Kit, Evelyn's 1930's doll, had a birthday dress made for her out of feedsack material. Here is a picture of Kit's birthday dress (aka my inspiration for Evelyn's dress):
Evelyn and I chose material that came as close to Kit's dress as possible. After washing the fabric (aka pre-shrinking the fabric), I ironed it. And then I had to piece together the puzzle.
My 1930's pattern directions offered a suggestion for laying out the pattern pieces, but I had to make some modifications. And Rosie had to supervise.
After cutting out all of the pieces, I only had a smidgen of material left. It was really close. Actually, if I weren't making the collar and sleeve cuffs a contrasting color (which is not pictured), I would have run out of material.
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