Catalog Sunday: Lane Bryant, 1936

 

Some new goodies listed in my etsy store!

Hi all!
Hope you all are doing good.
Me? Sewing and pattern making and pulling my hair out. Gotta make that rent, ha!

Just wanted to let you all know I've listed a few new hand made clothing pieces in my etsy shop.
Take a look.
Thanks!

MnM 2013 project: Linen Feedsack Beret

Good morning lovely people!

I have a side note of a personal matter.

This past week Brian sprained his leg (most likely jumping off the bed) and has been a tripod all week. He went to the emergency vet, and he said to give it some time before you take him in. Right now he's on meds. I've scheduled a visit with his regular vet this Monday, so let's hope it's not too serious or too expensive...

Brian with a frozen pea bag compress :)

Projects come together.

Happy Monday one and all. 

Hope you had a lovely weekend. Mine started with a long walk to the pet wash so Brian could get nice and clean with his medicated shampoo. He was stellar by the way.

I didn't do much this weekend.

My morning greeter.

Ever have that feeling? You make a list a mile long in your head to maximize those precious 48 hours only to discover that not much of what you planned got done.

The kind you find in a second hand store.

New Pattern Day Yay!!!

Finally, I have it completed!

My hat repro!

This quartet has stylish hats all different from each other. You know how some hat patterns interchange the same pieces to make up different styles? Not this pattern. It's a great value!

PLUS it's a 30s hat pattern! WHOOOO!

Oh! Oh! AND it's a 23" head! DOOOOD!!!

The pattern is currently in my Etsy store.

Why haven't you bought this pattern yet?

Thanks everyone and have a great Friday!!

Catalog Sunday

This Sunday I have images from one of my 1930s Butterick

(or McCall, no cover) embroidery books.

New Pattern Day Yay!

Well, many have asked and I have answered.

I've remastered the early 1940s beret pattern and made it into a PDF in my etsy store.

The beret is sized for a 23" head with about 1/2" of adjustment either way.

I've also redone the instructions (see below post) so that there is a blow by blow of every detail.

Yes!

You can make this beret in 3 hours.

Give it a try!

Yay sewing!

NVL 1081 Three Hour Beret instructions

Hi everyone! I've just finished the PDF version of my Three Hour Beret. This post is the detailed instructions of the beret. I though this would be easier.

The three hour 40s beret is a five piece cut away beret hat with optional top bow.

Pattern pieces:

-Crown Tip

-Side Crown

-Knot

-Back Strap

-Bow

Materials needed:

32"+ material 1/2 yard

32"+ interlining 1/2 yard

Headband 1" grosgrain ribbon 1 1/4 yard

Lightweight cotton

Cotton batting

This pattern has 1/2" seam allowance. Every mark is important for construction, so before removing the pattern from the material, mark carefully with tracing wheel, tailor's chalk, or thread markings.

If using light-weight fabric, such as jersey or crepe, use a sheet cotton with lawn for backing for interlining. If using a medium-weight fabric such as pique, linen, or fine flannel, use muslin for interlining. If using heavy material, such as milliner's velvet, or heavy wool suiting,

use lawn for interlining.

-Printing out the pieces.

With the pattern, the best way is to print two sheets of the pages with the crown tip

and crown side.

Cut on lines and piece accordingly.

Suggested layout on fabric.

When laying out fabric, also lay interlining over fabric and cut together.

*Special note*

It is suggested to interline the back strap on the fold for stability of the band.

Construction of beret.

Cut out fabric and mark appropriate markings on fabric.

Baste the interlining to the corresponding fabric pieces.

On crown tip, from center of piece, to the back, sew dart to end marking.

Press to one side.

On crown tip, notch in 1/2" at marking.

Using center marking on crown tip, match side crown and pin together.

Sew to notch in crown tip, then pivot and sew until 1/2" of meeting end of piece.

Cut away the pivot fabric.

Notch the sewn line evenly around.

Turn beret right side out and press inside seam.

Take grosgrain ribbon and line it against the inner seam of the side crown

leaving 1/2" extra overlap.

Remember to leave open the marked spaces for the back strap to fit into.

Sew on ribbon and turn under edges.

If you want a bit more leeway with sizing, bring down the ribbon slightly

so the opening of the side crown is larger.

Face the back opening of the beret with grosgrain ribbon.

Miter the corner and sew in place with ribbon on correct side of fabric. Turn under and pin in place. Press flat then hand stitch down. Also, hand stitch down the sides of the crown tip seam allowance where they meet the pivoted seam.

You can cover that section with ribbon if desired. Once had sewing is complete, set aside.

Fold and sew back strap right sides together.

Turn inside out and press flat. Insert strap ends into openings on side crown.

Pin into place.

Match markings on back strap to those on the ends of the crown tip. You may also want to fit this on a bust and adjust as needed. Once placement is to your liking, sew the strap ends in place and hand stitch the back of the strap to the crown tip.

Set hat aside.

Padding.

To give the hat its volume, a roll of padding is needed.

Make a rectangle on the bias 14" long and 6" wide.

Add cotton batting and roll batting to about 1" thick.

Whip stitch together tapering the ends.

Mark center of batting and match center marking to inside of beret.

Tack into place and tun beret right side out.

Smooth padding out for nice shape of beret brim.

Bow.

Fold fabric for bow in half and sew one short side and the length together. Turn bow right side out and press flat. Fold under opening side and hand stitch closed. Using markings, hand baste crosswise on fabric and pull together and knot.

Fold over the markings to touch center mark and baste together.

Set aside.

Knot.

Press matching markings together.

Turn over and fold under seam allowance on longest sides.

Hand sew knot to center of bow.

Hand sew completed bow to square in center of crown tip, or arrange it where you like.

Wear hat and make people jealous.