Possibilities: And the Bertness Award goes to . . .

Butterick 2240, circa early 1960s

This is hubby?s choice for the first step in my learn-to-sew project. He says that I can wear it every Friday when we ballroom dance. (That sounds utterly pompous, doesn?t it? Why not simply say dancing? Because, after all, is there any other kind of dancing? Not in my world!) And this dress is quite pretty, ever so feminine. I see it in a silk-linen blend. Unlined, of course, because it needs to be cool on the dance floor. It?s easy to work up quite a sweat ? I suppose I should be every scintilla the Southern girl and say glow ? with a tango or a cha cha. My dance teacher, by the way, is celebrating his 20th wedding anny next week. So mahvelous! But back to the Butterick. It looks a little difficult. I see buttons. And that means buttonholes. I want to learn to make beautiful buttonholes ? one day. But I see frustration if I attempt them too soon. Baby steps. Right?

And speaking of Southern women, did you know that Patricia Taylor Allanson, she of the arsenic and pearls and jail cells, is a very skilled dressmaker? So says Ann Rule in Everything She Ever Wanted.