Today's pattern is McCall's Carefree Pattern number 3549, shown below in the first photo from a McCall's pattern booklet.
The jacket was sewn up in a pale plaid, with the pants in a lovely sort of a salmon pink.
I think it's corduroy - I HOPE it's corduroy:
On the front of the pattern, it looks like the fabric choices are the same as in the pattern booklet photo.
Again, I love seeing that; I just think it's cool:
In the next two photos from Seventeen Magazine, they made the jacket with sleeves of crushed velvet, and the rest in denim, along with matching pants in the same cotton denim:
"Sew Up Your Social Life", with fabrics from J.C. Penney, and McCall's patterns - sounds like a good combination to me!
You know, back in 1973, you could buy fabric at LOTS of places!
The back of the pattern:
Oh, and and I guess I should include a picture of pattern number 3771, shown as a tunic in the same photo as the jacket and pants:
And there you have it : two more in my series of "Patterns From The Past."
1 comment:
I kind of miss corduroy, no one seems to make clothing out of it anymore. Love T
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