These are some matching Easter shirts I made for my boys. Both are made from vintage 40s/50s patterns and will work for my Sew For Victory entries. (I’m hoping to sew up some more 40s patterns before the April 30th deadline.) They were so easy to sew up and I already have plans for a [...]
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Sewing while on holiday? Not a feet-up do nothing at a beach resort holiday but a visit to my Mum- without husband and offspring, where the weather was warm and sunny and and I wasn’t working … so definitely still a holiday! While still home in the UK I’d bought and had some patterns delivered [...]
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This blouse turned out even better than I anticipated. It’s a great pattern paying homage to 1942. My inspiration came from an Advance Pattern swatch book. Please check out my blog for more details.
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I sewed this dress as a muslin for the Hollywood Sewalong challenge. This seasons movie theme is The Notebook. I love the pleats and shirtdress style! It’s actually my first successful women’s clothing garment in a decade. I mostly sew for kids. So I’m proud of it even though there’s plenty of room for improvement. [...]
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Many thanks to everyone who gave advice for finishing this dress. I took off all the ruffles, took it in at the waist, shortened the sleeves, and hemmed it to hit right at the knee. I would have liked a navy belt to go with it, but I don’t have a navy belt buckle [...]
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This robe was made using a pattern I drafted myself. However, I still think it has a place here because a shape like this, ankle length and flared, is something I see all the time in ladies’ and sewing magazines from the late 1940′s and 1950′s. And those can have any kind of sleeve, set-in, [...]
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I’m at the final stretch of finishing this dress, but am having second thoughts about it. I did the pink view, but used navy fabric as a contrasting ruffle – thought the flowers to be too much. Now the dress fits nicely, but I’m getting the feeling it’s more like a fancy old-lady potato [...]
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I’ve always loved the round retro cushion, but I just couldn’t justify the expense of buying one – cushions are serious investments these days! So, I decided to make one and show you guys just how easy it is to make your own as well! You can find the full tutorial on my blog. The bulk [...]
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This project took what felt like forever and were in fact three years. In autumn and early winter I never had time to finish it and after christmas motivation was gone because I so longed for spring. It was one of the first vintage pattern I ever bought and I had no experience in sewing [...]
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I made this beret as a part of The Historical Sew Fortnightly 2014 and this is the first challenge I have completed. It is a wool beret in pink/rust tartan and the pattern is The Three Hour Beret, a reproduction pattern from New Vintage Lady, dating from the early 1940’s. I have wanted to do this beret for [...]
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