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The “Marc Chagall Inspired” Dress
Fabric: Silk Pattern: Vogue Vintage 8728 Year: Circa 1946 Notions: Thread, Shoulder Snaps Time to Complete: 8 Hours; 1.5 Hrs. Cutting Pieces, 6.5 Hrs. Sewing First worn: To Work for Photos Wear...
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The ‘Elsie Phyllis’ dress
Facts: Fabric: Vintage Printed cotton from inherited stash. (possibly 40s?) Thrifted Poplin Pattern: Fashion 4360 (1947) Notions: 1 regular zipper from stash Time to complete: 12hrs First worn: for...
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the “field of poppies” dress
The Facts: Fabric: liberty of london tana lawn “phoebe” Pattern: self drafted, inspired by simplicity 1975 Year: 1940s Notions: zipper Time to Complete: 6 hours including drafting First Worn: May 25,...
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The “Cat’s Meow” Jeans
The Facts Fabric: Stretch Denim approx. $15/m Pattern: Simplicity 3668 Year: 1940′s repro Notions: Metal zip for jeans, 4 machine needles, 1 bakelite art deco button exchanged for one childs plastic...
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The ‘Goldilocks and the Bugbears’ blouse
When the 1940s pattern challenge came up I knew just what I wanted to make. Not for me one of the endless (but very charming) 1940s dress patterns that Simplicity and Butterick are re-releasing, or...
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The “Gal in Kalamazoo” outfit
The Facts Fabric: Shirt: red, white & blue seersucker from Jo-Ann’s in sale – 2yds, $8.98, Skirt: left over indigo denim from stash. Patterns: New Look 6106 and Butterick 4985 Year: Contemporary...
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The Land Girls Overalls
Facts: Fabric: Denim curtain from an antique store, $10 Pattern: EvaDress Pattern 4536, $20 Year: 1940s Notions: seven buttons, thread Time to complete: 8 hours altogether First worn: today for...
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The “Grown-Up Molly” Outfit
The Facts Fabric: Blue/white dot satiny something $7, grey suiting remnant $3 – both from Jo-Anns Pattern: Simplicity 3688 Year: Contemporary reissue of a 1940s pattern Notions: 7″ zip $2, two buttons...
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The ‘Good Ol’ 40s Try’ Dress
The Facts Fabric: Floral Rayon Pattern: Simplicity 2473 Year: 1948 Notions: Threads Time to complete: 3 hours, but it needs some work. First worn: For pictures Wear again? Signs point to no. Total...
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The “40′s Tartan” Bolero
The Facts Fabric: about 1 metre of wool (or acrylic?) blend woven stuff from my stash – I’m going with ‘free’ as it was a remnant from something else I made a few years ago. And about half a metre of...
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