Hello fellow vintage sewing enthusiasts! It’s spring and I am ready for warm weather! I just completed this red polka dot sundress that I definitely will be wearing all summer long (and spring, if it stays warm!). This is made out of stretch cotton broadcloth and is made using Vogue 8812, a Vintage Vogue design [...]
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Hello my fellow vintage sewing enthusiasts! Have you ever had a project that you started and then for some reason put it away for a year? Well, this vintage capelet is one of mine! This capelet is made from Vogue 2934, a Vintage Vogue reproduction pattern. I made this in some vintage black rose embossed velveteen [...]
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Hi there, as this is my first post on WeSewRetro I though I would share one of my favourite coats that I made this past winter. At the start of the Autumn it occurred to me that I needed some staple, comfy, warm winter garments and went out on a couple of trips to the [...]
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Hi fellow sewers!!! I am currently in Year 12 and am studying Textiles & Design. For the HSC, we are required to make an item/s. I absolutely LOVE vintage things, especially fashion/hairstyles/makeup. My grandmothers fabulous dresses in the 1940s/50s/60s have inspired me to make this Vogue dress, a pair of white satin gloves and a [...]
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I was very excited to make this dress. Its ironic that the 1940s is one of my favorite eras and I haven’t successfully made an authentic forties dress before this one. I used vintage vouge 2787. I love the S-shape on the front! That was what originally drew me to this pattern. The pattern was straightforward and [...]
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I’ve been sitting on this pattern for quite a while but I finally found the time to make it! I had some red polyester twill lying around, which was intended for another project, but didn’t work out. So I decided to put it to good use. And here it is: It’s such a lovely, [...]
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Well, our play opens tonight – which means that all of my toiles have been turned into garments, and everything is fit and ready to go! Now I get to play catchup and post some fun things. This dress ended up being my absolute favorite – the combination of the dress design and the fabric [...]
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In this post I shared the toile I made up using Vogue 8767 – a late 30′s jacket and dress combo. The fitting on the actress went beautifully – the only thing I had to do was nip the jacket in at the waist a little bit. Done in a lightweight silk jacquard – [...]
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I promise, at some point, these will actually get made up in the actual fabric. I have five toiles to complete, for two actresses – it makes sense to get them all finished and just do a single fitting, as opposed to bringing the actresses in for multiple fittings. But I AM getting tired of [...]
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I’m sewing five 1930′s dresses for our theatre’s production of ‘Fallen Angels’ next month – this next one is using Vogue 8767, from their ‘Vintage Vogue’ line. From the pattern envelope: The finished product will be done in a beautiful red silk jacquard , with sheer red for the jabot. I can’t [...]
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