1925.
Yes, I still can't find those damned Workbaskets.
Little Grey Bungalow
Little Grey Bungalow
I know this pamphlet! We used it to make costumes for a '20's show we did. We made about 25 of these dresses, all in the same rayon blend that was dyed several colors and painted with various geometric borders... the look was uniform individuality... or maybe it was individual uniformity?.
ReplyDeleteI have way too much hip to look good in those styles.
ReplyDeleteShay - move the waist line UP, above the hip.My mom used to lose a bet every Christmas on what gift she "put it some where, no where is it?" to my sister. Usually it was my gift that went wandering.
ReplyDeleteKathleen, I know what you mean about "uniform individuality". In 1976 the ladies at our church all used the same pattern to make "colonial" dresses. Made up in different colors and fabrics it was hard to tell at first glance that they were all the same.
ReplyDeleteAnd that dress does NOT look as if it could be made in an hour!
Yeah, kind of like those 30 minute dinners of Rachel Rays.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you don't count the time taken to measure the pattern and the person, make adjustments, get the fabric prepped and cut out, or the hand finishing and the inevitable discussion about trim, yes, one hour could do it, just. As pretty as this is, I prefer clothes that are pear shaped like me.
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