Hi all and happy new year! My resolution this year is to start making my own bras and matching underwear. I have no experience in this type of sewing at all and I am hoping some of you can recommend any patterns and sewing books/guides that you have found useful. I’m a huge 1950′s fan [...]
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Hello! I am Erin and I blog over at Miss Crayola Creepy. I followed a sewalong for this slip and I am happy to say that this was the first sewalong I have successfully completed! It was for the 1940s slip pictured above. I used a red cotton for the top portion and a blue with red polka [...]
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My latest sewing is this 1920′s slip! I drafted a pattern, or well, who am I kidding, I cut two squares in about the right size and then I improvised from there. All the fabrics and notions were already in my stash. There are more pics, text and and some Bessie Smith for soundtrack over [...]
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I have been wanting to try sewing underwear for a while. Last time I bought some cotton ones with stretch lace at the store, the stretch lace ripped on every pair after the first wash. That ticked me off! I knew I could at least do better than that. Well, I have come across several [...]
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Okay ladies and gents! I’ve been wanting to make a garter belt for some time, and I have one I can use as a basic pattern, but running into one *teensy* problem. Where can I find the hardware for these? Hook & eye closure in the back is easy enough to find. I could even [...]
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Hello all, a few weeks ago I posted that I would be starting a vintage lingerie sew-along over on my blog A Few Threads Loose using this vintage pattern reproduction PDF. We have finished with the bra and tap pants and we’ll soon be starting on the matching slip and camisole. You’re all still welcome [...]
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I just had to share my incredible find at a local antique shop – I could not resist taking this amazing silk slip home with me. It has a couple of holes and some staining, but the workmanship is unlike anything I have ever seen. Hand embroidery, tiny French seams, luscious silk – everything about [...]
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Hello vintage friends, I have started wearing real back-seam stockings lately along with a nice stretchy girdle (to conceal any evidence of 3 kids!) equipped with garter clips. How on earth do you get the back seams of the stockings to stay straight? You hardly ever see vintage artwork of women with wiggly lines up [...]
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Hello all, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend.Today we just began the lingerie sew along over on A Few Threads Loose with a bra pattern. I have started with a super easy light weight flannel to take some of the intimidation out of sewing lingerie and we’re using a pdf printable pattern. Everyone is [...]
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This slip is from Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions, in each month of the book there is a magic pattern. We were invited to a Broads and Gangsters birthday party a few weeks ago and I needed to find something to wear. At first I hunted around at the op shops etc but couldn’t find anything. [...]
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