My “Bring on Summer” dress
The Facts Fabric: Turquoise, green and periwinkle print from stash, cotton/poly lining Pattern: McCalls 9338 Year: 1998 Notions: 1 zipper from stash Time [...]
Loran is a Bay Area designer, stitcher and suburban farm girl. Having done theater for years she's finally taking on her most demanding client (herself!) and fashioning a wardrobe from her huge stock of vintage patterns and fabrics, all while writing her daily tablesetting blog. Let's see if she can keep up with both : )
The Facts Fabric: Turquoise, green and periwinkle print from stash, cotton/poly lining Pattern: McCalls 9338 Year: 1998 Notions: 1 zipper from stash Time [...]
The Facts Fabric: Vintage black and white marlin-printed cotton from stash Pattern: Vogue 8812 Year: 1940 Notions: 1 red zipper Time to complete: 3 [...]
Fabric: Green linen for Mary skirt, white w/green and blue print for Mary shirt, Purple/pink printed poly plaid for Rhoda dress from stash [...]
Fabric: Purple Italian Sueded silk from stash, wool felt for hat Patterns: Hollywood Pattern 1274 for dress, Vogue 7464 for hat Year: 1940′s for [...]
The Facts Fabric: Leopard printed polyester for blouse, black gabardine for pants Pattern: New York pattern # 1779 for shirt, Simplicity 3688 for pants [...]
The Facts Fabric:Stretch Denim, red and white polka dot fabric from stash Pattern: New York pattern # 1779 for shirt, Folkwear # 250 Hollywood [...]
The Facts Fabric: Three pieces from quilting stash, two of them very VIP! Pattern: New York pattern # 1779 for shirt, skirt self drafted [...]
The Facts Fabric: 4 yards linen, 2 1/2 yards from stash, had to purchase 1 1/2 more yards to make sure I had enough [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards 16 inches of vintage 70′s Qiana from Mena’s fabric swap earlier this year, cotton/poly lining from stash Pattern: Simplicity [...]
Fabric: The most amazing piece of pre-printed vintage fabric (almost) ever! Pattern: None Year: Most likely mid to late 50′s Notions: 1 zipper, I [...]
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 [...]
Tempest over at Fanbloomingtastic wrote a neat little piece on the ’10 Things Learned’ whilst participating in the Sew Weekly Challenges. Seeing as that reflection is key to [...]
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