Another Dress From Elizabeth Lee Pattern

This is the 8th Elizabeth Lee pattern I have sewn into a dress, in the last two months.  It is kind of sad there is nothing like these dresses for sale on the rack in local stores for the new mothers. They are sold online, however. There was a wonderful decade or two when these patterns were being sewn, and how pretty and elegant they were on the ladies who wore them as nursing dresses.  It does not seem like it was so long ago, but I often talk to young mothers who say they have never heard of a nursing dress nor ever seen one.  

Since these dresses are pullover dresses, I like to put a little rosebud or embroidered piece on the front to make it easy to see which side is the front.

This is a plaid homespun cotton with a gold metallic thread, so I accented the hem and sleeves with gold ribbon.

I also made a matching girls dress, size 14.

The girls dress is fully lined with an added petticoat sewn in.

When there isn't quite enough fabric, I make the sleeves of another fabric that coordinates:

This fabric does not wrinkle, so no ironing is necessary, and the dress is soft, as soft can be. The fabric was such a pleasure to sew, I have made up my mind to get some of the fabric for myself.