15¢ for 1944

For my birthday last month, Jessica found for me an authentic Simplicity dress pattern from the 40's.

I was so excited to use it, and opened it up for the first time last night.

...So then I got carried away with the beauty of it and may have made a dress, but that is for another time.

It's so simple and yet so stylish.

And apparently, women back in the day who had a bust of 29" were a size 11?

(measure yourself, you'll understand the absurdity of this)

The pattern pieces are not printed on, and only have cut-out letters to indicate which piece they are.

The little dots indicate darts and positioning.

They're super fragile, so I might trace them onto paper to use the pattern again.

Then...

While I was unfolding the pieces, I found this. It's a totally different pattern!

From 1944!

Jessica said that she didn't know about it, which means that the seller slipped it in there as a bonus!

 And here is a sneak preview of the dress...

I shall do a photo-shoot of it soon!