Repro Review: EvaDress 7273

EvaDress' Ladies' Blouse pattern circa 1933.

This was the very last project I finished at my old house before packing up my sewing machine and all the fabric, tools and notions that go with it.

I was a little intimidated at first when I saw the instructions - a short and sweet bullet list that, typical of the era, assumes you know how to sew and are familiar with most of the terminology. As long as this isn't your first project, you should be familiar enough with setting in sleeves and creating a narrow hem for the blouse to come together as quickly and easily as it did for me.


Looking a bit wrinkly - it's hard to iron pleated, gathered sleeves!

The fit of this pattern is great, and I was actually able to omit the snap closings on either side and can just pull the blouse over my head (which was great considering the short amount of time I was working with and how much I hate sewing on snaps).

The only thing I will point out to those who are about to make this, is that you are instructed to cut the left-side bow pieces a few inches shorter than the ties for the right, which I completely ignored, fearing a forever floppy, uneven bow. I would suggest that you follow the instructions as written besides that step, and if you reach the end and decide that your bow would look better with one tie shortened, then you could easily make that alteration.

All in all, this is a great basic blouse with enough detail to keep it interesting and open to many variations. If you're a 30s loving lady I highly recommend it! Right now it is only available in one size (32 bust) but I'm sure if you let Xandra know how much you love it that could change one day. ;)

I used a 100% cotton pink-y coral-ish fabric from JoAnn's.