Category: Vintage and Vintage Looks
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Ultimate Rockabilly Dress
For this year’s Jungle January Anne specifically mentioned showing off things made between now and last January. Seems like a good chance to blog this rockabilly dress I made last spring. The fabric is some kind of woven cotton. I bought it from an Etsy seller from the UK, so I don’t know exactly what…
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Pink Gingham Picnic Dress
I rarely do refashions or revisions, but sometimes a bit of a re-do is in order. Years ago I made a rather pretty pink gingham skirt. I made a top to go with it too and I wore it some. Over time, though, I found that the top worked with more than just that skirt,…
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Vintage Simplicity 8704: The Pollyanna Dress
I don’t usually look back with incredible fondness on 1980’s styles. This dress is an exception. The pattern is Simplicity 8704, from 1988. Just look at that side ponytail. I had a dress from this pattern when it was first released, made by my mom, of course. It was pink and white with something of an…
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Goldilocks and the Three Photo Shoot Locations
Hi there. This is Cari. I’m feeling rather tired today, so I’m going to turn this post over to a narrator for the retelling of a classic tale. I think my editor will be around to keep her in line. Enjoy the story. Narrator: Once there was a woman who went by the name Goldilocks……
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Hello (Kitty) Summertime Nostalgia
The days have been short and cold and rainy lately. Even more than the cold, which I dread, I hate how dark everything seems in the midst of winter. I think I could more cheerfully put up with daily rain if it could somehow be both rainy and bright outside, or at least be light…
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Vintage McCall’s 6210: All The Dramatic Dress Elements
I have such a huge backlog of finished objects that I’ve sewn over the past few months but never blogged. This is pretty much the only one that’s seasonally appropriate at the moment. I’m starting here, but don’t intend to allow the rain and wind outside to keep me from putting up pictures of the…
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Some Days We Get Dressed (Other Days It’s More of An Upholstering)
I thought when I bought this fabric that I had only bought just enough to make the dress I was planning to make out of it, and no more. When I went to cut it out, though, I found I had at least twice what I needed. No wonder it was taking up so much…
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Ultimate Summer Sundresses: Even When I Use Modern Vogue Patterns, I Look Vintage
This project is covering a lot of ground for me. It’s my submission to the Sundress Sewalong hosted by Heather and I’m planning to write up a quick post for The Monthly Stitch, since the August theme is all about the number two. Gingham was supposed to be on-trend this summer. Did it actually turn…
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Simplicity 3475: Vintage Video Game Vixen
This is a dress I made last winter, but I’m finding that I really prefer to wear crazy novelty dresses during the summer as opposed to any other season. It’s definitely summer, so it seems like a good time to finally get this one recorded on the blog. I originally saw this fabric made up…