Vintage Simplicity 6908 Pattern Review & Contest
I am a member of Pattern Review and pop in once in a while to see what contests they have going. They happen to be having a Vintage Pattern contest, so I ran to my stash of patterns and found one that had been my mom’s years ago. It is from 1975—Simplicity 6908—Size 5 for children’s halter top, knit shirt, shorts and skorts (or pantskirt as the pattern calls it). Unfortunately my kids are too big for size 5, but I have a niece who is 3 years old. I figured it would be too large for her, but I went ahead and tried it anyway. I was thrilled when she tried the outfits on and they fit. I made three outfits for her— view 1, 2, and 3 (with a bow as in view 5 ). View 1 and 2 were so easy! View 3 of the shirt, using stretch knit fabric was such a pain! I hate working with knits and this pattern reminded me why. The rickrack around the neckline and sleeves was being difficult, so I gave up after ripping it out several times, and just put a bow on it instead. Here’s my review . .