I made this 1930s dress months ago, and got photos of it soon after in the early spring. It's now a lot more lush and green here, but it took me this long to blog about it. 🙂

I've had this pattern for maybe 5 years…I finally got around to trying it, and really liked it. It's harder to get a good fit on the styles that include an inset belt, but this one turned out pretty nice. 

It was a good pairing for this lovely Liberty art deco repro print from The Timely Tailor. I just love the pink and blue combo of this fabric, and the leaves combined with geometrics – so typical of the 1930s!

Contrast and buttons were pulled from my stash. It took a while for me to settle on a contrast color for the collar, but I'm happy with this choice. I ended up adding it to the cuffs too, after deciding that the sleeves needed a little extra pop.

The skirt has stitched down pleats, which still show up pretty nicely with this print.

It was slightly more complicated than some of the patterns I've been making lately, but still went pretty smoothly. 

I had had some dark red cherries pinned to this vintage straw hat, which I liked, but did a little refresh this time by pinning on a vintage pink corsage instead – and it's a perfect match in color and style for this outfit. I think these flowers might have to live on his hat now for a while. 

I have long had my eye on this fabric, and am just delighted to have it in my closet now!