New Favorite

There was a time when I threw away old patterns I didn't want any more.  "Oh, they're always selling them for $1 at JoAnn's.  Why should I keep so many?"  Ahhhh!  What a stupid notion.  Now they're hardly on sale and I can't find the ones I want.

 Now that I know better I've been collecting vintage patterns from Ebay, Etsy, my mother, my grandmother, other people's mothers.  Ok, every where I can.  Butterick 4251 came from my mom and is a dress she made for me at age 3.  I have to note that there are a lot of size three patterns for me.  By the time I was a size four my brother had come along and my clothing needs got shoved to the side.  Well,  all my needs really.

 If I had left off the pockets the dress could have been reversible.  My goal is to have Meredith wear this dress for Valentine's Day.  Hopefully, her cold goes away by then and she can attend her party.  She missed her Christmas party due to strep.