Pattern: McCall’s 4632 (1989) I created this top using McCall’s 4632 from 1989. Originally the pattern was to be sold in my Etsy shop but that view F in the bottom left hand corner looked attractive. I was thinking of making it in a fabric with more drape but I’m trying to sew out of my [...]
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Above: A lovely doll my mother made when she was learning to sew in the early 1960s. “She’s lost her face and is a little sad-looking but notice the fancy hairstyle and the gathers on the sleeves and bodice. She used to have a petticoat and pantaloons but they are gone now.” How much did [...]
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Been lurking for a while and enjoying seeing everyone’s creations. My daughter gave me this pattern (Butterick 4655), and when I first saw it I had visions of Joan Collins-Dynasty-1985 dancing in my head. Due to the fact that my daughter has an impeccable eye when it comes to the “bones” of clothes, I gave it [...]
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I’m making matching heirloom dresses for my nieces–one is eight months and the other is three years old. When those are done, I’ll probably post about them here, because that particular pattern has been in print for about 30 years! Anyway, the volume of the skirt really needed some poof under it, and a full [...]
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Slashing and spreading a couple of days before Christmas was scary, but I made it and though a little big at the shoulders, it turned out to be exactly what I wanted. A big sweater dress I can put over anything. For Christmas, I paired it with a bright t-shirt, hot pink thighs and green [...]
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Hello All! I recently had a revelation….that I could use vintage fabric to make garments with! I know a stroke of genius. I am slow, but when I finally discover something I get this feeling that I am the first person to every have such a notion (though I am probably the last)….well I got [...]
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Hello Everyone, I am new to Sew Retro but I am super happy to find that so many other people out there share my weird obsession. In fact there are enough of you that I don’t think I can call myself weird anymore, isn’t the internet great? I made the pattern for this dress myself, it [...]
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Hi! So, I was sharing my sewing projects with you all over at “the old” Sew Retro, and now I finally got to re-register at this new site! For those of you who don’t know me yet, let me introduce myself briefly: I’m Ewa, born and living in Sweden, and I have been sewing and [...]
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Okay, my three-year-old niece, Little Bit, insisted on being a, “nice pumpkin, not a scary pumpkin, but with big teeth and fangs” for Halloween this year and that her baby sister, Boo, wanted to be “a pumpkin just like me”. We drew the face together– And then I started looking for patterns. It took [...]
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…the last few weeks. I’ve been completely MIA at my own blog because I was sewing like a mad fiend for the Pattern Review “Sewing For Children” contest. I’ve got three pieces left to make before the end of the month and then I’ll heave a sigh of relief. In the mean time, I’ll share [...]
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