Yesterday I post View A of this pattern here, and despite its currently wrinkled appearance, I had to make view C with its fitted bodice and fuller skirt. For those of you who commented on it, I do have an iron, just no place to use it, but I will have an ironing board on [...]
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Simplicity 3673 is a pattern I picked up because of its retro styling. I loved the idea of a jumper, but decided to just wear it as a dress once I finished it. This was one of the easiest patterns I have ever sewn, and I am beyond pleased with how it turned out- it [...]
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I am so excited to finally be able to share my Sew For Victory outfit with you all. I finished this outfit at the start of last week but every time Corey was home to take pictures for me the rain would come back. But finally here we are. When this sew-a-long first popped up [...]
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“You’re making a what?” my sewing group giggled. “It’s a 1950s wiggle dress.” I repeated. “Because back then they made them so tight certain things wiggled when you walked.” I said with a suggestive shake. Sorry for the lack of wiggling. I’m still learning how to take better pictures of my wearable projects. This pattern [...]
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I named this past year’s Christmas dresses after the Johnny Cash song because they’re frankenpatterned from three vintage patterns each. The collar and cuffs are done with Victorian fagoting stitching, the pinafores are thirties for the bigger one and forties for the smaller one, the bodice and skirts and collars are fifties dresses, and the [...]
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Grace has been asking for an “apron dress” since last August. I’m not certain this was what she had in mind, but I loved the idea of two dresses for the price of one, and since her track record for actually wearing pinafore dresses is dismal, I thought it would be a good idea to [...]
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I posted the sunsuits I made from this pattern a while back. It’s been too long since I made a new vintage style, but this week I finally put together this little pinafore dress. I love the little cap sleeves. It took me quite a few tries to figure out how to bind the edges. [...]
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Yesterday I finished up this quick and easy pinafore for the little one. The pattern comes from a 1954 issue of Pins and Needles magazine, and I used a polycotton woven check fabric. The pattern uses a contrast fabric for the upper skirt and bib sections, but I chose to cut these on the bias [...]
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I made this a couple days ago as a birthday present for a little girl in my son’s class and it’s from fabulous 1952. the only things I changed was to bag line the apron instead of using like 7 yards of bias binding and I added a button tab instead of neck ties. The [...]
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Hello, all! It’s been a few months since I’ve posted here; If you read my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been battling the most evil poison ivy known to man, and I haven’t been able to do much else! I’ve gotten it mostly under control now, so hopefully I will be able start posting more [...]
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