1950s
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1950s Blue Color Block Dress
I know it’s out of season for a floral cotton dress, but I just couldn’t get this one sewn earlier when I wanted to…and then once finished it sat for a while before I could get photos. So here is… Continue reading
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1950s Scalloped Dress, and a Ruffled Zipper Bag Pattern
This week I can show you the things I made using some new fabric from Poppie Cotton called Kissin’ in the Moonlight. It has some pretty pastels but also a soft autumn feel, which is perfect for this time of… Continue reading
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1950s Patriotic Floral 2 pc
I’ve had this outfit planned for at least a year! I never got around to making it last summer, but this year I finally got it done. The floral is from the Thimbleblossoms fabric line called Dwell, which released a… Continue reading
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3 Piece Floral Mix & Match
Berry and Sage by Lori Holt is one of my favorite new recent collections. I love it so much that I’ve already made a quilt top in it, and have plans to join the sew along for the Strawberry Crush… Continue reading
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1950s Blue Flower Cameo Blouse
I made this a few months ago for the Matilda blog tour for Poppie Cotton, but didn’t get photos of it until recently. This was my favorite print and I think it looks like floral cameos! I picked Butterick 6191,… Continue reading
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Raspberry Toile Easter Dress
I didn’t intend to post two similar dresses in a row, but here we are! For my Easter dress this year I used a small bolt of beautiful red and cream floral toile that I got on sale a while… Continue reading
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1950s Wintry Print Dress
We had very little winter this year. Seriously. The meadowlarks didn’t even bother to migrate. 🙂 I kept waiting for some snow to take photos of my snow-print dress, but finally gave up and did indoor photos instead. So here… Continue reading
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Rose Trellis Skirt
I stitched this the beginning of December to wear to our local Christmas concert, but I also wore it again on Christmas Eve to our special candlelit church service, which is when I had a few minutes to grab photos.… Continue reading
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1950s Thanksgiving Dress
I’ve intended to make a 1950s dress with this blue leaf print for over a year, and it finally happened! This was the 2nd of the 2 fall dresses I sewed in November, and was the one I wore for… Continue reading
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Late 1950s Fall Fashion in Blue
I managed to speed sew two more autumnal dresses quickly before it’s time to switch to Christmas sewing. Here is the first one: it uses some lovely Lori Holt fabric from an older line, courtesy of The Timely Tailor –… Continue reading
