I've been sewing a dress, I secretly wanted to finish it in time for my next trip, and as it turns out, I finished it in time. I was still dissapointed an hour ago, but meanwhile I have fixed what was bothering me and I am instead feeling quite accomplished ;P

Here comes one picture of the dress:



I haven't taken almost any progress pictures this time. Only this sad one in fact. I just took it easy and tried to work without getting nervous, or fed up, which is usually the case. When I was starting to feel annoyed, I put it aside for another day.
Also, lately I am starting to feel that all my UFOs are starting to pay off. I rarely finish anything because sooner or later I notice that it will be unwearable. But I have been getting some practice I guess.

Also, I thought the instructions attached to the vintage pattern I used were great. I am not used to vintage patterns, and I have often heard the instructions tend to be insufficient to none. I don't know if this is an exception, but I found them clear, east to follow and with clear diagrams. And the pattern only needed some alterations: shortening the skirt (13cm, lol), shortening the bodice (a couple of centimeters) and widening a little the skirt (5 to 10 cm, not sure, I just added to several pieces and it turned out perfect). The pattern is this one, picture of the envelope drawing:


I think it is early 30's, maybe 32 or 33?

I already posted about the mockup here. I also made a mockup of half the bodice and one sleeve, but didn't take pictures.

I made the dress out of the more or less 4m I had left of this blend of linen and wool in this sort of dusty blue-green. I washed and dried the fabric in the machine so that I can wash the dress later on. But I think I'll wash it by hand. In any case I never use the drier on my clothes, but I wanted to give it a good beating before sewing. Turned out fine.

The sloppy dissapointing thing I mentioned earlier was the placket. My first placket ever, possibly too bulky, a bit messy, sticking out too much and spoiling the entire dress I tink:



Then I realized that, as usual, I can slip the dress on without unbutonning/unzippening/un...placketting? xD so I took the entire thing off, sewn the side seam shut, and now I like the dress quite a lot more. The side looks smooth:



I wasn't very convinced by the "vestee", as is called in the pattern. This panel of fabric that hides the chest behind the waist-deep opening of the front. This was supposed to be sewn into the dress and only one corner is closed with a snap. I didn't attach it, just added several snaps, so that I can take it out and make it reversible, since I made one side out of a dusty rose lace:




This is the same fabric. Some snaps are a bit bumpy though.

But I can also just take it off, and this is how I like it best, here worn with a skimpy (I should get a better one) black slip (a bra would have helped but as usual I completely forgot ;P just imagine my breast slightly more perky in all pictures...). And a black belt I made in 15m, out of a strip of black satin and an art deco mother-of-pearl belt buckle I got off Ebay the other day:









My original idea was to wear it with a golden belt I have and my golden shoes. Like here:





That is why I made myself the hook and eye out of brass, to match (sorry the picture is crap):



But I don't like it so much. And I have cut up a strip of fabric too, to make a belt of the same fabric, but I don't know if I would like that. I feel more comfortable when there is at least some black in my outfit.