Playclothes repair showcase!!

Hello everyone.

As I get back into sewing more, I'd thought I'd start showing you more of the garments I repair for Playclothes Vintage. I continue to do a lot of repairs for them from the 1800s to the late 60s. It's quite amazing seeing all the garments that come through their doors.

Catalog Sunday

August Pattern Showcase

Hello lovely people.

I got some nice bargains this past month and I'd like to share some whit you all :)

Queen Mary aftermath pt 2: Saturday

Sorry about no update yesterday, I was a zombie that day.

Saturday we started the day off with a seminar on vintage fountain pens. I had some and learned quite a bit about their age (I have a beater from the 30s!). This is my friend Marci and me right before the talk.

After that the group decided to do some outdoors-ness and we went for a picnic.

Here we are in the large grass area adjacent to the ship. Our spread was quite generous, and I even made spiked lemonade. It was good, and gone in a flash! Someone even brought a beach chair. One member of our group decided to give the unfolding a go. His first attempt was not too good.

With one more swing of the legs, he got it working and soon others began sitting in it.

After some time, the gals and I decided that we wanted to go to the 'pile', so we did.

We spend hours digging in that thing. IT was worth it for the experience more than anything. We even got to the bottom, I felt concrete!

After the pile we went to a fellow Lounger's room and I did a sewing talk. Some of the ladies there already knew how to sew, and I went over some things for others and had a big show and tell. It was splendid!

That evening we had 20+ people for dinner, and I wore my evening gown and bolero that I made.

We went to the Observation Bar and saw a cool vintage band (brought in by the Lounge!) and headed by Jonathan Stout & the Campus Five. Some vintage dancers even came. It was nice seeing the regular crowd there enjoying the band as much as they did. They often clapped the loudest.

By midnight I was pooped and headed home.
It was a grand weekend and then there was SUNDAY!!

Clothes make the woman.

A bevy of recent project updates.

I finished the bolero, and man, am I loving it.

As usual finished images are on NVL.

Took some photos of my recent DuBarry encounter. They are my favorite patterns.

Got around to taking pictures of one of the dresses in my r line. This pattern is so super cute. Im working on making all the patterns in my repro line. This one just happens to be a great summer frock.

*whew*

Maybe now I can sleep.

Butterick 8847 bolero progress

It was already cut out so I decided to overlock it while I had dark thread in the machine.

I was a bit concerned because even though I only sized this one up a couple of inches, I didnt do a mock up. So I pinned the shell together and tried it on. It fit real well, but I moved the darts over some.

The pocket may have to be smaller because of it, but Im cool with that.

I also deepened the front darts a bit for a tighter fit about the waist. I also pondered on a bit of embroidery but then I though that might interfere with the pockets.

The fabric is a nice navy wool, and the lining will be an ecru linen to stiffen out the shape of the bolero.

This may be finished by tomorrow. Yay!

Evening gown final

My Cicada gown this past weekend.

I finally finished my first floor length gown. Well, nearly floor length, I decided to make it this long at the last minute, and had to do some real maneuvering with the fabric.

I used my repro pattern for this one. I thought it was a great fit!

I had this image in my head, a picture from my 40-41 winter Sears catalog. The bolero the ladies are wearing I have an idea for too, already cut out,

I just didnt have enough time to finish it.

Im gonna use view B. I LOVE those pockets on the shoulder dart *drool*

This dress had been in planing for weeks, but so much stuff came up and well, it had to take a back burner. But Im glad its finished and it looks so cool.

This is all that was left over, scraps.

For the underdress, I used the same pattern I used for my depression era dress. Ha!

Finished details can be seen on NVL.

My silhouette is all off in this dress. Not because of the dress, but I decided to revisit an old cincher I had, and my girdle kept sliding down, eliminating my waist, and giving me this boxy shape. So now I know what I have to do, make my own cincher.