I’ll get back to writing about my historically accurate Belle look in a later post but I wanted to write about my latest outfit I just finished. I actually started this in the winter before the Belle costume took over all my time so now I just had the finishing up to do.

The skirt is from an 1939 suit pattern that I made once last summer. Though I like the first suit I wasn’t completely happy with how the back side hung on me. My hips are much wider than suggested in the pattern so the flounce that is created by drape didn’t really have enough fabric to gather into a big enough flounce. I changed the anle of the center back seam to give me more room in the back for the fabric to drape right. This time I’m very happy with the result and will most definitely be making more skirts with this pattern, I think the next one will be the full suit again.

The skirt is made out of a very light 100% wool felt I found a few years ago. Such an awsome material, I wish I had bought more. It doesn’t even need hemming, the raw cut edge looks perfect.

The shirt is from a pattern from 1940. This one I don’t own the original pattern but bought a digitalized copy from evadress https://evadress-patterns.myshopify.com/collections/1940s/products/1940-ladies-hooded-blouse-wide-leg-trousers-and-overalls-t40-3322 . I’ve made the pants from this pattern before and have wanted to make the shirt but for some reason I don’t seem to ever find blouse fabrics that I’d like so it was left to marinate for a while. After christmas when I was sorting out fabrics looking for something else I realized I had this lovely light striped wool suiting piece that wasn’t quite big enough for slacks. Well since I’m too cold to wear blouses most of the time, the reason why I usually wear wool knits instead, I figured that it would make a lovely blouse. The hood in the pattern was way too small for my head (kind of like most vintage hats, curse my big noggin lol) so I scaled it up to not only fit but to drape a bit since I like my hoods slightly oversized. It also gives me the extra room to turn the edge so that you can see a fabulous hood lining fabric, a small scrap of vintage 30s/40s very light weight wool crepe, the kind you can’t find modern made.

Now for the picture galore! I’m really happy with how this outfit turned out and am completely in love with the hood. I feel like an elf or fairy with it.

Till next time 🙂