Well here it is! If you recall I posted a Part 1 of this 1940s Suit jacket. Well here’s Part 2. I left the last post with the shell completely sewn together and only the lining and finishings to do. Except for the side seams & sleeve seams, I hand sewed the entire lining into… Read More 1940s Simplicity Suit Jacket Part 2
This suit is coming along beautifully and that has nothing to do with the instructions (if you can call them that). Honestly I don’t know what women did back then, that weren’t that skilled in sewing and wanted to take on a project like this. It took me a while to figure out the dart… Read More 1940s Simplicity Suit Jacket Part 1
The dress, picked up in a sale, was ready for a refashion, mainly because I don’t often wear dresses and I don’t suit this type of neckline. I was going to chop the new top shape from t… Source: Dress refashion, twice and how to attach a neck tie
Not bad, two weeks since my last post! As you know I used the same fabric as my last project. I do truly love it! The hang, the print; it’s just so me! I do admit though, this time the picture looks less like the sketch because of the fabric choice. I did change things… Read More Early 60’s Butterick pattern
Hi Everyone, This post took longer then I would have liked, not because it took long to sew this dress but finding the time to write about it. Then why the “question mark” after the title? The fabric! As beautiful as the print and hang are, the “woodgee” (you know what I mean, just moves… Read More Simple to Make?
Well finally! I had a little problem with my sewing machine so it took me a lot longer to get this post out then I would have liked. And I can hear somebody saying, “hey didn’t she already do a denim shirt?” Yes I did but to my own defence the other one was… Read More Men’s denim Shirt
“A hospital volunteer is sometimes nicknamed a candy striper“. There is no date on this pattern but I am going to say late ’40’s. Patterns after the 1940’s had printing on each piece to make them easier to follow and this one did not. I really enjoyed working on this pattern, making sure my stripes… Read More Candy Striper
Here’s the beginnings of all the patterns I own. I will slowly be adding them all but it does take time to take the pics, clean them up and post. Seeing as I don’t have any particular order in which one I choose to make next if you want to suggest something just let me know.
As much as this may look like I planned this outfit I did not. First came the skirt, then came the shirt and then, when I was taking pictures of them for this post, I realized I had an outfit. I’m not sure you can read the small print but the skirt is from a… Read More Denim gone Wild
Well here we go the first dress! As the title says it’s from the pattern above a 1962 McCalls pattern. When I’m making garments from patterns I try to make them look just like the picture and if anyone has ever made a garment from a store bought pattern you know this can be a… Read More 1962 McCall’s Dress
this blog will chronicle my journey as I endeavour to work through all my vintage patterns turning them into garments one at a time.
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this blog will chronicle my journey as I endeavour to work through all my vintage patterns turning them into garments one at a time.
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