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I’ve been on a massive organization kick for the past week. While digging around in our basement (burying the skeletons I found in the closet), I discovered that I have a lot more patterns than I thought I owned. I won’t need to be buying any for a long, long, long time. Lo and behold! . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Early 1950s Simplicity Stoles  When I came across this vintage skirt pattern years ago, I was drawn by the promise of making a skirt out of one pattern piece. They even show two women holding up yardage with the pattern pieces on it as if they were using a flannel-graph to tell a story in Sunday School. I’m not . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: McCall’s One Yard “Instant” Skirt (1957) I did a little “snoop shopping” while I was at the mall last Saturday taking advantage of a couple of gift cards and sales. I noticed a couple of the better department stores had tuxedo blouses for sale. This Vogue pattern from 1948 is for a blouse with tucked extensions in two styles. The view . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: 1948 Vogue Tuxedo Blouse Raise your hand if you’ve been known to start a party dress the day before (or the same day) as the party. Yeah, I knew I wasn’t the only one! We’re in luck, though, because we still have five and half sewing days until New Year’s Eve. My Vintage Vogue put this photo of Rita . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Rita Hayworth Inspired Party Dress Today is the second day of our playful exploration of this question: What would a nice, middle-class, homemaking, professor-type of a certain age woman wear if she were channeling a little bit of Marilyn? Most people think of the iconic white dress from the scene in Some Like It Hot, where Marilyn Monroe stands over . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Becoming Marilyn Day 2 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 The days of Kodachrome Christmases are gone. But the photographs of eager children still in their pajamas on Christmas morning are burned into the collective memory of what a typical mid-century American Christmas was like. Here are some vintage children’s sewing patterns so that you can recreate your own Kodachrome-inspired Christmas!
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 Today’s Vintage Inspiration of the Day comes from Out of the Ashes Collectibles. I have ordered from Sheila many times and am always satisfied with my purchases. I’ve been showing you how to draft your own skirt pattern and McCall’s 7584 is a perfect example of how this skirt can be “dressed up” using fine . . . → Read More: Vintage Inspiration of the Day: Fine Dining Suit Yes, ladies, it is time to start making your vintage or vintage-inspired holiday party and cocktail dresses! Here are some wonderful patterns from Etsy to inspire you!
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