FANNY THE FLAPPER AND THE ROARING TWENTIES

The twenties are back!

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The roaring, wild twenties.

The beginning of jazz.

Women started taking a stand for more equal rights.

And  women abandoned their restrictive clothes and shortened their skirts.

I’m involved in a high school project – The Roaring Twenties.  Fanny the Flapper needs a costume that reflects the era. This is a challenge  for my teen-age friend.  Could I?  Would I?  Help?

 

 

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Pining and pattern  planning.  I’ve found the fabric – now to make the pattern.  This is fun.

 

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It’s a tiny dress form but the process for making a dress is exactly the same;  facings cut on the bias, pleated skirt and perfectly trimmed edgings.

 

 

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The dress is finished.   It was part of a bigger project.  Oh yes – the project got an A mark.

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