The pattern is Advance 3446, bust 34", still in factory folds. I love the classic-but-sexy lines of the simple sheath and cropped jacket.
And to complete your look! A Julie Hewett lipstick in Belle Noir, a summery coral red. Why have I never heard of this line until now?! Julie Hewett was the makeup artist on the film Pearl Harbor, and she was inspired by the 1940s looks to create the perfect line of highly-pigmented, long-lasting red lipsticks. These lipsticks get rave reviews, and this particular coral red is supposedly the "Grace Kelly of lipsticks." In other words, I know you want it.
So to win both of these fab goodies, just leave a comment on this post by midnight EST on this Saturday, June 19th. Readers from all locations are eligible. I'll announce the winner on Sunday.
A big, huge thanks to Denise of the The Blue Gardenia for sponsoring this fantastic giveaway! Everyone now: THANKS, DENISE!
Oh man, is it sad that I might be more excited about the lipstick than the pattern? Fingers crossed! (And thanks for running this giveaway!)
ReplyDeleteHave to agree with Meghan. Love the lipstick! The pattern looks really fabulous too. And I have the perfect floral fabric for this type of dress..
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab giveaway, thanks Gertie.
what a fantastic giveaway! Great dress and a perfect lipstick.
ReplyDeleteooh, too bad the pattern isn't my size, but the lipstick would fit anyone. thanks for such a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove both the lipstick and the pattern. Thanks Blue Gardenia and thanks to you too Gertie!!
ReplyDeleteThank you both :)
ReplyDeletexoxo
what a fantastic give away - and the pattern is just my size!
ReplyDeleteUmm, yes please! I'm not a lipstick wearer on a daily basis, but I like t have something for special occasions!
ReplyDeleteThank you both! Oooooo I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! Thanks for the sewing inspiration that you offer in your blog!
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog this week and I love it. What a great giveaway. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI need some good lipstick and that patten is great!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge lipstick lover, but if it's actually long-lasting, I may be converted! And the pattern is cute, too. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
ReplyDeleteGreat lipstick and pattern! Love your blog!!
ReplyDeleteThat lipstick is divine!
ReplyDeletethat is a wonderful giveaway! thank you for a very inspiring blog. love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway! And that pattern is just in my size...and that lipstick looks like my color too. I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteeewingo (at) gmail (dot) com
Awesome giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win!!!!
ReplyDelete-Eleanor
www.unfamiliarceiling.com
Great giveaway and fabulous lipstick.
ReplyDeleteI love the lipstick and the pattern. Thank you so much for this giveaway, its very sweet of you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway - please enter me? Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteSweet! Love this giveaway. If I make a dress from this pattern and pair it with that lipstick, my fiancé won’t know what hit him!
ReplyDeleteLove the lippy and pattern combo, thanks Gertie!
ReplyDeleteOoh, that lipstick looks fabulous. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletePS I am letting my blog readers choose my next vintage giveaway right now, so if you are interested there is a poll and the giveaway will run after it closes- http://tartdeco.blogspot.com/2010/06/choose-your-own-giveaway.html
wowza. The perfect shade. And the pattern actually looks like it isn't beyond my meagre talents. Yay!
ReplyDeleteWow. What a lovely pair! Thanks Denise and thanks Gertie.
ReplyDeleteI want, I want!
ReplyDeleteWhoever wins will surely have the best Joan Holloway costume of the season.
ReplyDeletegreat giveaway..lovely pattern and fab lipstick.
ReplyDeletethanks Denise ;)
Wow, fantastic giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks to both of you.
WOW! Thanks Denise and Gertie. I am so excited about the lipstick! And as one of my students always says about red lipstick, "It makes you look spiffy." Yep.
ReplyDeletei would like to be in running for this! what a gem. you are both too kind. x
ReplyDeleteBoth the lipstick and the pattern are fantastic but I love the pattern more. I can totally see myself wearing that to work.
ReplyDeletefantastic giveaway! Just in time for the new season of Mad Men!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of julie Hewett either but those lipsticks sound yummy. I will be checking them out!
Giveaway, giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHey, hey, hey!
Thanks ladies. Would love to get my hands on that pattern and try out the lip color!
Thanks so much! Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteGertie, I hope you've got a post up somewhere for pattern alterations!
ReplyDelete**crosses fingers for the win**
love the lippy. The pattern would be great in some super fantastic cranberry cotton sateen...
ReplyDeleteoooh THANKS DENISE.
ReplyDeletelove that lipstick! even the packaging is so pretty :3 and the pattern is great... i love the little cropped jacket.
Aaaahhh how exciting! I need to win this!!
ReplyDeleteOh I love the look of 1940s lipstick! And I love this pattern!!
ReplyDeleteOh what a perfect giveaway! I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteOoh! both things are gorgeous! I'm crossing my fingers...
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love your blog! Yesterday I ordered Tim Gunn's book based on your post. My next book purchase will be the Professional Sewing Techniques book you referenced earlier. Thanks for diligently posting daily. I look forward to it each morning at work.
ReplyDeleteThe dress is wonderful! I see it says "beginners pattern" on it so maybe I could even make it!
ReplyDeleteoh that pattern looks fabulous!
ReplyDeletethanks Denise! i love that dress and it's actually in my size. it's been awhile since i've sewn from a vintage pattern, it would be fun!
ReplyDeleteLovely lipstick and gorgeous pattern! Thanks for the great giveaway Gertie and Denise!
ReplyDeleteOoh! What a lovely giveaway, thanks Gertie.
ReplyDelete//Anna
That pattern looks adorable, and the lipsticks are truly fab. I've been on the hunt for a good red lipstick!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a fantastic giveaway (thanks Gertie for hosting it and Denise for her generosity!)! Please enter me... both the lipstick and dress pattern are fantastic! ;)
ReplyDelete♥ Casey
blog | elegantmusings.com
love it! thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteThat li[stick looks great! I'm excited to check out that line.. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog a few weeks ago and now am inspired to SEW vintage. Before I loved all things vintage, but never realized I should sew some myself. So, thanks for the inspiration! I would love to win the pattern (gorgeous by the way!) and the lipstick (can we say va-va-voom!) Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love the even the lipstick case looks vintage!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway. The pattern will look cute on my 24 year old daughter. I would have to do too much altering. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGertie, I have been following your blog religiously since I found it a few weeks ago. I have been hesitant to post comments b/c I am a beginning seamstress, so much so that even calling myself "seamstress" feels silly. But, with that lipstick and beautiful sheath pattern, you have yanked me out of my shell. Thank you so much for your entertaining and educational posts and thanks to Blue Gardenia as well. (I tried to post a couple of minutes ago and didn't get through, so I hope that this doesn't come up as a double post; those are annoying)
ReplyDeleteI am imagining the colors I could make this up in to best coordinate with the lipstick! Thank you. You always do a beautiful job around here.
ReplyDeleteI love both the lipstick and the pattern. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting give away! That saucy lipstick paired with the sleek dress will be sure to make the men mad...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun giveaway!
What an exciting give away! That saucy lipstick paired with the sleek dress will be sure to make the men mad...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun giveaway!
So Exciting! I was just looking for a good red lipstick yesterday... and I put myself on a pattern and fabric diet until I use up some of my stash... But winning things isn't against a diet right???? :)
ReplyDeleteCute pattern:)
ReplyDeleteUmm, YES! How can I resist?!
ReplyDeletePerfect reason to up my red lipstick game! Haha
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise and thank you Gertie! I love your blog and what a fantastic give away!
ReplyDeleteOoh, fun! I will do just about anything for lipstick. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteooh! pretty pattern and pretty lipstick! thanks denise and gertie ;)
ReplyDeleteooh, thanks denise!
ReplyDeleteand thanks gertie :)
that pattern's just my size...I envision something in royal blue just like on the front.
*fingers crossed!*
What a wonderful idea! Such a beautiful pattern and just the right lipstick. I would love to be the owner of this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU Denise and Gertie! The lipstick sounds like a perfect summer red. I would love to make that dress up in some bright lemon taffeta I have on hand too. I can just imagine the sunshine radiating off of that outfit. Oh, Happy Day!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks Denise and Gertie. <3
ReplyDeleteOoooer! Just imagining that lippie on my pursed pout. Goes so well with the dress. Monique xx
ReplyDeleteI love a giveaway. Count me in. Thanks Gertie!
ReplyDeleteWow. I. want. it.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love the shade of the lipstick!!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'm bummed when the newest GNBfBS post isn't you dispensing fabulous sewing advice (sometimes just snippets when you discuss how you construct a piece). I mean I know it is hard to keep churning out that level of content constantly... Anyway, yup, I want it :) Gah. This sounds more critical than I meant it. Thanks for knowing your audience.
ReplyDeleteOooh, what a giveaway! Crossing my fingers for sure!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you ladies, what a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThat lipstick and that dress do bring up images of Grace!
ReplyDeleteThe perfect 40's red lipstick? The dress pattern is great but a perfect red lipstick is... I have no words! Fingers crossed!
ReplyDelete~Kelli @ Smidgens
Looks tremendous! Perfect thing to perk me up in my sleep deprived funk.
ReplyDeleteThat Lipstick Tube is fantastic! I'm probably going to purchase, if I don't win!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise and Gertie for such a fabulous giveaway! The lipstick and dress make such a classic timeless combo. I hope I win! But if I don't, I'd love to see the winner's finished creation...
ReplyDeleteThat lipstick is divine! And the pattern is lovely!
ReplyDeleteWow! Ab fab giveaway! Thank you for your blog, Gertie...it has really helped in some recent sewing endeavors.
ReplyDeleteGold packaging. I have always wondered how do vintage inspired lines differ from the norm?
ReplyDeleteCount me in! (hooray for giveaways!)
ReplyDeleteOoh I love lipstick. Hope I have my birthday luck on drawing day!
ReplyDeleteLove you blog- your sewing projects inspire me.
Um, yes please! Both very nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway! The pattern and lip stick both look great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful giveaway. Thank you Gertie and Denise. Jane
ReplyDeleteooh la la!
ReplyDeleteOOOOOO LAAA LAAA! What a neat giveaway combo.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find out about these lipsticks!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. Please enter me. I love The Blue Gardenia so Thanks, Denise for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I think those pattern illustrations always lead me to believe that the dresses are pegged but when you look at the line drawings it is always a straight pencil skirt. : ) Must be the way they are standing. Er, drawn.
I always love to hear about a new red lipstick! The pattern looks amazing. I love your blog, Gertie!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for a perfect red lipstick! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I hope I win!
ReplyDeletecbakertroublemaker@hotmail.com
Awesome, I hope I win!
ReplyDeletecbakertroublemaker@hotmail.com
Fabulous. What a perfect late summer cocktail combo!
ReplyDeleteNice! Dresses that style tend to look horrible on me but would look so cute on my sister!
ReplyDeleteThank you both, Gertie and Denise. What a lovely dress and glamorous lipstick.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveway! Whoever wins is going to be so happy.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one counting down to the new season of Mad Men. Great giveaway, I hope I get picked!
ReplyDeletewhat an awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeletethanks for hosting it!!
Oooh, I've been wanted to see Julie Hewitt lipsticks in person!! Sadly, I live in a retail wasteland.
ReplyDeleteWhat loveliness!
OOooo fab, I'm adding my name!
ReplyDeleteGertie,
ReplyDeleteI would love to win these! I am new to sewing and I am drawn to vintage looks. And every woman can use a lipstick as beautiful as this one!
Thank you.
Here's me, holding my fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteAh! I need that pattern :) :) keeping my fingers crossed
ReplyDeleteOooo! Oooo! OOOOO! I would love those goodies. I'm eager to make more early 60's styles as I've always stuck more to 40's and 50's before.
ReplyDeleteLove both the lipstick and the pattern! Thank you, Denise, for hosting this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my fingers crossed =)
Ooooo! Oooo! Oooo! Pick me!
ReplyDeleteOo Oo, I am in desperate need of a red lipstick over here!
ReplyDeletePS. It was lovely (and surreal) to meet you outside the post office yesterday.
Awesome giveaway! Thanks, Blue Gardenia and Gertie! I was just thinking that it was time to go out and see if I couldn't find some new lipstick.
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't need a great red lipstick? Count me in please!
ReplyDeleteummm yeah.... I DEFINITELY want that!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise! 34 is just my size and coral is my favorite lipstick colour!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Pick me dearest random number generator. :D
ReplyDeletewow, this is a great giveaway!!! thanks gertie! I love your blog, and I've just started watching Glee because of your emma pillsbury recommendation. Thank you, thank you thank you. I cannot thank you enough for glee!
ReplyDeleteFantastic give away Gertie! Thanks Denise!!
ReplyDeleteconsider me entered
ReplyDeleteGreat Giveaway!
Eee! Adding my comment, crossing my fingers...
ReplyDeleteI am a long-time lover of red lipstick. My original? Chanel Star Red. Yummy. But I'm always on the lookout for a new red...and a red that lasts! plus the pattern...though I usually stay in the 30s and 40s, I've had a recent fascination with the early 60s...unfortunately, I've had trouble with fit issues using those patterns (I'm sure it's an issue of having the wrong undergarments, but I'm simply not going to cinch myself in that much). But this being a "Beginner's Pattern," maybe I'll have a fighting chance to fix those issues.
ReplyDeleteMust say I never commented on your blog before even tho I read it daily and have done so a couple of months. I must say I absolutely ADORE it! It's the perfect combo about sewing and vintage fashion! It has inspired me to take a new look at both my sewingmashine and my wardrobe. I'm acctually making a red gingham tafletta skirt as we speak ;D <3
ReplyDeleteThanks to you both! I 'm gonna to try my luck!
ReplyDeleteSeriously loving the lipstick!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful giveaway. Good luck to everyone, but I've got everything crossed that it comes to little ol' me!
ReplyDeleteQuite possibly the best giveaway ever! :D
ReplyDeleteoh oh oh i want to win
ReplyDeleteI feel lucky. Love the giveaway stuff and your blog!
ReplyDelete...like a previous commented said, who doesn't want to look spiffy? pick me! pick me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely pattern. I would definitely sew that dress!
ReplyDeleteoh how lush! Vintage lips & hips! Most excellent giveaway indeed for the retro loving girlies :) x
ReplyDeleteThat pattern is awesome (and so is the lipstick.)
ReplyDeleteThis giveaway sounds so great! I've got my fingers crossed for a new project to start and a fab lipstick to go with it! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love the lipstick tube design! *sigh*
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pattern and lipstick. Thanks to both you and Denise for hosting the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeletethe best lips are red ones ;)
The lipstick looks awesome... so does the pattern! Yay for giveaways!
ReplyDeleteLovely lippie! Thanks Gertie--you are a doll!
ReplyDeletewow this is spectacular. i would like to go into the draw please!
ReplyDeleteAmazing giveaway!
ReplyDeletePut my name in --> Tine
Oh. My. Gosh. Yes! loving this giveaway! thanks peoples :-D
ReplyDeleteCount me in!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE THIS!!
ReplyDeleteOoh - what a fabulous pattern pic - and the lipstick to go with it - how much fun?! Do add me to the list for your draw.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gertie and Denise!
Ooh, red lipstick, and in a pretty container too !
ReplyDeleteoh, gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI only recently found your blog (and what a find!) and have been enjoying it. I am not confident that I am a good enough seamstress to do this pattern justice, but I would love to have the chance to try-- and to learn! I have the perfect olive green vintage silk.... And the lipstick is such a luxurious add-on!
Thanks (also to Blue Gardenia) for a lovely giveaway!
Thanks Gertie and thanks Denise! Its funny, as a capital city, Hobart Tasmania is a SMALL town. I have recently been wearing beautiful vintage inspired clothing which I have sewn from vintage patterns, and I've been getting some very funny side long glances from the general population. Not only does your blog provide me with huge amounts of sewing inspiration, but it is also reassuring to me to know that there other people out there who share my love of vintage and sewing and who aren't afraid to show it. I admire that so much.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog after watching your tutorial on hemming circle skirts. Thanks for the insight.
ReplyDeleteLooks great, both of 'em! And while I'm nowhere near the right size for that pattern, my sister is and it'd look fab on her. So thanks for the giveaway, even (as is likely) I don't win it!
ReplyDeleteOoooh. Love the pattern!
ReplyDeleteThanks to both, and happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteThat is my size and I love lipstick (gloss is for teenagers!) so I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteI am a new reader to the Blog for Better Sewing and I've been faithfully reading through all the back-posts, and wishing I could enter for the giveways!! Now I can!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gertie and Blue Gardenia!
I love the bodice but Id make the skirt fuller. Sadly, I dont wear lipstick and Ive never seen an episode of Mad Men.
ReplyDeleteHeres hopeing!
that pattern is just fabulous, and i so need a new red lipstick! fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! :)
ReplyDeletethanks Gertie and Blue Gardenia
I am dying to try that lipstick, and the pattern is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteSTILL trying to find the perfect red lipstick... I'm putting my name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteOh man, the lipstick and the pattern both look divine! I must search out these lipsticks!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Fab.u.lous. Thanks for doing a giveaway!
ReplyDeletehow wonderful. i'm loving the red lippie at the moment. an armour against mediocrity perhaps?
ReplyDeleteand that pattern would be made for a summer dress, which right now seems so long away (aussie living isn't sunshine all the time). :)
oooh ooh! I want it!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the pattern. The way the darts in the font fall in the right place hope I win...hmmm coral red lipstick I wonder how it would look on me
ReplyDeleteThe pattern is my size! I'd love to win it and the lipstick.
ReplyDeleteThose lipsticks look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe pattern is lovely as well, but no where near my size. :)
oh wow, that is a nice lipstick,
ReplyDeleteThank you both for such a nice giveaway, count me in.
So much covet! The Julie Hewett lipsticks look awesome - if I don't happen to be the lucky winner of this one, I'd probably buy one for myself!
ReplyDeleteYou just have to have the lipstick to wear the dress right. Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI just started reading your blog recently and really enjoy it. The lipstick reminds me of the long-lasting reds I used to wear in college.
ReplyDeleteI love the colours on the pattern envelope! I wish modern patterns were this classy!
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who looks at the dress and sees Jackie O? Or my daughter, in the perfect cool toned fuchsia fabric I have... :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome prizes!
ReplyDeleteI love that pattern! I agree, very Madmen.
ReplyDeleteThat lipstick sounds great as well. Any lipstick that is dubbed the Grace Kelly of lipsticks sounds pretty neat.
-Ruby
Dear Gertie,
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog quite regularly and actually meant to write a comment to you the other day to tell you I had a dream in which you were teaching me and a few other of the Classics students at my university to write a PhD. Very Bizarre! At least now I have an excuse to leave a completely unrelated comment :-)
Thanks for a great Blog,
Berenice
Cape Town, South Africa
Wow! That's my size and coral is just my thing. Thank you!
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looks like a gorgeous color lipstick, and fab pattern.
ReplyDeletemmmm... so pretty.
ReplyDelete...amazing dynamic duos...lipstick & pattern...Denise & Gertie...thank you ladies!
ReplyDelete~~Lizzytish~~
g-liz-c@hotmail.com
Thanks, Denise! And thanks, Gertie! I just bought a length of a gorgeous ethnic print that would be awesome for this sheath.
ReplyDeleteI never miss a day of your fabulous blogging! Thank you for all of your wonderful posts. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeletewoah! those are two things i'd love to own! this is truly an amazing giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI need lipstick! and a pattern!
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess I'm in too.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Gorgeous lipstick and a pattern in my size? Enter my name, please!
ReplyDeletePretty pattern and the lipstick to match - a fabulous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Someone is going to be a very lucky lady! A great big thanks to both the Blue Gardenia and your lovely self!
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise!
ReplyDeleteThat is a gorgeous pattern. I especially like the jacket.
And a perfect vintage long lasting red! Am I in heaven?
So excited for this giveaway. Beginner sewer so I'm excited about the simple lines of the dress. And the lipstick is fab!!!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for such a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely giveaway! It'd be great to have a dressy lipstick... :)
ReplyDeleteCute! Sign me up.
ReplyDeleteI must say, this is a delightful giveaway combination! Thank you for giving us this opportunity.
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