[ be sure to click for the sources of these gorgeous images! ]
Wow. Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my pincurl post! I worry that saying this too often comes across as “fake”, but I genuinely mean it, and feel so blessed by each and every comment left on all of my posts. Thank you!
The last weekend of February… can you believe it? That means spring is just around the corner! I’m gearing up to jump headlong into my spring sewing. I sadly have not been able to touch any of my sewing this week, and I’m starting to feel twitchy and need to get some in for my “sewing fix”. lol! I’m hoping this weekend I’ll be able to knock a few things out, or at least make a large dent in them.
- Burda Style’s blog covered the basic sloper and where to find readily available patterns.
- Gertie shared part one of her how to draft a peter pan collar tutorial!
- I found this really useful from a pattern drafting standpoint: how to move the flare in a skirt from Threads blog.
- Sal asked some really great questions about what it mean to be womanly.
- Feast your eyes on the details of these lovely blouses from 1919!
[ sportswear styles from May 1947. click for a larger view. ]
A project on my to-do list for this year (at some point! lol) is to make myself a pair of 40s/early 50s jeans. The kind with the topstitching and back pockets, that can be rolled up and would look super cute with a pair of saddle shoes! Ambitious, yes, but Lauren’s post on her experience last year inspired me to try it (even though it’s a challenge). I’ve been going through my stash of images and found this scan from 1947. I have to admit, I’m rather inclined to recreate the entire center look: plaid shirt, rolled jeans, and penny loafers. It’s still on my “dream to-do list” (rather than the “real to-do list”, which encompasses all the projects I have materials for), but wouldn’t this be the perfect weekend outfit?
Have a lovely weekend!
Thanks so much for the shout-out, beautiful! That was quite a dialogue, wasn’t it?
i love everything!
This seems like an excellent project for the dream-to-do list! I also have a list like that, and until I’ve cleared some space in the fabric-cupboards they need to stay on the dream-list =)
Thank you for sharing the lovely pics and links, as inspiring and interesting as usual! And I’m sorry I haven’t commented lately, it’s been a bit too much around me. I just want to say that I always read your posts, and they are one of my greatest sources of inspiration, both for style and for just sheer creativity! A true light in the winter darkness =) I loved the previous posts, great reading and lovely photos!
Wish a you a great and creative weekend, I hope you’ll find the time to put all that creativity to good use!
Cheers
Love those jeans! PS: :you are the furthest thing from fake there is!
Ooh thank you for including my dress! And thank you for your encouraging comments on my blog
. I’m always inspired by your sewing projects and skills and am looking forward to your guide to sewing posts! I love learning about other bloggers backgrounds, experiences, and how they came to do what they enjoy. Have a lovely weekend!
How cool that you post those pictures at the bottom of this, just after I was reading old books about Bobbysoxers and looking at loads of pictures of girls who were into that.. .so your pictures reminded me of it.
I really want a pair of penny loafers to go with my jeans, too!
-Andi x
The images are great! Its fantastic to be in an age where
information can be transmitted so freely and easily. The Romper Set picture is particularly appealing. Also, the picture of the woman in the mirror reminds me of an old Velazquez painting (Las Meninas), where the king and queen enter the room, but you can only see them in the mirror.
Looking fwd to week #108