Sew Along Dress Finale

The long-awaited dress is here! In full form with a few accessories. This project was by far the most challenging because it was my very first sewing project. (I have since completed a second project which will be shown later). This sew along encouraged me to step outside my boundaries and learn a lot about sewing. Casey's Elegant Musings blog has been an inspiration to me - and I happened upon it through a "vintage 1940s dress" google search! lol ... I will do another post about what I experienced through this sew along and things I would change, keep, etc. But for now, here are the photographs, taken by little sister, who did a pretty good job.

The Dress: Mail Order Pattern, 1949, handmade by me
The Shoes: 1950s thrifted
The Jacket:  1940s, WW2, handmade by someone else
The necklace: blue beads, thrifted, handmade by someone else