|
|
||||
|
The storytelling on the ABC series Pan Am isn’t the most inspired but there is usually at least one dress per episode that I want to replicate. Last Sunday’s Romance Languages was no exception. Kate, the stewardess turned spy, always seems to be wearing dresses/costumes that I would want in my own collection: Image . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: I Spy a Dress One of the things I’ve noticed in myself and others is the haphazard way we go about buying or making clothes. We buy something because we like it or we make something that looks interesting. And then we wonder why nothing in our closets work together! While I was working on my custom clothing certificate, . . . → Read More: Color Palette Resource 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  Comments are closed  Design School, Vintage Inspiration of the Day  Braid, choosing patterns, fashion, learning to sew, understanding patterns, vintage patterns, vintage sewing
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 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Design School, Vintage Inspiration of the Day, Vintage Patterns choosing patterns, fashion, vintage patterns, vintage sewing
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 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Design School, Vintage Inspiration of the Day choosing patterns, fashion, learning to sew, understanding patterns, vintage sewing
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 Comments are closed Design School, How to Videos, Pattern Drafting, Tutorials, Videos drafting skirt pattern, pattern drafting
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 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
Dear Friends, In my last Textile Tuesday lesson, I shared the explosive history of artificial silk, commonly referred to today as either rayon or the trade name Modal. Today, we’re going to look at what we need to know about sewing with rayon so that we can take advantage of its benefits while avoiding its . . . → Read More: Sewing With Rayon: What We Need to Know |
|||
|
Copyright © 2012 Grandma's Sewing Cabinet - All Rights Reserved |
||||
Follow Me