The “Channeling Joan” Dress
The Facts Fabric: stretchy cotton blend of some sort Pattern: Bodice = McCall’s 4335; Skirt = McCall’s 6423 Year: 1957 & 1962 (respectively) Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: stretchy cotton blend of some sort Pattern: Bodice = McCall’s 4335; Skirt = McCall’s 6423 Year: 1957 & 1962 (respectively) Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Plaid polyester, $.25 Pattern: McCall’s 7121 Notions: zipper, belt buckle $.25 Year: c. 1963 Time to complete: About 3 hours First worn: March [...]
Fabrics: Shamrock linen, poly lining & wool felt Pattern: Vogue 8280 Year: 2007 (!?!) Notions: Scrap of interfacing, 1 zipper, 1 hat frame from [...]
The Facts Fabric: Cotton sateen Pattern: Simplicity 2217 (bodice) and McCall’s 6503 (skirt) Year: Contemporary Notions: Interfacing Time to complete: 6 hours First Worn: For a walk through old town. Wear again? On St. Patty’s [...]
⁃ The Facts Fabric: Georgette and the most fabulous lining fabric off Ebay Pattern: Burda Magazine, pattern no:102 Year: 6/2002 Notions: invisible zip, hook [...]
The Facts- The “Little Green Man” Shirt ⁃ Fabric: Organic Cotton Jersey ⁃ Pattern: KS 3299 ⁃ Year: Contemporary ⁃ Notions: Strips of interfacing [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 yrd of green silk chiffon $16 Pattern: Lisette for Simplicity 2211 Year: 2011 Notions: Nothing but thread Time to complete: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Polyester remnant $4 Pattern: Simplicity 5843 Year: 1983 Notions: Interfacing from stash Time to complete: 2 hours First worn: To church, [...]
The Facts: Fabric: Echino by Kokka ‘Bon Bon’ cotton linen blend. Pattern: 1970s McCall’s 4687 pants with LOTS of alterations. Basically I altered everything. Year: 2012 does [...]
The Facts Fabric: Toulouse-Lautrec print fabric – possibly furnishing fabric. Pattern: Colette Sorbetto (rapidly becoming ‘old faithful’) Year: contemporary Notions: thread and bias [...]
Next week’s theme has us sewing with the brightest of colors. Here’s a little inspiration to get you pumped for a little yellow action. [...]
It’s been ages since I’ve hosted a giveaway on The Sew Weekly! Well, readers, I have a treat for you: as part of the [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to integrate real Fashion (with a capital “F”) by being inspired by runway trends. While the following guide [...]
I started writing in second person narrative because it felt most comfortable to me. I hope it doesn’t come across as domineering, but rather [...]
Here’s a great piece from Vogue about Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime of wardrobe choices. If you’re still trying to figure out what to make [...]
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