How I Made This 1940s Style Dress Gingham Dress With Only A McCall's Shirt Pattern.

So, I went to the store in search of a puff sleeve shirt pattern. I looked throughout the sewing store for HOURS and when I finally gave up, it was literally on one of the counters right in front of me on display. I already bought the fabric I needed a day or two prior, and I went right to work making the dress.

I did not buy a skirt pattern, because I can make a skirt myself by folding a piece of fabric in half after measuring my waist, hips, and desired length then cutting the skirt out. (Leave a comment if you want a detailed blog post showing how I did it!)

This was not an easy project for me. Only because I did not listen to the sewing instructions on the pattern. So despite how it looks, there are a lot of mistakes with this garment. For example, I cut the facing down because I thought it looked too long, and I also cut the shoulders down. (Big mistake!)

The pattern comes in three different styles. Without sleeves, puff sleeves, and long sleeves. I feel like it would have been an easy pattern to follow if I wasn't trying to skip steps and cut corners in order to save time.