Don’t you love the descriptions of vintage garments? This is the ‘blurb’ for the magazine ad for Marian Martin 9376:
Look! This four-inch-wide bias insert in sleeve and bodice gives you the freedom of action! Reach, bend, sweep – do any active sport – this heavenly sleeve gives you plenty of leeway! Good news! This is a half-size style for shorter figures – no alteration worries!
And this is the line drawing for the promised garment:
And this is the dress I made from the pattern:
Probably not something I’d wear to do my sweeping in! My intended activities for this dress are more computer-related. More pictures over at my blog if you’d like to have a closer look at the details!
Oh Yes! Your rendition of this dress is lovely.
what a great dress!! i'd sweep in it. it's a great day dress.
Oh, that's fabulous! I love the contrast buttons, too. 🙂 Well done!
This dress came out beautifully-nicely done! I love Marian Martin patterns but have not yet tried one.
You're take on this dress looks great! I love the contrasting buttons and the asymmetry. Very nice!
Oh that's beautiful! I love the placement of the buttons as well as the fact that they are contrasting! Very well done!!
Very nice! Good detailing.