March Maxi Challenge Using a Vintage 1980 Pattern ~ McCall's 7127 Ruffle Maxi Dress
Back in March (was it really only three months ago?!?) I participated in a sewing challenge with two fellow sewing YouTubers. We purchased identical fabric from Hawaii Fabric Mart and each of us sewed a maxi dress using a vintage sewing pattern. For "vintage" we agreed that anything before the year 2000 would work, so we were pretty lax on that requirement. We also agreed we would not share our pattern or final dress with one another until March 31. On that day we each revealed our pattern choice and maxi on our YouTube channels. Here's the maxi I sewed. I picked McCall's 7127, from 1980, for my maxi dress pattern. I sewed the short dress from this pattern when it was a fairly new release. Hmmm, does that make me vintage too? :-) I repurchased the pattern a few years ago in a larger size. At the time the size 14 was too large, but lucky for me it's the size I now start with when sewing tops or dresses. As the saying goes, everything old is new again.