The 1990s, You Say?

I wanted to do something quick, and with a...somewhat out of date print synthetic jersey knit--so, hey, why not use an outdated pattern, too?

I've gone up a pattern size (...um..at least...) since the last time I used this pattern, but I'd apparently only used the higher neckline view then, so I was able to cut out the lower neckline in a better size, then added tissue to the edge of the back piece to grade it up a size.  I left the sleeve cap alone, and it  fit well enough that I'd forgotten that I'd forgotten to alter it until after the sleeves were sewn on, so...that worked out.  I did make the short sleeve shorter, for purely aesthetic reasons (as opposed to my usual "the sleeve is shorter because there wasn't enough cloth left to eke out the length shown" reason.)

And I made the whole dress shorter, too--again, for aesthetic reasons, since there's still a lot of this cloth left, so no need to scramble around limited resources.

I did a Meh job on stitching the hems--I'm so much more accustomed to facing necklines, instead of just plain turning 'em.  And I remembered to press the sleeve hem allowances before attaching them to the dress, so I wouldn't have to wrestle the whole assembly around while trying to measure and iron things.

The result is not great, but it's definitely acceptable

I feel like I was dressing the way I often dress my dolls.

Speaking of dolls, I used a bit of this giant gray floral print to make a doll dress

 ...and Chip is always around...