Finished it!

I haven't tried it on yet, but, everything's sewn that's supposed to be sewn.

Note to self:  Five layers of cotton is not really enough--INTERFACE THE PLACKET.  Next time.  At least I caught myself before I ended up making any buttonholes off-center, because I have learned that I cannot eyeball stuff.  Rulers are my friend.

I do want to make a skirt to go with this, because it seems like, whenever I make a shirt that does not match any skirts I have, and then I make a skirt to match the shirt, then that the skirt actually works well with other shirts I have...or might make...  Yeah, yeah, I know, that shouldn't seem as weird as it does to me.  This idea of "make things that might go with other things, as well as being useful for everyday wear" instead of  "HEY MAKE THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE KOOKY FUN!" is still a new and strange thing for me.

Poking along

Felt rather uninspired the last week (cyclical chemical side effect, whee), decided I should make SOMETHING, but, when I confronted the fabric stash...there were so many somethings I could make that I didn't know where to start.

I decided, therefore, to try to be...random.  I turned my back on the cloth, stuck my hand in the "cotton of 3 yards or less" section, and started rifling back and forth until Chip meowed at me for attention, which put my hand on this

Oh.  Hmm.

Sewing Vapor

Well, vapor print.  Well, no, actually, it's a marbleized kinda print.

Anyway.

I used Simplicity 3263 from 1950, view 3, which is the same thing I used for the bodice on the last dress I made.

 This time I made it as a shirt and followed the directions.  Mostly.

Lacking Enthusiasm

I decided that the next thing I would sew should use that wax cloth I recently thrifted, and maybe ignore the instructions on a "never made by me before" vintage pattern, too.

This vintage pattern, from 1950

Which I used as the bodice for a dress.

Mixin' stuff up

So, combining these

and these

results in...

Some more new (to me) cloth

Had a chance to make a child-free stop in Goodwill today, came home with these

Have I mentioned that I like wax cloth?  I like wax cloth.  So I couldn't resist this little piece, 30" of 45" wide, in black and purple (and...ecru...), for 99¢.  It will be perfect for a skirt, since the border is on both edges; just need to decide between skirt-alone or skirt-on-dress, with probably a black bodice.

The center piece is 45" wide by 40" long--although I suspect it may technically be one meter long?--and cost $1.99 but I didn't have to try too hard to convince myself to buy it because, eee, it's a sheer brocade

Again, not a lot there, but enough for a skirt overlay, at least.  Not sure what fibers are involved, but do think it's highly likely to have been made in India--there were a few saris hanging with the cloth, too. (This Goodwill often puts saris with cloth, not sure if it's because they don't realize they're not 'just' cloth, or if they have no designated place to put saris, so, meh, might as well put 'em there. They always seem to sell fast.)

Lat piece of cloth is just a bit over 2 yards of 45", very polyestery (and crinkle texturey), and was color of the week, which meant that no-one had bought it for the previous four weeks (I haven't been in this Goodwill for a while, because the kiddo has lost his enthusiasm for going--there's no Minecraft playin' there...) so I took pity on got it for 99¢.  Not sure what I'll do with it, not sure about the shades of green, not sure if it's as vintage as it seems, but it is still neat-o, in its scribbly horse,  drip-dry way.