In their July 1948 edition the editors of Woman and Beauty published a number of simple patterns for clothes that could be worn on a summer holiday. They included this "enchanting summer dress cut on dirndl lines... from a straight piece of material, complete with beribboned neckline!" The instructions are as follows:
You need 3 yards of 36-inch-wide material, plus one spool of shirring elastic.
TO MAKE: Fold material and cut to 44 inch lengths as shown in the diagram. Join these lengths together by the selvedges to form a tube. Turn the bottom edge up for about one inch. Then with shirring elastic stitch and gather the other extreme edge, fitting it to your figure under the arms. About five inches lower insert another gathering line and once again, five inches below this second line, insert a third, this being your waist. Cut out and stitch together by the short ends the three six-inch-wide strips. Fold lengthwise, and between the open edges of each strip stitch the gathered top of the dress for about nine inches at the back and nine at the front. The rest of the dress top is bound to form armholes. Roll the strip over and tie on shoulders.
Once again, happy sewing to anyone who ventures this!
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