Advance 5850

I recently purchased some vintage patterns.  I get really excited because it's kind of a grab bag type situation, I never really know what I'm going to get.  I thought this one was very cool for a few reasons.

First, it appears to be fairly rare.  I could only find one reference to it online and I couldn't find any for sale.  Secondly, it is almost in pristine condition.  There are two pieces that have been used, and are in great shape.  The others are still factory folded and instructions are complete.

Butterick Pattern's 9633 & 8074

I recently picked up a ton of old patterns dating from the 40's-70's.  I was really hoping that I would find some cute patterns that I could make into clothes I could wear to work. So far I've found two that I definitely want to make:

 I love everything about this pattern, but I especially like view C & B.  I think I'll start out by making View C.  I'd really like to make it in shantung but I'm afraid that might be a little too fancy for wearing to work.  This pattern is about 2" too small for me so it'll be my first attempt at resizing.  I'll be honest....I'm terrified.  But I'm hoping that because it's only  2" give or take, it won't be too hard. 

Butterick 9633 looks extremely easy to make and for that reason alone, I like it!

I took it into work today to show my friend and another co-worker asked me to make one for her. I instantly had Selfish Seamstress flashbacks, LOL.  Except unlike Selfish, my sewing skills are barely passable.  I'll actually probably make this skirt within the next week or so. Maybe I'll go pick out fabric on Sunday? I think I want to make this view:

  

I'll post my progress to the blog! :)