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One of the things I learned in design school is that there really are a limited number of silhouettes in fashion and the details are what set designers apart. For today’s inspiration, we have a 1940s white pique garden party dress being offered by Vintage Frocks of Fancy on Etsy.com. If you look at the . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Soutache Dresses Up In this podcast, I we continue our lessons from the Singer Sewing Book, published in 1949. Today’s topic is the first lesson in making sure you are using the right fabric for your project. Click here to listen to the podcast via direct download. Click here to subscribe in iTunes Subscription feed for other players: . . . → Read More: Podcast: Is That Fabric Right For The Job? The much anticipated movie My Week With Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams, opens this week. The studio is offering a Becoming Marilyn Sweepstakes at their Facebook page, through November 27th, I believe. It includes a trip to New York, a makeover, and a $1,000 shopping spree at Bergdorf Goodman (in other words, you’ll be able to . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Becoming Marilyn Day 1 If you’ve been following the Clothes Make Magic series on my Modern Retro Woman blog, you know that the 1950s iconic full skirt that gathers at the waist is not the best silhouette choice for women with “prominent” hips. The green dress in this illustration resolves that problem by using inverted box pleats. The pleats . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: A 1950s Dress With No Apparent Opening In today’s lesson, I show you how to check your pattern to make sure everything fits correctly using your muslin/practice skirt that you made in Lesson 3. I also show you how to make some basic changes to the pattern. (Here are the links for Lesson 2 and Lesson 1 if you missed them) If . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew Along Lesson 4: Checking the Fit and Fixing Problems If you are like me, you look better in a sheath type dress suit rather than a skirt suit (and pant suits look horrific on me…I’m always in awe of those women who can actually pull it off without looking dumpy or matronly). What I love about vintage sheath dresses is that they had a . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Blue Suit In our last textile lessons, I’ve been discussing the explosive history of rayon and what we need to know about sewing with rayon. Today we will discuss lyocell, which the United States Federal Trade Commission classifies as a subcategory of rayon. History Lyocell, also known by its trade name Tencel, was developed to try and . . . → Read More: Rayon and Lyocell: Separated At Birth In this podcast, I talk about the very first lesson you should learn when sewing by machine…and any time you get a new machine. Links Click here to listen to the podcast via direct download. Click here to subscribe in iTunes Subscription feed for other players: http://grandmassewingcabinet.libsyn.com/rss Photos/Images: A little bit of new lace . . . → Read More: Podcast: Who Is In Control? You or Your Machine? In this podcast I discuss the difference between Muslims and muslins and selvage and salvage. Links: Click here to listen to the podcast via direct download Click here to subscribe in iTunes Subscription feed for other players: http://grandmassewingcabinet.libsyn.com/rss Images: This was my textile identification assignment when I was in design school. I had to . . . → Read More: Podcast: Muslims, Muslins, and Salvaging Selvages Dear Friends, In today’s lesson, I show you how to draft a basic skirt sloper and pattern. You will need the measurements you took in Lesson 2. You can find the information about supplies you will need in Lesson 1. I created a free step-by-step 18 page handout, with illustrations, that you will be able . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew Along Lesson 3: Drafting the Pattern (w/video)  9 comments - (Comments are closed)  Design School, How to Videos, Pattern Drafting  drafting skirt pattern, pattern drafting
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