Aunt Edna

A while ago my grandma posted this photograph of my great-grandma, my great great grandma, and my great great aunt Edna. I love old photographs, but I especially appreciated this one because of Aunt Edna's amazing dress! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have one like it. Unfortunately I cannot make one just like it as I cannot find polka dot fabric like that, which is part of what makes the dress so cool.

 

I used McCall's M6988 as it looks like Edna's dress has a front yoke like this pattern. I added about 4.5 inches onto the hem. I cut a size 12 but ended up taking it in in several places.

 

 I have no idea what the color of the original dress was since the photo is in black and white, so I just chose blue because my options were pretty limited and my favorite color is blue. I did add the bow but it is pretty hard to see with all of the polka dots.

I like this dress but if I ever find fabric with polka dots that grow from big to small I'm buying it and making a new one!!