1930s
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Mother & Daughter Duo in Spring Pastels
You may remember the lovely pastel fabric line Rose & Violet's Garden from Riley Blake Designs that I posted about a while back. I featured it in a quilted dresser scarf. But I had to get some of my favorite… Continue reading
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1930s Easter Dress for 2021
Easter sneaked up on me this year, so I didn't have time to make an elaborate Easter dress. When I realized Easter was just next week, I quickly looked through my immediate to-do list to see if I could make… Continue reading
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1930s Draped Rayon Blouse
Ever since making my red Christmas dress, I have been wary of trying to sew with rayon challis again. That one was so difficult to work with. But I had the opportunity of trying out Riley Blake Design's rayon challis,… Continue reading
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Sister Coordinates – & My Blue 1930s Daisy Dress
My first completed make of the year! One of the lovely things that made my last few weeks so pleasantly busy was the arrival of some beautiful fabric from Riley Blake Designs, which was sent to me to feature as… Continue reading
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2020 Sewing Roundup
As always, I like to do a little roundup and recap of my sewing adventures at the end of the year before I start documenting the next year's projects. I like seeing them in one place so I can see… Continue reading
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Last Rose of Autumn – 1930s Dress
We have just one thrift store in our rural area, but it is such a good one and has such good prices. I regularly find all sorts of amazing vintage things there (not to mention children's clothing for 25 cents… Continue reading
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Bluebird Blue 1930s Housedress
A little while ago I found a vintage pattern on eBay that I was so happy to get. It was very similar to another pattern I've owned for a while, but have not been able to make because it doesn't… Continue reading
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Vibrant 1930s Colorblock Dress
Taking a short break from vacation outfit pictures to show you this fun dress I made back in July, and took me ages to get pictures of. It had quite a long evolution too. I got the retro blue… Continue reading
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1930s Satin Slip Trial
Hi all! I have a few more outfits photographed, but this week I'm interrupting my original plans in order to show you my most recent project – my very first fancy slip in all my years of sewing garments. … Continue reading
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Versatile: A 1930s Set in Green
I had this combo on my sewing list for a while, and a few months ago I made it happen. I realized I couldn't keep cutting into this forest green cotton pique for contrast on things like last year's Easter… Continue reading
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