1920s Dress
A friend hosted a 1920s-themed murder mystery party, so I figured a 20s dress would be a good warmup sewing project, since I never really learned how to use a sewing machine. Knee-length, tube-like dresses snazzed up with beads (or in my case, ribbon because I can't be arsed to actually do all that beading). This was my primary inspiration: I know I can't duplicate it, but it's SO PRETTY. Photo from here . I liked that it has limited fringe, was all a single color, and has geometric patterns in angles that are flattering to my body type. So I did my best to sketch out a simple sheath dress and geometric pattern. And made a paper pattern following the basics of this tutorial , guessing on the straps and V-neck parts. The first two attempts were made from an old bed sheet and some ¥100-store fabric, and gave me a chance to iron out some weirdness in the pattern. The first one fit around the hips like old-timey jodhpurs (4" too wide, and with a rather sudde...