McCall's 6986 Wine Dress and assorted banter

I have to pre warn my potential readers that major changes are afoot which might disturb the flow of posts: I have been offered the job that I have been wanting for the last month.
At first it was just a rumour of a job, then there was no job , then it was on again and finally they offered me the interview I had been wanting and they liked me! So, in 2 weeks time I will be no longer one of the great evil, unwashed foreigners who are such a drain on the long suffering British taxpayer, I will be one of the tax payers myself ; albeit a non British one.

Well; that was a nice bit of controversy (let's just hope I've got no daily mail readers lurking in my readership). To be near my work I will be moving with the BF to a town in Wiltshire which has got more than 1 street! Woohoo!

So there might be less sewing in store for a few weeks and less blog updates.
Anyway as the Vogue cut out dress lace trimming is lost somewhere in the post, I thought I decided to squeeze a new project in between:

This is as far as I've got with it.

I picked up this cotton sateen in Fabricland and I loved the colour and the slight stretch which I thought could come in useful as I know vintage patterns tend to be on the snug side. If it says on the envelope it's a 28 inch waist you're not going to get 30 as it goes on modern patterns. The downside of the fabric is that it's not top notch quality but then again as with all Fabricland stuff it's very good value for the money (£3.99 a meter in 150 cms width is fine by me).
I have a couple of vintage 1960's buttons in a similar colour and I am debating which will make the best match:

so far the top one has my vote, but it could change.