Umm

[nineveh_uk]

I have spent much of today trying to finish a dress I started about a year ago. I have finished the annoying facing, set two sleeves, joined skirt and bodice, and put in a zip. It fits, it looks nice, there's just one thing.

It had not struck me until I was trying it on for length that a knee-length, high-necked dress in foxglove and foliage patterned Varuna wool in brown, green, and sort of orange/fawn tones can look really quite, well, seventies...

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[widsidh.livejournal.com]

what's wrong with seventies ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Well quite!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Marvellous decade!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Fashion-wise I see myself as more of an interwar sort of person.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

fair enough :-)

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. My office/bedroom has contained an ironing board with the skirt and bodice of mine separately draped over it for the past 3 weeks.

Haven't the seventies come back in again? Not that that helps if the bare thought of the seventies will stop you wearing it.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's been draped over the sitting room for some weeks (before that it was in the wardrobe sulking). But I have only a button and the hem to do! I shall have to wear it because it has taken ages. And it is very comfortable and does look nice, if you can get your brain round the foxgloves - though you were definitely right doing the v-neck version.

(Who is the revolting child in some ye olde girls' book of whom an elder sister says proudly that she already knows how to set a sleeve?)

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

Things that "only" need a button are capable of sitting around for years.

Mine is in purple and green stripes and I have recurring doubts about those. It could all go a bit Mrs Bradley on a dressing up night.

I have no idea about the revolting child. In The Battle of Wednesday Week the American 16 year-old step-daughter gets stopped by the police when she borrows the car to get more fabric for the shirt she's making her new step-sister because she's sewn a sleeve in back to front. I prefer this representation of sewing skills in children's literature.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I blame not really having enough space. When I have enough space no doubt I shall blame something else.

I can see that purple and green stripes could go either way.

[biascut.livejournal.com]

I think there are pictures of my mum holding me in a dress just like that.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I can't help suspecting the same. Ed. Though perhaps I should put it down to great minds think alike. The damn thing has been too much of a nuisance not to wear it.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Pictures when it's done? Pretty please?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

What they said.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

seconded