This is a reminder to myself and everyone else that once you find a pattern that you enjoy making and, perhaps more importantly, enjoy wearing, you might as well make yourself more than one!
I made the first version of this dress back in 2013 with an extremely limited amount of fabric.
When I finally got my hands on this floral wool, I realized that I would have to find the right pattern since I didn't have that much to play with, and I didn't want to make a blouse . . . the fabric needed to be a dress.
And then I remembered Simplicity 2126. Of course, it took a while to find the darn thing - they are always in the last place you look. I was a little concerned that I had given it away at a pattern swap, but I finally pulled down a box that I haven't looked in for many, many years, and there it was.
It's a very classic 1940s silhouette. And really, the most interesting thing about the pattern is the neckline. But somehow, the combination of the pattern paired with the right fabric makes a great dress.
I should probably take a deep dive into the boxes of patterns that I haven't rummaged around in for a few years, because there are probably more neglected patterns that I have completely forgotten.
In this case, the fabric came first, which led to the rediscovery of a pattern. But starting with the pattern in hand and searching for an appropriate fabric can also be fun.
I have been meaning to make myself another denim skirt, so perhaps I can limit the search to skirt patterns to keep from getting completely distracted by all of the pretty designs and dreaming up another ten or twenty projects to add to the queue.
I also feel as though the pattern stash is getting a bit out of hand and perhaps I could multi-task and gather a bunch of patterns for the next pattern swap that comes along. Because at this point, I am never going to be able to make up half of the patterns that are living in the sewing room.
