Posts tagged 1940's
Simple Sewing - Sewing a 1940's Dress Using Vintage Silk and a Vintage Pattern

For me, the seasons are measured by the school year. It’s been that way since I started teaching children how to sew about 15 years ago and when my daughter started preschool. So this season, while technically (and temperature wise) Summer, is really the beginning of Autumn. It’s back-to-school for all the kiddos and back to normalcy for my schedule.

That being said, you might imagine that my time for sewing has been a little bit too little lately, so my next couple of blog posts will be a little brief. I’ve been enjoying sewing for the sake of sewing and for getting to wear something new.

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Sewing a 1940's Tropical Dress using a Vintage Butterick Pattern

A little over a month ago the Alameda Vintage Fashion Faire started posting information about their upcoming event running from March 20-22 at Michaan’s Auctions. The theme this time is “Tropicanaversary, Celebrating 10 years”. What a fun theme and so many era’s to choose from, when deciding one’s outfit for such an event, and to enter the contest on Friday. The Sewing Room is giving a way a $50 certificate to one of the lucky winners.

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Sewing My Gatsby Prototype - Using a Vintage Dress as my muslin....

After all your wonderful suggestions, I did end up choosing Ladies 1931 Dress from Vintage Pattern Lending Library for my Gatsby Dress.  I just can't seem to get enough of those VPLL patterns!  More on THAT later.  Here is the story of how I came to use a Vintage 1940's dress for my "muslin" prototype....

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