I’ve been meaning to fix the terribly half-a–ed facings I made on my first attempt at Butterick 7139 for a while, and when I found it in my mending pile this week I decided that better facings weren’t worth the effort. Instead, I decided to unpick the facings, dig out my leftover fabric, and test [...]
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I have been wanting to at least try to make Advance 6993 ever since I picked up the pattern at a local antiques mall. However, the pattern calls for something like 6 and 1/8 yards of fabric for the simpler version, which had rather put me off from making it. But… Joann’s had a sale on their [...]
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Hello again! As you may or may not remember, I found this pattern a while ago devoid of instructions, and wonderful We Sew Retro community member Twisted Poppy came to my rescue with the pattern for a very similar skirt. So, I forged ahead. I was using a lime green wool remnant I’d picked up [...]
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Hello hello! I have An Idea for a circle skirt, which is probably terribly misguided, but I’m going to do it anyway, which is why I am asking the lovely WeSewRetro community for guidance. Joann Fabrics has the most adorable teapot-print novelty fabric, which I’ve been dying to make a skirt out of. Unfortunately, [...]
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Hello again! I finally have pictures of the Advance dress that I was complaining about so bitterly a few months ago. Here’s the pattern envelope again: And here’s my version! Since the pattern I have is (nominally) a little too small for me, I wanted to do a muslin first. On the other hand, if it [...]
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Hello, hello! I’m about to start making a second version of Butterick 7139, but I figured that I should start by showing you my first version: (I don’t really write about sewing on my own blog, so these pictures are extracted from my various other posts) I picked up the pattern for Butterick 7139 [...]
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Hello! Thanks so much for the help with my last pattern… I’ve gotten the bodice entirely muslined, and I have pictures to post, but a query on my current project right now. I picked up Butterick 7720, a simple 50s pencil skirt pattern, for $4 at a local antiques mall. I just happen to [...]
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Hello again! Thank you all for the very warm welcome. I’ve been working on a bit of a “wearable muslin” for the bodice of a dress pattern I picked up a while ago. I’m using up remnants from one of my circle skirts, and if the bodice turns out properly I plan on [...]
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Hello! I’ve been reading We Sew Retro on and off for a while and it only finally occurred to me today that this would be the perfect place to share all of the sewing that I’ve been doing, as my fiancee is getting a bit sick of hearing me carry on about it! [...]
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