1940s
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Strawberry Time: 1940s Novelty Apron in Poppie Cotton’s Promise Me Fabric
It may not be strawberry season at the moment, but it's always strawberry FABRIC season! Today's my day on the Poppie Cotton Promise Me blog tour, and I picked just my favorite print to showcase with a fun 1940s… Continue reading
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1940s Novelty Bow Cocktail Dress
I'm finally catching up and documenting the last of my holiday sewing! We had a Christmas party to go to in December, so clearly I needed to make a new cocktail dress, and the repro fabric I had recently purchased… Continue reading
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1940s Christmas Aprons
When I was doing my Christmas baking this year, I realized I have ZERO Christmas aprons, and something had to be done about that! Some time ago I saw an Instagram friend wearing an adorable apron. I asked her what… Continue reading
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Two Little Bunny Dresses
I finished another coordinating dress set for my two little girls last week. I had intended to do these for Easter (because bunnies!), but when the last set of dresses turned out so cute, I ended up using those instead.… Continue reading
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Colorblock 1940s Maternity House Dress
According to my blog history, I have made this pattern now 5 times – twice as a robe, three times as a house dress. But by now one of them has worn out, so I mainly wear this one a… Continue reading
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2022 Dressmaking Recap
Now that all my 2022 projects have been blogged about, it's time to do my yearly round-up of the garments I made this past year. I like to do this each year to see everything in one place, and evaluate… Continue reading
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1940s Christmas House Dress
I went very bright and bold for Christmas this year with a length of vintage novelty fabric that I scored on Facebook Marketplace earlier this year. I quickly decided what I would do with it, and laid it away until… Continue reading
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1940s Pink Princess Dress
I squeezed in another warm-weather sewing project in October before the weather suddenly turned cold. We are currently buried under early snow, so these pictures look quite outdated at the moment! I had a 1940s mail order pattern for… Continue reading
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1940s Brown Floral 2 Piece
Fallish fabrics are finding their way to the top of my sewing queue these days. Such was the case with this pretty floral, another color way of my favorite Lori Holt print from her recent Cook Book fabric line (you… Continue reading
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1940s Brown Print Dress with Lori Holt Fabric
While vacationing back east this spring, I got a cute 1940s pattern at an antique mall. Luckily it was complete. I ended up pairing it with my second favorite of the new Lori Holt prints (fabric is from Cook Book… Continue reading
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