I planned to make this my last vintage make for 2014 but I am flirting with the idea of one more. Anyway, this one has been on the table for more than a couple of weeks, which is a long time for me, although I have been away. The pattern is Vogue 6919 which is from […]
Read moreDiane von Furstenberg dress and a blog hop
This is probably my penultimate vintage make for this year. It is the 40th anniversary of this iconic wrap dress, although the pattern (Vogue 1549) was released in 1976, so I thought it was a fitting make. I have never successfully bought or made a wrap dress, but have often wondered about this one as the common […]
Read moreIt’s a wrap!
*Sorry, you are going to get this post again as something went awry and my text got cut off. This skirt pattern has been in my stash for a long time and I don’t know why I haven’t made it before. It is from 1977 and therefore falls into the “vintage sewing pattern pledge” category. […]
Read moreRecycled Vogue 1247
My friend Thelma gave me this lovely camel coloured stretch fabric when she made her donation to my stash last year. I saw it as a coat and made it into this vintage jacket. Unfortunately it was a disaster! It was too stiff. I unpicked the whole thing and tucked it away. Then Repurpose, Reuse and […]
Read more1960s wrap dress
Well, to be precise, it’s a three armhole wrap dress made from a 1960s pattern that I bought at Circa Vintage – Butterick 4699. The pattern that I bought was quite small so I had to grade it up. I made a muslin (gasp!) from an old bedsheet to check my sizing, and although […]
Read moreA fadist’s guide to Stockholm #2: knitting wool
My last post was about fabric stores in Stockholm, and now a post for the knitters who are looking for good yarn stores in Stockholm. This mission was much tougher than the fabric mission, for some reason. I found lots of bits of wool in various fabric stores and also in Åhlens department store, but it was disappointing […]
Read moreScuba skirt
When my eldest sister was visiting me from the UK she bought me this piece of scuba fabric, and I even managed to make it up. I used the same pattern that I used for my vintage skirt, Style 4232, and because of the drapey nature of the fabric, the look is quite different. I […]
Read moreBlack and grey rugby
Well, we are in Stockholm and I made this rugby top for Mark literally at the last minute before we left – I actually thought I would be sewing the buttons on when we got here, but I managed to finish it 10 minutes before the car came to take us to the airport. Here […]
Read moreEdelweiss belt
When I was cleaning up my mother’s possessions after she went into the home, I found this belt. It belonged to my eldest sister, Gill, who received it as a gift from a boyfriend, 54 years ago. The belt was bought in Austria when said boyfriend went there with his family. I have to say […]
Read moreYet another vintage shirt
…with advance apologies for the grainy photos, but I was on my way to the airport and it was pitch dark. This is the Knitwit 3600 shirt pattern with a collar modification from the last time, so it’s not quite as ’70s – luckily I’m not a purist! Instead of using a knit, I […]
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