Good morning and wonderful Sunday, everyone. This Sunday I have stylish British patterns from a late 1930s pattern booklet. Enjoy.
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Lingerie
I was so inspired by this 1930′s strapless bra from the Victoria & Albert museum that I decided I needed to make something similar, but with straps. This is what I came up with. It has similar lines to the 1930′s era bra, but is less structured. It is fully lined, but does not have [...]
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A royal blue figure-hugging V-neck Joan dress with cuffs? And a bow? Oh, yes, please. Are you as excited by Julia Bobbin’s Mad Men Challenge as I am? A Joanie dress has been on my epic to-sew list for EONS now. I actually missed the entire last season of the show (I blame my awesome [...]
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I do, now! What with the Seamless pledge and all, I’ve been trying to make everything in my wardrobe, from the inside out, so I figured it was time to tackle underpants. I drafted them up from Natalie Bray’s More Dress Pattern Designing, which calls them “pilch knickers”–I’m not sure why. These days, [...]
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Ladies, I present the Ooh la la Pin-Up Sew-Along: Fellow blogger and lingerie expert Sarah from Ohhh Lulu is joining me over at A Few Threads Loose in this delicate endeavor. We’ll be sewing two lingerie patterns, first a 1950′s French Corset and Garter Belt pattern (so much easier than it sounds!) followed by a [...]
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I might be doing some light corsetry? Maybe? I’ve been wanting to make my own bras for a while, but none of my research was really inspiring me (underwires, yuck). When I saw this post on Wearing History (through this blog I believe!), I thought: wait a second. Why not take some cues [...]
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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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Hello, I’m Heather and I’ve been reading this lovely page for a while…and well I’m just getting into some of my first vintage sewing adventures which I will post soon! Currently I have a picture in my head of a pattern I saw a few months ago that I want to make, and sadly [...]
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I had a revelation this summer. Where do all my panties go? They are worse than socks for going missing in the wash! Me being me, I, of course, went straight to the internet to hunt up some cute vintage pantie patterns. I was thrilled when I found this 1970 Sew Lovely bikini pattern. I [...]
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I made this warm and cozy robe out of Simplicity 3712, from 1961, to lounge around in style. Red sweatshirt fabric makes it easy to curl up in, and details like the satin stitch embroidered “E” make it fun to wear. More on my blog: http://erikamadeit.blogspot.com/2012/01/vintage-robe-simplicity-3712.html
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