Gradually getting better. Stitching is more even but still leaving it a bit too loose. Actually quite pleased with this one. Well worth sacrificing curtains for. Surprised by the similarites with the last one- the construct is not far off the same even though the profile is so different. Just when did the shoulder seam move to the top of the shoulder line? This does feel like a transition piece - looking again at the Janet Arnolds, the shifts in silhouette and then construction don't always happen at the same time. Fashion ideas were spread through periodicals, clothes took time and expense, provincial interpretations of 'high' fashion could well be toned down or customised. No national chains of Zara or Primark - standardised instant fix and throw away. And of course the age and tastes of the wearer/maker...... this alot more complex than at first glance....I shall go back to reading Jane austen and Georgette Heyer, and look for variations in character's dress sense.



 I'm finding the thought of making another in vintage bunny rabbit nursery fabric strangely alluring...... military jacket? riding habit?.....something masculine.



did get distracted by the good weather...sewing or drawing?..umm......