1940s

  • 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

    1940s Brown Floral 2 Piece
  • 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

    1940s Brown Print Dress with Lori Holt Fabric
  • 1940s Pinafore Duo with Poppie Cotton

      I'm a sucker for strawberry prints, so when I got the chance to work with this new fabric from Poppie Cotton, of course I chose to sew with the strawberries to make a 1940s style coordinating pinafore set with… Continue reading

    1940s Pinafore Duo with Poppie Cotton
  • 1940s Aqua Floral House Dress with Lori Holt Fabric

    Sometimes when fabric companies do their 1930s style fabric lines, it feels more "inspired" than authentic to me. But here's a print that's a real winner! Probably my favorite Lori Holt print ever, I really got excited over this one.… Continue reading

    1940s Aqua Floral House Dress with Lori Holt Fabric
  • 2021 Vintage Sewing Recap

    Time for a quick look back at my past year of sewing vintage fashion! I always like to see all my makes for a year in one place. This year held a few months of no outfit sewing at all,… Continue reading

    2021 Vintage Sewing Recap
  • Baby Sailor Dress

    This dress has been long on my list and I realized that with summer coming to a close, I needed to hurry up and make it! So I cut it out Wednesday and put the bodice together, finished it yesterday,… Continue reading

  • Winterland 1940s Dress

    It must be time for Christmas in July! Riley Blake Designs has some new holiday fabric collections out, and I knew I wanted to be part of the Winterland fabric tour even if it meant sewing with wintry fabric in… Continue reading

  • 1940s Floral Apron – Vintage Does Modern

    I've wanted to make this pretty scalloped half apron from a vintage 1940s pattern for a while. A few prints from the lovely Rocky Mountain Wild collection by Riley Blake Designs were a fun choice to give it a slightly… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Green Early ’40s House Dress

    I liked this fabric so much I ended up accumulating 3 different dress lengths of it. I used one of the three for this fun early 1940s dress.   The pattern was a recent addition. I'm always looking for button… Continue reading