Hello again! The one nice thing about making vintage children clothing is that several can be made in the time it would take me to make one dress for myself. That is, until she gets quite a bit bigger Back in December I posted a dropped-waist alteration I had made to this pattern: Simplicity 8714, [...]
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McCalls 8715year was 1967 I fell in love with the illustrations on this envelope long ago – and my own daughter hasn’t even grown into this size yet! But – circumstances came up and I got to use it last night. I made it in the top view for my niece Elizabeth, who lives in [...]
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Simplicity 5169 – 1972 Hi! Rhelynn again. I’ve had my eye out for this pattern in a size 4 for about three months. I decided it probably wasn’t going to happen anytime soon – so I bought it in a size 6, and then went looking for a ‘close enough’ pattern to alter it from. [...]
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I made this charming little coat and hat for my son, Henry. The pattern is McCall’s 6255 from 1962. It was a stunt outfit for pictures, so I skipped all the interesting tailoring instructions included in the pattern. It still took me two years to finish it! (Photo by Jennifer Morrison Photography) Details on my [...]
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I sewed up a Christmas dress for my 8 month old daughter using vintage Simplicity 9128. It came out so pretty, and I am really excited to get photos of her in front of our tree for this year’s Christmas card. All of the trimmings were vintage goodies from my late Grandma’s stash, and the [...]
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Hi! My name is Rhelynn, and this the first time I’ve posted to Sew Retro! I have been sewing most of my life but only began making clothes once my daughter was born. I bought a Singer Advanced when she was five months old, and give it a workout several times a week. All of [...]
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I just completed this outfit for my son for a 1914/15 project that I had worked on last year so that he could join in with the rest of the group at a function held on Friday night. To make this up I chose an Ideal Pattern (by Montgomery Ward & Co which appear to [...]
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Hi I’m Jenny and I blog over at little jenny wren. I am a doll maker and I like to dress my dolls in clothes based on vintage doll clothes patterns from the 1960s such as these below. I also make many of my own clothes and always have. I love knitting and sewing. I [...]
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Because I’m insane, I made this little coat to donate to our church’s coat drive. Usually, I just buy coats from secondhand stores and garage sales, and I have a few of those, too. But I have a few new sewing resolutions, one of which is “Use up my stash” and another of which is [...]
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I have been very slow on the sewing lately, but here’s finally a new garment! I’ve made another sundress for my daughter, using my own tutorial (you can find it here). The dress is made from two straight pieces of fabric, only with a little shaping for the arms. It is gathered with elastic at [...]
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