Hello Happy Sewers! I’m here today with my Chardon skirt, a contemporary pattern, made using vintage fabric and trim. I estimate both the fabric and the trim to date from the late 1960′s/early 1970′s. This was my first experiment with attaching a trimmed border to fabric. I stitched inside the perimeter of the bottom and used [...]
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Hello, there! Spring has finally arrived in Chicago, and in the knick of time! I made this outfit to commemorate the first day of my very first Me-Made-May. This outfit hits on three decades. The blouse pattern comes from the 50′s, the blouse fabric is from the 60′s, and the skirt pattern is from the [...]
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Spring was kind enough to show its face on Sunday afternoon. And, I managed to get my Mad Men SAL dress finished in time to take advantage of the sunshine and warmth. I don’t particularly need an excuse to sew a 50′s themed dress, but a themed SAL is a nice motivator. As always, more information and [...]
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This is my supplemental project for the Sew for Victory SAL. In contrast to the blouse I sewed, this dress is frivolous and fun and makes me feel fancy. As usual, there are more pictures and information posted up on my blog.
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I took advantage of the daylight on Sunday and photographed my first Sew for Victory project. I’m a huge fan of 1940′s blouse patterns. I think they represent a great period in the development of design in women’s separates. Many 1940′s blouses combine elements of hard/soft and masculine/feminine. While this pattern was designed seven decades [...]
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Hello! I’m currently working to get my supplies and materials organized. Most recently, I tackled my fabric stash. I have some pieces of vintage fabric I’d LOVE to know more about. I thought your collective knowledge might be the best way to get some direction, information and answers. .These fabrics are all marked, Peter Pan Fabrics, [...]
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This 1975 Simplicity pattern boasts the headline “SUPER SIMPLE” on its exterior. And, boy, oh, boy, did they deliver. The only difficult element in this pattern is distinguishing the front from the back. Ciao, Michelle.
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The pattern for my third vacation dress was printed in 1980 (I’m not sure what the bench-marker is for vintage…I consider anything that pre-dates me as vintage, for now). It’s quite possibly the easiest dress pattern I’ve ever worked with. There are only two main pattern pieces to this dress (plus POCKETS!) I’ve got more photos and [...]
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The second dress I sewed as part of my vacation wardrobe is from the 1970′s pattern, Butterick 6655; the epitome of easy. Easy to make. Easy to wear. This dress served well. You can come see more photos of my second dress here and, if you missed it, the first one here. Two down. Three to [...]
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I’ve only been back to reality a few days, and already my tan has faded and I’ve had to trudge through the snow. Vacation over. But, I won’t let that stop me from showing you the dresses I made to take with me. (You can preview all five of them here.) I hope to share [...]
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