Hi everyone! I’m very glad to find a community of like-minded sewists! I’m no stranger to sewing, having been taught as a child from my mother who used to make all our clothing. However I’ve been on a 12 or so year hiatus from garment creation, so I’m trying to wade back in and brush [...]
{ 20 comments }
My younger sister was married at the end of September, and she asked me to be her Matron of Honor. Instead of choosing dresses for her attendants to wear, she sent us a swatch and told us to get as close to that color as we could. Can you imagine how excited I was? I [...]
{ 4 comments }
Why did Blogger decide that picture needed to be sideways? This pattern is from 1978 and it’s a British Simplicity pattern. Strangely although I live in England most of my vintage patterns are American… Anyway, I think this shows that vintage sewing doesn’t always have to be complicated. These were made using 1 pattern piece [...]
{ 1 comment }
After my recent foray into sewing for Mrs Baby detailed here, I decided something had to change: I was actually going to have to measure the baby. This is a huge break from my normal “doesn’t this pattern know who I am?? I don’t need to read the directions, know what the seam allowance is [...]
{ 10 comments }
A little memorial day sewing. I took this handmade (not by me) version of Butterick 4699, elegantly modeled by my husband: …and this 1968 toddler pattern: …to create this unfeasibly large jumper and hat for 8 month old Mrs Baby. Tragically I seem to have miscalculated her size by a factor of three, so she’s [...]
{ 7 comments }
OK, here are the dresses. The older one’s was Simplicity 3329, no date, probably late 1950′s or early 1960′s. There is no reference to in on the internet to link a photo and I am not in a position to photograph it right now. The dress picture is actually copied from facebook from Easter. It [...]
{ 1 comment }
I have more on my blog www.adventuresbabysewing.blogspot.com, but this is a vintage play set pattern. She probably needed a size 1, but we’ll make it work. She was not happy about posing for a photo, but it was naptime, in her defense.
{ 2 comments }
I fell in love with this pattern a few weeks ago at one of our local thrift shops. I have so many pictures of myself as a kid wearing this style of shorts and tanks, typical 80′s kids wear. I knew that I had to make a speedsuit (romper) for Charlotte. This interlock came from [...]
{ 3 comments }
There are so many ultra cute vintage sewing patterns for little girl’s clothing, that it almost seems mean to use one of the few specifically labelled as a boy’s shirt and make it look all girlie. But isn’t this little shirt cute in purple gingham: I used Butterick 422 which is undated but looks to [...]
{ 9 comments }
I found a super cool piece of vintage linen at a thrift shop a few months back. I turned it into a tunic top for my daughter. I used McCall’s 5456 with a modified sleeve. It’s a very easy pattern to complete, and I’m really happy with the results. You can see pics of this [...]
{ 2 comments }
