I’ve posted an infant dress from view 2 of this pattern. I like it enough I decided to make it bigger. My first try at making it a size two was so big that with the hem let down it fit a size 6. I did a second one and got closer to size two. [...]
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A friend cleaned out their old family home and gifted me with the patterns she found. This is the oldest, note no markings on the patterns. From a day when everyone sewed and knew what to do! : ) The good stuff on the back… I like this pattern because of the wider shorts like [...]
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I used this pattern to make a party dress for a one year old. The older patterns certainly used more fabric. Look at this layout. Detailed finishing inside. Nice! And the finished dress And two sunsuits from the same pattern
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I posted the sunsuits I made from this pattern a while back. It’s been too long since I made a new vintage style, but this week I finally put together this little pinafore dress. I love the little cap sleeves. It took me quite a few tries to figure out how to bind the edges. [...]
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I am so excited about several new to me vintage patterns I recently acquired. I jumped right into making this sunsuit. The original pattern calls for bias edging and plastic lining. I used muslin instead, and added a 1/4 in seam allowance. It helped to make the leg hole just a bit bigger, by not adding [...]
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