Pink Coat
SewingIf you’ve landed here is search of the fuchsia pink coat… please pop over to the Tessuti blog for a write-up & pics. And just try to resist their be-autiful fabrics!
Sewing with Gertie
SewingSewing Diversion: some months back I joined in Gertie’s Sew Retro online course at Craftsy: Perfect Fit Bombshell Dress. I drafted my own 50s-style petal bodice – the lined ‘petals’ turn up or down, depending on your whim…
Sewing Files
Retro Stuff, SewingFor the vintage sewing girls – I made Butterick 2245 as a cocktail dress (see, I’m accessorising like illustrations now!), but the jury is out on kimono sleeves. Sure, they save heaps of time and can look quite lovely as shorty sleeves. But I really like a fitted bodice, and there’s a lot of ease [...]
Deville’s in a Red Dress
Other Stuff, SewingYesterday we dropped in on Deville’s Pad ‘Hot Rods from Hell’. Wow, what an event! There are a bunch of photos of the day on Paul’s site. For the girls: the dress was hot off the (steam) press, hemming finished only minutes before jumping into Paul’s Chevy pickup to hit Deville’s. It’s a combination of [...]
50s Rose Print Dresses
Retro Stuff, SewingThere’s something breathtakingly gorgeous about a 50s rose print dress. Posh Girl Vintage (red and yellow silk dresses above left) has the most beautiful vintage dresses. I dream of walking into a fabric store and finding a gorgeous red rose-print silk like this. Taking a modern spin on the vintage look is top right, a [...]
Sewing Diversion
SewingI’ve been sewing from Vintage patterns lately. This modern Butterick shift dress pattern with a turned boatneck collar worked a treat in fabric purchased from Tessuti – a kinda 60s look (and early Elvis hair). And don’t I match the blue Gordon Andrews’ Rondo chair perfectly? It’s hard to sew when Miss Trixie exercises her [...]
