I made my first version of this 1950′s sleeveless top almost exactly two years ago and even though it’s far from perfect I love it to death – it’s one of my most worn handmade items. So when I was wondering what to do with a remnant of navy stretch polka dot fabric, I knew exactly how [...]
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This is my finished Sew for Victory dress which I’m SSOO pleased with! The pattern I used was Du Barry 5384 from 1942, which was an absolute pleasure to sew. For fabric I used a charcoal grey lawn-like polka dot and underlined the whole dress with white silk cotton. The only changes I made were [...]
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This is my version of vintage Butterick 9206 – a tie or bow-necked blouse pattern from the 1950′s. I used a very drapey fabric with a tiny gingham print and it was pretty easy to sew after I’d graded it down a size. It’s turned out a little less obviously vintage looking than I was hoping [...]
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This is the Ruby dress, made from a fitted wiggle dress pattern from Eliza M’s Vintage Style Patterns. As the name suggests, the patterns all take their influences from vintage designs and, like vintage patterns, you choose them according to your size rather than having one multi-sized pattern. I used a polka dot stretch cotton, which [...]
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This neat little skirt is made using Simplicity 3983 from 1952 and is a quick, easy make, having only one seam up the back! I made mine in red polka dot corduroy and shortened it by a massive eight inches to give it a more modern look. The polka dots are quite subtle though and [...]
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I finally got round to making a blouse from this darling Style Print pattern which I picked up over a year ago. The difficult part of the project wasn’t sewing it up, it was deciding which option to go for. In the end, I went for View B: a buttoned front, short sleeves and lovely [...]
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This dress isn’t made from a vintage pattern or vintage fabric, but it is very much inspired by two vintage dresses which I thought might interest some of you. The two dresses were both worn by Marilyn Monroe and are just gorgeous! A cherry print one from The Misfits…. …and a tight, halter neck dress [...]
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A few months ago I was given this beautiful vintage dress by my mother-in-law. She bought it several years ago, but having only ever wore it once, decided she’d like to pass it onto me! I’d love to be able to give her a little more information on what period the dress hails from, and date [...]
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Good afternoon. Just wanted to stop by and show off my new blouse made from a pair of vintage curtains. I bought the curtains from Portobello Road Market in London, along with the vintage buttons which are a perfect match. The pattern is a modern one (Megan Nielsen’s Banksia blouse) but definitely has a vintage [...]
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I’m so pleased to have finished my 1950′s dress for Julia Bobbin’s Mad Men Challenge. The pattern is vintage McCall’s 3779 from 1956 – a fitted wiggle shirt dress with kimono sleeves. Here’s the original inspiration picture of Joan that I got the idea from. I took quite a lot off the length and made [...]
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