EvaDress Patterns Challenge: 40's Fling!

I'm a huge fan of Eva Dress patterns. First, Xandra does a great job selecting classy and fun styles from all kinds of eras. To me, she's a pattern historian. And I can tell how much she loves her work. She takes time to create a quality piece. Take a look at the Victorian Bat costume she made. WOW!   Second, her patterns are printed on nice quality paper with all the vintage pattern drafting notes - holes and dots. 


If you're not familiar with using vintage patterns, ask Xandra, or seek out one of the many bloggers on the web like Rochelle.  I had a few questions about the pattern I chose (below right) for the 40's Fling challenge. Xandra was SUPER helpful!  We emailed back and forth a couple times, I sketched a few things on a post it, took a photo, emailed it to her. Voila. So awesome. Thank you Xandra!  So be not afraid!


Xandra is hosting a 1940's Fling Pattern Challenge.  All submissions have to be in by June 1st 2015. 

Since time is of the essence, I'm choosing the 1940's Nightgown pattern on the right and turning it into a day dress. I seem to select vintage nightie and slip patterns to create my "day dress" styles. Maybe it's their simplicity. Even when I watch  period drama TV shows and movies, I'm captivated by the styling and details put into nighties and slips and can see them as a regular day dress. 

Since this nightie is floor length and I'm not a maxi dress kind of girl, I'm shortening it to mid-calf, taking about 15 inches out. Here we go... raising cane, I mean hemlines! ;)