Vintage 1950s dress

The first toile is done and proved it's worth! I used it to figure out the pleats on the skirt, which took several goes. (I can't think if I've ever made a pleated skirt before). I can also see from trying it on that the top needs to come in a bit and needs shortening to sit at my waist. I made my usual mistake of leaving the wrong side open so that the skirt side opening doesn't match the top. And I forgot that if you resize a pattern you have to resize collars and facings to match... but this is why we make a toile! And second toiles too! To get the mistakes out of the way!