My mother did when she was 18 years old! I got a call from my Grandmother in England a few weeks ago, telling me she’d found this outfit (it’s actually two pieces, a vest jacket thing and a high waisted skirt), which evidently belonged to my mother when she was younger. It had virtually never [...]
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After listening to the blog world flip out over this trouser pattern, I finally jumped on the bandwagon & made some for myself. You guys – they are TOTALLY deserving of all the fuss! Such a great, simple trouser pattern, with a nearly perfect fit out of the envelope. Consider me in love Mine are [...]
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I made another version of McCall’s 6383 for my husband. This is a groovy pattern from the 70′s I’ve made once before. I used a dark chambray for the the body and a colorful plaid for the under-collar, collar stand, and the inside of the pocket flap. The only pattern changes I made were to [...]
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Fellow sewists, I know you’ll understand when i tell how excited i was when a friend brought by a huge stash of old sewing magazines! It’s not the longed for haul of 50′s and 60′s magazines with all the patterns intact (I know, but one can dream…) but it is about 20 or 30 burda [...]
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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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Just recently finished this dress (getting the bulk of it done over Memorial Day weekend), based on the 1970s Simplicity 7011 pattern. The construction was pretty simple, except for the portions where I altered the border print placement. A great summer dress, I think, and I got compliments on it all day! The pattern works [...]
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I rarely use my 70s dresses but still love the style. The pattern for this dress is from Burda Moden July 1976 and the fabric is a soft polyester with machine embroidery and glued on metal dots bought by my mom in Abu Dhabi. I used the pattern as a base and draped the top [...]
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This dress is from Simplicity 6549 : It’s my second version , you can see the first ici. More details here
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I am not shy about declaring my love for 70′s patterns. It can be a little hit and miss but for every leisure suit there is a dress like this. I snapped this pattern (Simplicity 6979) and fabric up from a big Craigslist score a few months back. While visiting NYC I found a [...]
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I decided it was time to have a day to sew for me. Not for Beauty & the Beast: my latest show, not for Alex Perry; design legend, not for the kids ballet & band uniforms, not for any styling jobs. It was time to use some stash fabric & break out some vintage patterns, [...]
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