I have been wanting to at least try to make Advance 6993 ever since I picked up the pattern at a local antiques mall. However, the pattern calls for something like 6 and 1/8 yards of fabric for the simpler version, which had rather put me off from making it. But… Joann’s had a sale on their [...]
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This little 1950s gem was in an eBay lot I purchased last summer. It has the name of the owner (Barbara Gilliam – Homeroom 111) written on every piece – the envelope, instructions, and every single pattern piece. She even did the hard work for me and identified each piece (front, back, etc.)! This pattern [...]
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This post is all the behind-the-scenes details of my latest me-made project, which I recently featured in an outfit post ~ My Fall Fancies Dress. I started this dress in February with an vintage Advance 9785 shirtwaist dress pattern I got off Etsy and some vintage thrifted cotton. I think the Advance is late 1950s [...]
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Start with one vintage pattern ~ Advance 9785. Add a dash of floral fabric ~ And one excited me… And you have my next dress project in the wings! It wasn’t long after finishing my last dress{The On My Way Dress} that I began to wish I had another project to do. Then I was [...]
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I didn’t wait until the very last minute, I promise. I actually finished these a few weeks ago but am a very lax blogger! My girls and I of course needed new holiday dresses – they have grown, and I have acquired a crinoline petticoat. I had gobs and gobs of Sheri Berry 12 Joys [...]
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