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Clastic Peter Pan collar dress – refashion

By Claire Cooper on February 28, 2014

I made this dress from a rather large shift dress. It’s a self drafted bodice with retro styling paired with Gertie’s Pencil skirt from her book.

The fabric is satin backed crepe. It’s a lovely dress to wear and feels silky smooth.

More details over on my blog – ragbagsandgladrags

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Mod Dress in Ponte Knit

By Sew Melodic on November 27, 2013

I decided to copy cat the 1969 vintage look on the envelope of Vogue pattern 7663. The short sleeved dress is loose fitting with a dropped waist and front button banded placket, the skirt is one way pleated all around.

I changed the pattern slightly to accommodate my much loved ponte knit fabric. I achieved this by removing the back neckline darts and stitching down the front button placket

More on the blog: Sew Melodic

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1960s | Dresses | Vintage Sewing

Collars’n’cuffs

By Sewingthe60s on October 27, 2013

How nice it is to finish projects – especially those which are so simple and leave you feeling like an expert!

This sewing project was an aim to get back to the simpleness of sewing and 60s design. A shift dress with contrasting collar and cuffs. No fussy bows or ruffles, just plain, simple and easy.

Something reminiscent of the mid-60s. A simple silhouette which suited many, and which was so different to the dresses of the previous years. A Peter Pan collar to recall the clothing of their childhood and cuffs to balance.

After recent stressful occurrences in my life, doing something so basic is refreshing. Being able to be in control of something and knowing exactly how it will look in the end is awesome!

Especially when sewing with Double knit, oh double knit, how I love thee! Let me count the ways! Its comfy to wear, forgives small mistakes and has a nice amount of stretch. (unlike the now un-trust worthy Lurex…)

However – there cannot be blue sky without rain. Everything was going along swimmingly until the hem where my machine kept skipping stitches, I’m not sure why that was. I changed the needle, checked the tension, re-threaded the machine and yet it still skipped. When I made a test on some cotton fabric it was fine. I’ll most likely unpick the machine stitches and hand-hem it later on.

Why must you forsake me machine!!!

The pattern I used was Butterick 4772 – I drafted the collar and cuffs, though now that I look at it, I should have tried to balance the width of the collar and cuffs a bit better.

The cuffs are fairly simple, though I didn’t put them on the way I should have. Why not you might ask, well it may be because I’d had a few wines before leaving work that day….

Here’s a tip – sewing while drunk/tipsy is not a good idea. It makes you lazy

They look okay though!

I’m going to have many a fun times wearing this dress I think. Sensible enough for work and dressy enough for a night out.

Cat xo

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