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241 Fifties' Fit and Flair Fabric Suggestions

May 30, 2023 1 Comment on 241 Fifties' Fit and Flair Fabric Suggestions

Woman standing in a blue and red dress in front of a grey wall, holding the skirt out to her sides.

by Esi Hutchinson

The 241 Fifties' Fit and Flair pattern is an old revived folkwear pattern with updated sizes from XS-2XL. The Fit and Flair comes with three different necklines - a jewel neck, wide V-neck, and turtleneck - hopefully enough to pick from to best suit your style. 

The style of this dress accommodates to the 50's aesthetics of simplicity, figure flattery of every kind with a full skirt and natural waist. This dress can be formal or casual depending on which fabric you choose. Here are some fabric suggestions for our pattern of the month of May! 

I am bias towards these fabrics we have in stock here at Folkwear and I do think they would be great to use for this pattern.  

 

This raspberry red hand block pattern from Jaipur is lightweight and would be ideal for a summery dress. Beautiful polka-dotty pattern.

red cotton bolt of fabric with white polka dots

 

We also have some new Italian viscose fabrics which would be gorgeous in this pattern and give the dress lots of movement and flair.  I love this challis and the art deco floral pattern.

blue, red, and white art deco floral pattern on viscose challis

 

For some fabrics that give you more of a imitative retro 50's style, I've listed below.

This is a stretch poplin with a really cool retro design from Harts Fabric.  There is only a little stretch with a very crisp fabric, so it would likely work very well.

stretch poplin fabric of red, pink and orange geometric shapes

 

And, if you want to make a dress like Molly did (top photo) with African Wax Prints, you can order 6 yards at a time (for about $20 total), which works well for this pattern, from the huge selection at AKN Fabrics (Molly's favorite shop for African fabrics in NYC).  One option is below.  

teal and black printed fabric

 

 



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Kim
Kim

July 02, 2023

Are you planning to bring back the Bombshell dress pattern (from THE famous scene in “The Seven Year Itch”!)?
I’m past the point of wearing it with Grace, but I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who’d LIVE to make & wear it!

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