I always have a project in mind for a dance outfit. And I saw a post today on a blog highlighting another post about the outfits in stage door. Ginger Rogers in Stage Door I like the thought of a ‘playsuit’ but with a matching detachable skirt. As I’d wear it purely for dancing [...]
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So as you might have read I have been attempting for over a year to make a regency dress. But really struggled with getting anything to fit/not look like a bedsheet. I did finally come up with 2 ‘outfits’ using the same dress as a base. Used my original mock up (bed sheet) as a [...]
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Yep, already thinking about winter. Well autumn, winter, spring and summer apart from the fortnight heatwave that happens. lol! I have a navy blue skirt I love and wear very often and it got me thinking I need a suit, matching skirt and jacket. Although I’d wear the jacket more as a ‘coat’. Now I [...]
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I’m not sure if a regency dress counts as ‘Retro’ but wanted to get as many opinions as possible. I’m going ot Jane Austen Festival, Bath this year. And last week I thought I’d put off making the dress long enough. The date had been rushing towards me and I haven’t event thought about the [...]
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So I’m needing a 1940′s impression dress but I wanted it to look as authentic as possible. Taking in the considerations of how rationing in the UK would have affected fabric etc. First problem what type of fabric? I know silk was in short supply so that’s out. Cotton? Rayon? Something else? And then you [...]
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So I’m a thrifty girl at heart when it comes to sewing. Can’t stand waste and will always try to find ways of saving money when sewing. Even if it means cutting corners (like not lining) or changing closures. So I had 2 metres of fab kath kidson-esque 100% cotton fabric. I could see my [...]
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I have 2 metres of retro looking fabric which I can just imagine as a circle skirt but….it’s only 45″ wide. So the pattern peice won’t fit on the fabric. I have an idea which is to fold the pattern peice in half and make it shorter (kneelength) in order for it to fit the [...]
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I want this dress…. Thought I could use Simplicity 3673 and have the top half made from different material (using collar from my new fave pattern) to bottom half to give a similar effect. A cut’n’shut dress of sorts. …..and the hat and I quite like the haircut too…which gets me onto another subject hairstyles and [...]
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I’ve discovered a new fave. Its a vintage pattern Style 2769. I decided to make it up after noticing it looked very similar to a 40′s/50′s pattern I liked the look of…and I’ve found it so easy to make I’m going to make a few more. Discussion here. I’ve earmarked the fabric and even found matching [...]
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Is there a modern pattern that is available that would give this kind of shape blouse? It looks quite similar to the style of top that’s popular now. And I wonder if its as simple as it looks maybe I could try to make my own pattern? Is it just an inverted triangle? [...]
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