Frock No. 23

I have been looking forward to finishing this dress as I having been aching to wear my very fabulous handed beaded belt bought as a present from Mexico by my very fabulous and uber stylish friend Peter.
This is the first time ever I have made a dress from a block colour, not patterns.  Quite an achievement for moi, peppies.
It is made from McCall's 6673 from 1962.  The pattern cover is battered, the instructions are missing and also the pencil skirt pieces, however the 3 bodice options are all in there and it was simple to make even without the instructions.  I made view C with unmounted sleeves and I opted to shorten the sleeves.

McCall's 6673

A close up of my beaded belts

McCall's 6673

Attempting a do with hot curlers

I met up with my Auntie today and she teed me up some fabric that she inherited from an old lady that she helped to look after.  The pieces are mostly too little to make anything, however it is a lovely look at a dressmakers story, with pieces from the 50's through to the 80's.

A dressmaker's story

I also scored my Nan's old curtains, that are in Fab condition, and will make some lovely frocks.

Fab curtains.

Frock No.22

Yah, the weather has cooled down and I can feel comfortable as well as look fabulous.  Here is a frock  I made last year.  I made it literally the day of the night that we were having a party and was putting finishing touches to it as guests were arriving.  It was made from New Look 6699, the pink floral view minus the ruffles.  I had only 1/2 metre of the leopard cotton, so fitting the bodice was tight.

New Look 6699

I'm pretty excited about a dress I finished last night.  I took the time to hand stitch the seams and now I'm washing it to wear tomorrow.  I also just this morning received a dress in the mail from Bettie Page Clothing.  I had been eyeing it off for a while, then it went half price. *sigh* 
Also, if you have a few minutes, please check out my favourite band at the moment.  A local Brisbane band called Gentle Ben and His Sensitive side.  Their music is so damn sexy and their live performances are bloody awesome.
Gentle Ben and His Sensitive side U tube video

Frock No. 20

OMG.  It is sooo hot today, that as soon as I'm finished blogging about this dress I am headed for the pool.  We attempted to go to the Volkswagen Car Show today, but we all lasted about 10 minutes, way too hot.  It was in a car park off the highway.  All those lovely vans, wagons, buggys and bugs, they needed to be next to the beach somewhere, with a slight ocean breeze, not getting hot reflections off the bitumen car park.  I didn't even get any photos, it was too hot to stop.  We flew around stop for a few seconds top look at a van named Daisy that was all lovely and red on the outside, with white and red leather upholstery on the inside.
Anyhow, today's frock is one I purchased a few years ago now, One of the rare occasions when I have bought a brand new dress and paid full price.  I simply could not resist the polka dots and the shape is lovely. 

All the girls wore frocks today.  Stella is wearing Simplicity 7366 from 1976, pullover jumper, minus the pockets.  And Ginger is wearing Simplicity 5872, view 1, a little more involved than Stella's dress, but still pretty easy.  The thing I love about having 2 girls is that Stella's fab frocks will become Gingers and when they are older they will share (or maybe fight) their clothes.
Love sisters.

Simplicity 5872, Simplicity 7366, photo by Alby.

Simplicity 5872, Simplicity 7366