Stripes: How many times are we going to have to rehearse this?
Belt: Until you get your back foot right, evidently. Also, your hand is too low.
Stripes: I can't get it up past my hair.
Floral: That can't possibly be your hair.
Stripes: I own it, so it's mine.
Belt: Hurry up and let's get this right. This scarf is gonna leave a welt.
[Director, from offstage: "One more time, girls!"]
All three: I hate the chorus.
A Dress A Day 
wow, 2 in a row that I made back in the 60’s. this one looked like a maternity dress even on my then-slender teenage figure.
I love your stories and I love the trips down memory lane!
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I agree with DragonPoodle and I think that an entire generation learned to sew with this pattern!
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Oh,gosh, I am one of that generation. I turned 60 this year and this was when I was 13..oh boy, this sure brings back the memories! Thanks, erin.
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My generation too – gulp. I so had that look too – grin.
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Me too – made the dress (with belt) and the top. I’ll be 61 in December, and I’m not sure my taste has matured at all because I still think it’s cute!
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Sorry to be redundant, but I, too, made that dress several times and wore one iteration to my first real job in 1966. Geesh.
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I never made it but I find all three designs simultaneously incredibly adorable yet wildly unflattering. How does that work?
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Wonder if model 3 was happy or distressed to be stuck with the hat? She must have had the best posture to be able to dance with that on.
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bwa hahahaha that was hilarious!
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Wow…making the unbelted version (especially in a really rowdy, LOUD print) is a SURE way to lose a man!
Definitely destined for schmattehood.
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I had this pattern, too, and made the dress and the shorts several times for my mom and myself. (I don’t have it anymore; it must have fallen apart.)
Of course, Stripe can’t put her hand up higher. She wouldn’t dare touch her hair.
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LOL!!! I actually have this pattern in my stash from my teen years. Does that date me or what. Cute,cute.
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