Today I finished my 70s Boudoir Dress. I decided to name the dress after the fabric which it’s made of. I was really glad with how the dress turned out and was eager to take pictures of it. When I finished the dress this morning I tried it on and then the worst thing happened (well [...]
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This is my most recent project. Straight out of 1975 a safari style leisure suit. The pattern is Simplicity 6887, and it’s easily found on Etsy and Ebay. Was it really popular, or was it a dud. Who knows? My goal was to bring it into the present. I know some people may [...]
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Yesterday for Mother’s Day, my sweetie pie husband gave me the day off. He cooked all of our meals and cleaned up too, and I was free to get some good sewing time in. I made a dress for the baby in a cute little retro print synthetic knit I found thrifting for a quarter. For [...]
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High Waisted Denim Love by m1khaela featuring highwaisted jeans “But you don’t want to wear MOM jeans, do you?” Said my mom, to me, after a frustrating hour-long jeans try-on-a-thon at our local Old Navy. I had just rejected yet another pair of “classic-rise” jeans that weren’t even making a serious attempt at approaching my [...]
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Mary Tyler Moore was the 70′s girl to me. This style is definitely something she would have worn in the office working for Mr Grant, sitting next to Murray and listening to Ted rant on about himself. I bought the fabric from Pitt Trading. They sell pre-loved fabric stashes so I’d like to think this [...]
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Here it is! My first contribution to WeSewRetro! I made this little shirt for my niece and I also entered it in our county fair. I found the pattern at a church sale for a dime and I got the cute zebra fabric at an estate sale. The machine embroidery patterns I got free on-line. I had [...]
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I recently started using vintage patterns and this dress was the first part of my vintage journey. Simplicity 4859 style would be a cool addition to any summer wardrobe. This 1974 pattern was one my big sister left me years ago when she gave up sewing.
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Hello again We Sew Retro readers! Hope you’ve all had a lovely Easter & have eaten as much chocolate as I have! Today I have not one, but two dresses to show you. The first being a Mad Men inspired dress from Butterick 9973 (Undated) in some vintage plaid rayon. This dress was inspired by [...]
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As part of the sewing pattern review contest I sewed Style 2516. Dug out of the cupboard it was a little ripped and torn in places. But being very careful managed to cut out the pieces. I think I may have to trace off the pattern on something more sturdy. As its been a really [...]
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Hi Everyone! I’ve been a long-time reader and even contributed a couple posts many years ago. My sewing took a hiatus but my pattern collecting did not and now that I have a little girl I’ve been sewing more for her. My latest creation for Muffin is Patterns Pacifica 7008 from the 1970s. [...]
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