It may be hard to see in this semi-fuzzy picture, but there are little tabs here at the neckline. I am such a sucker for little tabs, which I think I have actually attached only once. I think this would be cute attached up in a silk print, because of the drapey neckline and the …
I made a widget over on Widgetbox months ago, however since this blog is older than dirt as well as I never upgraded to the blog writer “Layouts” function instead of the routine ol’ “Templates”, fretting that doing the conversion would eat up a Saturday much better spent sewing, I have not told you about …
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So, just as things begin counting on autumn (here in the northern Hemisphere, at least) I always discover one piece of summertime material that I just have to have: This stuff reminds me of those tubes of frozen colored sugar water that every youngster under the age of eight loves. Otter Pops? Anyway, there it …
The Amazon product links in this post are affiliate links. If you click on these links and purchase something, I will earn a small commission. I’ve been sewing on treadle sewing machines a lot of of my life, and I really don’t take pleasure in sewing on electric machines, so when I first saw the …
A long time ago I posted about this pattern, McCalls 5147: And now Toi has found it all made up, available for sale on Etsy ($40, B36, click on the image to check out the listing): I love it when I find handmade vintage for which I can identify the source pattern — it’s like …
Hélose sent me a link to this eBay auction — the picture is not of the best, but really, do you need to know any a lot more than “1950’s crossword-themed dress?” before you start mousing around for the “Bid” button? It’s 36-26(ulp)-39, and the bidding ideal now is about $25. As you know, I …
Lisa sent me the link to this eBay auction, ending Saturday. Go ahead as well as click through, you truly owe it to yourself to look at this dress. It’s listed by quick Eddie’s vintage Rags (Their motto: vintage for Your inner Delinquent) and, at time of this writing, was at a buy It now …
I had really high hopes for this Heidi: I love the pink and red and gray colorway: I kind of bailed on trying to match the stripes, considering that I think it’s impossible to match stripes and gathers: Pockets, lined in batiste: Side zip: The whole dress is lined in batiste, actually: I’m not sure …
I still can’t seem to stop with simplicity 1577. I made this a while back: It’s from a few of the material I gotten on my last trip to Japan. It’s a very, extremely fine-wale plaid corduroy, nearly a velveteen. Sorry for the dark pictures — dark dress, dark room: Matched plaids on the …