Rare Original 1930s Madame Weigels 6517 - Shirtwaist Dress - Vintage Pattern - Bust 91 cm bias cut tap pants top stitch trim

top stitch trim

5 & 6 are sleeveless

Hips 85 cm (33

Mid 19th century

5 cm (4 1/8")

Rare Original 1930s Madame Weigels 6517 - Shirtwaist Dress - Vintage Pattern - Bust 91 cm bias cut tap pants top stitch trimRare original Madame Weigel's pattern from the mid 1930s. A fabulous piece of Australiana from the pioneer of dressmaking patterns in Australia. Recommended for experienced sewers as the instructions assume a great deal of sewing knowledge. You also need to add seams, turnings, hems and facings before cutting as none of these are allowed for on the pattern. This was fairly standard with patterns of this time. Shirtwaist dress has intermittently