Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since I posted something, but it’s always crazy to find time to take pictures of the things I make with school and work. Anyways, I wanted to share a dress that I made about a year ago and never got around to posting it. I used DuBarry’s 2154B from the [...]
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Hi all! I’m finally finished with my semester at school, so I celebrated by sewing myself a dress. I decided to go with a maternity pattern because I wanted something empire waisted. I chose to make the dress in the middle of the picture. (McCall’s 6576 C. 1962) I needed to resize the pattern since [...]
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Hello! Recently I decided to make something a little more modern than what I usually make. I made McCall’s 2922 from 1971. I used a feather printed stretch knit that I found at my local thrift store; and that’s where I made the first mistake. It was a nightmare trying to sew the elastic on [...]
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This skirt I made from one of the patterns that my boyfriend gave me for Christmas. I used a chambray from my stash. This honestly was one of the easiest and quickest things to accomplish! I’m planning on making this again in a black. (: throughthealleyy.blogspot.com
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Hello! Here is another one of my most recent projects. I made Simplicity’s 5209 from 1964. I used a vintage plaid wool I had in my stash. This was my first time matching plaids, but I feel like I did a pretty good job! You just have to stay focused and keep looking back to [...]
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Hello! I just wanted to share one of my most recent projects, Simplicity 4930 from the early 60′s. I purchased this pattern at an estate sale quite some time ago and just fell in love with the open back scoop. Source I ended up using this fabric that I came across at a thrift store [...]
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Hi! This is a dress that I actually made in May or June, I had just forgotten to post pictures. I used Simplicity’s 4475 from the early 60′s. This was a super quick dress to make and only took me a Saturday. I used this salmon pink polyester from the 60′s that I had in [...]
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Hello everyone! I wanted to share my most recent project, a little girl’s romper/skort from the late 60′s. I used Simplicity’s 8221 from 1969. The pattern was really easy so I whipped it up in flash! However, I did take a couple days to sew the rick rack trimming; it likes to keep fraying /: [...]
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Hello! My oh my, it’s been quite some time since I posted on Sew Retro! I thought I’d share my most recent creation. I had to create a product for my basic color theory class that was inspired by a song and represented a complementary color scheme. My song of choice was Hawaiian Couple by [...]
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Hello! I just wanted to share my most recent sewing project. I used Simplicity’s 6459 from 1966. I made the dress in vintage teal and black polka dotted linen that I got at an estate sale awhile back. Source The dress only took me about 4 hours and I absolutely loved the outcome! For more [...]
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