Some of us looked really awful in mini-skirts that roared into popularity in the late 60s. I was one of them. Thankfully, the midi and the maxi came into popularity to save us. I can't even tell you how many times I used this pattern--usually for the skirt. Once I started looking through the old photos, I think I spotted it in a 1982 photograph, and here it is in a 1971 portrait of our family.
You can't see the skirt in this photo, but it was a very nice brown wool tweed. Instead of making a short vest, or a calf-length vest, I made one that was just a little above the thigh in a brown cotton suede, lined in a polyester. It was really a lovely, very practical outfit.
My daughter's dress in this photo is a red, white and black plaid, and I'd also made my son a little jump suit, short pants, and myself a long skirt in the same fabric. I think I made those for the Christmas of 1970, and by the time this photograph was taken 10 months later, he had outgrown his outfit.
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