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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  Comments are closed  Design School, Vintage Inspiration of the Day  Braid, choosing patterns, fashion, learning to sew, understanding patterns, 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
Toddler(!) Alice Fondles Fabric Dear Friends, My older sister, June, a fiber artist and minister, has begun writing a blog about the intersection between faith and creativity. The other day she wrote about first learning how to sew and how her fiber art is an expression of her soul. Her post resonated deeply with . . . → Read More: The Call of the Cloth |
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