Recently I joined in the Sew For Victory Sew Along, and although I was a few days late I DID finish! Whew! My pattern was a 1940′s blouse pattern I bought off Etsy. It came to me all the way from the UK, but I had to have it… I fell in love with the [...]
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Stacey from Oregon wrote to me this week asking for some advice and I’m smart enough to know you guys are much smarter than me. Here’s her question: I’m a home sewer and the secretary at my local elementary school would like me to sew her some fabulous 1950s style dresses made out of polished [...]
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I have been given the fabric above. Believe its 60s or 70s (thanks Mrs Bee for that identification). Now it looks like I have about 2 metres and a bit but it seems quite narrow (I’ll measure it properly tonight). I’d like to make something from the era it came from to wear. Can [...]
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Hi all! I’m hoping someone has a miracle cure today. I found some amazing wool pieces at an estate sale. Each piece is big enough for a coat or jacket. That blue one will be a 1941 Vogue swing coat with big round shawl collar. All the fabric in the pictures was $2. I was [...]
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