Looking Delightful
I got home from this charming event yesterday to find the above pattern waiting for me (I’d be posting a picture of the dress I made for said event if UNITED HADN’T lost MY LUGGAGE, grrr*).
With any luck I can make this one up quickly, not just to replace the dress that may or may not be lost in the murky recesses of the Denver airport, but also to start laying in a store of warm dresses for winter. even though I read in the news today that they’re predicting a warmer-than-usual winter, and even though I’m sitting here in Chicago with the air-conditioning running in October (!), I still feel that one or two great warm wool dresses might be helpful to have around. January comes every year, y’know, and in Chicago, odd weather patterns aside, it’s good to be prepared.
It need hardly be said that I am toying with the idea of running piping along that overbust seam, does it? I want a soft wool crepe in deep teal with cranberry piping, or vice-versa. (What I *really* want is a wool-cotton blend, Jubilee, but good luck finding that anywhere, anymore!)
And, just because, here’s the description on the back of the pattern:
“It’s a new you — looking delightful in the full-skirted casual. Cut-out neckline has soft gathers underneath the band. Below-elbow sleeves are cut-in-one with back bodice and band. Four-gore skirt has unpressed pleats.”
How could you resist the pledge of “looking delightful”? That’s something that’s just not on offer enough these days.
*Update: Luggage found! Or so they say.
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