Alright, ok, you got me, it’s not retro…but I’m making it retro! I have a little problem with sailor addiction everyone, yes, its true, I’m a nautical freak! I love that 50′s pin up aesthetic, the red and blue, the hats! I mean, who doesn’t want to look like this. I totally do! My attempt [...]
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So, I have another vintage dress in the works but grading up takes a while. In the meantime, I’ve made this winter version of Colette Pattern’s Macaron dress to wear on Christmas Day. The yoke is a plain polyester but the body is a vintage cotton twill found at a cool vintage fabric store off [...]
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A modern pattern, this one, but the effect is definitely vintage style – I hope you agree! I first noticed this pattern when Gertie featured it on her blog, and I bought it when I was in the States over the summer and could get VMB patterns with cheaper postage (it was on sale as [...]
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My Halloween costume this year was The Black Dahlia.”The Black Dahlia” was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short, a woman who was found mutilated and gruesomely murdered in the mid 1940s. Everything is thrifted and cobbled together except for the pencil skirt, which was homemade. More information can be found on my blog.
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HI there new-SewRetro! My name is Bex, and I blog over at Subversive Femme (I also have an Etsy storeof the same name). I normally stick to late 1940s to early 1950s styles, but am starting to explore the late 1930s (pre-WW2) looks. Here’s my interpretation of the slim skirt and cardigan that would have [...]
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OMG! My first pair of pants are done! I couldn’t wait to take a real picture so here is a sneak peek until tomorrow gives me some daylight. I LOVED this pattern. The fit was amazing and I’m a hard person to fit. I used a super drapey semi-stretch mystery clearance fabric from JoAnne. It’s [...]
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I made this summer dress from the re-issued Vogue 2960 which was originally a ’50′s pattern. It seems a pretty popular pattern and this is my take on it. I used a quite thin floral fabric and fully lined it. I made my first ever bound buttonholes and although it went a little wrong I [...]
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The pattern isn’t vintage, but the look and style of these sailor trousers definitely is. Oh yes, and so are the buttons! I’m really happy with the drapey 1940′s feel of them and they’re SO comfortable to wear. To read more about the construction process and see more pics, please hop over to my blog [...]
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As part of my Fall Essentials Sew-Along plan, I sewed two versions of Simplicity 3673, a reissue from an original 1950′s pattern. My first version is made from toasty warm red corduroy – perfect for the frosty Canadian fall and winter. The bodice is lined in a mini black and white houndstooth I had in [...]
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behold, the saga of V8615, the modern-yet-retro piece from recent vogue catalogs. it seems tame, dubbed “very easy” by the wise folks at vogue. and yet, and yet… in cutting the pattern, the fabric is folded on the crosswise grain and then the pieces are cut on the lengthwise grain as per usual. only somehow [...]
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