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  • Catch Up Post: Pink and Gray 1950s Dress

    I was going through my projects from 2020 in order to do my annual yearly sewing roundup, when I realized that had never posted photos of this 1950s dress I made last spring. So this is a catch up post… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Rare Brown: Floral 1950s House Dress

    So, a long while ago I got this cute vintage cotton on eBay. It was a lot of yardage for a good price. When it arrived I wasn't sure I liked it too much after all, so it sat on… 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 1950s Magnolia Dress

    I made this dress back in July and never got photos of it, so it was another one I brought along on our recent Oregon coast vacation in order to take pictures there. It was too windy to take many… Continue reading

  • 1940s Striped Nautical Blouse

    We just came home from a lovely short vacation to the Oregon coast – my first time there! Of course my sister and I had to take advantage of the beautiful location for some photo shoots while we were there,… Continue reading

  • 1940s Summer Suit

    I first used this 1940s pattern as one of my earliest sewing projects years ago. It was a pretty terrible suit since I made it sloppily out of a striped sheet, and cut all sorts of corners. You can imagine… Continue reading

  • 1950s Raspberry Dress

    Last summer I saw an image of this lovely low-volume quilting print from an out of print line by Riley Blake (I think), and had to have some. I tracked down some yardage, and now this summer I made it… Continue reading