Not Dress U Sewing But...

I bought this super cute little boys coat pattern that is from Sept 22, 1925 on ebay. I figured my older nephew might need a cool fall coat. :-) Anyway, this has got to be one of the coolest antique patterns I've bought to date. It has the original advertisement inside for more patterns. All the pieces are there and I swear it's like someone cut them out yesterday. Not a single tear, just nice folded pieces. I can't wait to copy it onto muslin and use it on da nephew. :-)

Not a lot of sewing today. I cut out the additional length needed for the Snow White skirt and bought the yellow dye. That's really it. Blah...

AGH!

So, I cut out 45" of the material I need for the Snow White skirt since the panel I had cut was too small. I need 42" so, I figured, even with shrinkage, 45" should be fine. No, it wasn't. I swear this is made out of wool. After I dyed it to the perfect color - it matches exactly with the other panel- I held up the 45" panel and...it's 40". It's 2" too short - just like the other panel. AGH!!!!!

.....now I need to be creative with the Snow White dress which should have been SIMPLE. Beyond the skirt issue, there is also the bodice issue. I added a piece of canvas to help hide the bones better -it sort of does help a bit- and was about to add the tabs when I realized, the tabs are about an inch off from the movie tabs in width. Now, I know no one will notice (okay, no one would before I posted this, except, maybe padawansguide ;-) )but it's just another annoyance on what was supposed to be a simple outfit.

I'm putting the entire project in the bad corner and going to work on the secret Titanic outfit instead. It's more amusing anyway...