Archive for the ‘Vintage’ Category
One of my Christmas presents was an unusual sewing pattern ‘book’ called Mappamodello. It contains patterns for very geometric styles developed by the designer Nanni Strada in the 70s. The dress above is her ‘Arab-Islamic Work Dress’. It’s the only one I’ve made up so far but I suspect there will be more in the […]
Filed under: Dresses, Dressmaking, Fabric, Finished, Mappamodello, Patterns, Sewing, Vintage, Wearability | 9 Comments
Tags: black, dress, Dressmaking, fabric, Mappamodello, seventies, Sewing, vintage
Vintage Butterick 3108
Can there be a more 1970s fabric than orange polyester suede? I found some on a trip to Goldhawk Road a couple of years ago and something possessed me to buy a couple of metres. Whatever plans I had for it then didn’t come to fruition and it’s been sitting in my stash ever since. […]
Filed under: Butterick, Dressmaking, Finished, Sewing, Vintage | 33 Comments
Tags: 1970s, butterick, dress, Dressmaking, orange, Sewing, suede, vintage
This dress fulfils two purposes: it should work for cycling and it uses up some stash fabric. I was getting bored of wearing jeans every other day, but I have very few dresses that are warm enough for winter and can be worn on a bike. This has long sleeves and a high neck so […]
Filed under: Fabric, Finished, McCall's, Sewing, Vintage | 15 Comments
Tags: 1970s, Dressmaking, mcalls, Sewing, vintage
Shocking pink
It seems like a long time since I made this dress. I normally photograph new makes right away, but this one’s been sitting around for a few weeks while I’ve been unwell. Things are getting better now so I have slapped some makeup on and got photos of it at last. The pattern is Simplicity […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Finished, Simplicity, Style, Vintage | 41 Comments
Tags: 1970s, Dressmaking, pink, Sewing, simplicity, vintage
Birmingham blogger meetup
Saturday was such a great day. Marie and Kat organised a sewing blogger meetup in Birmingham. Check out Marie’s blog post for pictures. We shopped, ate noodles, swapped a ton pf patterns and fabric, and then shopped some more. But absolutely the best bit was talking to like-minded sewists all day about fabric, sewing, and […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fabric, Planning, Sewing, Shopping, Vintage | 11 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Patterns, Sewing, Shopping
Another shirt dress
After I made my Death Star shirt dress I found I couldn’t stop at one. They’re so practical for work. This time I used a vintage pattern, Simplicity 6270. I made the view in stripes on the envelope: long sleeves, shirt collar, and worn with a leather belt rather than a self-fabric one. I swear […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Finished, Sewing, Simplicity, Vintage | 25 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, Sewing, shirtdress, simplicity, vintage
I finally finished my wrap dress. It is a copy of a Vivienne Westwood dress I had for many years and wore until it wasn’t fit to be seen. The style is no longer available so the only solution was to make my own version. It has a lovely asymmetric collar detail. The left collar […]
Filed under: Death Star dress, Dressmaking, Finished, Vintage | 10 Comments
Tags: dress, Dressmaking, liberty, Sewing, wrap dress
