Vintage Pattern Review: Job Lot 3 (items 92 - 101)

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#92

Style: Butterick 4513

Era: 1970s?

Size: Large

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: I've needed an outfit for my live action role play for some time. Praise be!

Difficulty: Medium

#93

Style: Simplicity 8882

Era: 1970

Size: 18

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: Cute sixties shift dress. Number 2 is a winner.

Difficulty: Easy

#94

Style: Simplicity 9906

Era: 1972

Size: 18

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: So yeah, there's a lot of shift dresses in this post. Sorry, didn't really mix em up enough. So yadda yadda shift dress and stuff. Three is the magic number.

Difficulty: Easy

#95

Style: Simplicity 9175

Era: 1970

Size: 16

Would I have bought it? Nah - I clearly already have every shift dress pattern ever made.

First thoughts: I refer you to my post of five minutes ago.

Difficulty: Easy

#96

Style: McCall's 3377

Era: 1972

Size: 12 - 14

Would I have bought it? NEVER

First thoughts: Words almost fail me. The crazy psychedelic patterns and frankly enormous collars will be a feature of my night terrors from now on.

Difficulty: Easy

#97

Style: Simplicity 6861

Era: 1966

Size: 20

Would I have bought it? Yes

First thoughts: Love the neckline on this! The skirt and blouse version is my favourite.

Difficulty: Medium

#98

Style: News of the World 223

Era: 1980s?

Size: 12 - 18

Would I have bought it? Yes

First thoughts: Another gem from the News of the World. I love the shape of this dress, although I prefer the vee neck on version 1.

Difficulty: Easy / Medium.

#99

Style: McCalls 5940

Era: 1978

Size: 18

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: Looks suspiciously like number 96...But it isn't! The pattern envelope can be viewed here. Although I'm not a huge fan, I think the short version has potential. I feel like I've bought dresses like this in the past and they have been nice in an oversized floaty way. To be determined.

Difficulty: Easy

#100

Style: Butterick 3484

Era: 1970s?

Size: 14

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: Maybe I'll like this in, maybe, 60 years time? Or if I'm in alternate Logan's Run style reality.

Difficulty: Easy/Medium

#101

Style: Style 2266

Era: 1978

Size: 12

Would I have bought it? No

First thoughts: Yucky smock dress. Yuck. 

Difficulty: Medium / Hard. And all for a dress equivalent of broccoli.