tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56832300565257877002024-03-05T13:08:04.916-08:00VagabondageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-60172837712128272592016-05-01T08:58:00.000-07:002016-05-01T08:58:04.369-07:00Me Made May 2016<a href="http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/2016/04/me-made-may-16-sign-up-here.html" target="_blank" ><img alt="me-made-may'16" src="http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab120/zozowahine/mmmay16finalsmall_zps1vpgllbm.jpg"/></a><br />
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Me Made May is here, and I am participating again this year! I have largely stopped wearing my self made clothes in recent months, so this should get me back in the habit of wearing them. I am hoping too, that it will inspire me to start sewing and knitting again. I will be posting my outfits on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/">Flickr</a> , as I typically do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-57847982146048125562015-11-02T10:31:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:31:14.632-08:00HSF challenge; Sewing secretsFor this challenge I made a nightgown using one of my vintage patterns; McCall's 5441 from 1942. It is a simple surplice front style but it has decorative arrow shaped pieces to connect the front and back portions at the shoulders. <br />
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I used a lovely, but sheer, ivory cotton fabric for this project. This sheerness is why it will only be modeled by Sally Stitch. It was originally a bright green color, but after a soak in bleach it turned a much nicer ivory shade. Unfortunately it had been stapled to it's price tag at the thrift store where I purchased it, and the cashier ripped the fabric when removing it. I managed to patch the holes with extra fabric, of which there was only a bit. I did not have enough leftover to make the bed jacket.<br />
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I do plan on making a 1940's style robe so I guess it is not really an issue. I sewed it as directed, and the only alteration I made was to shorten the bust pieces by 1", my pattern is for a 34" bust, but I need a 30" size to fit my ribcage so this was my half way fix. <br />
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So what is the secret to this sewing? That I mended a few holes? That it was formerly green? I suppose those are options of course, but it was also a curtain panel originally sold at Target! I picked it up secondhand and barely managed to squeeze out the gown from the panel. I used it all from selvedge to selvedge. <br />
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The Challenge: Sewing Secrets<br />
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Fabric: 1 cotton curtain panel<br />
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Pattern: McCall's 5441<br />
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Year: 1942<br />
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Notions: Thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Fairly, the sewing techniques, pattern and fabric content are all accurate, but a nightgown from a curtain? I'm not so sure. Of course it can be said that as a 1940s pattern making do would often necessitate the use of unorthodox fabrics.<br />
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Hours to complete: Two<br />
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First worn: Later tonight, to sleep in.<br />
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Total cost: Only .25!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-21509172398633908282015-09-30T11:56:00.001-07:002015-09-30T11:56:15.811-07:00HSF challenge; BrownWhile I wear brown frequently I usually do not gravitate to it as a colour when choosing materials. In spite in of this I made several projects for this challenge!<br />
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My first is another sweater, knitted based on the stitch pattern in the Daffodil sweater from 1939 which I found here on <a href="http://www.subversivefemme.com/2013/11/daffodil-jumper-cardigan-knitting.html">Bex's awesome blog</a>. I made up the pattern as I went along, working my pattern repeats as necessary. Like my last cardigan it is a cropped length with 3/4 length sleeves, this seems to be the best shape for me currently. I used my Blarney Spun yarn in the color oatmeal and some vintage faux wood grain buttons, the button bands are reinforced with beige bias tape. I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and have already worn it tonnes!<br />
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I also sewed a blouse using Hollywood pattern 1087 from the 1930s, Liberty of London fabric and vintage Costumaker buttons. <br />
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I think of this blouse as being more navy than blue, but every time that I wear it I am struck by it's browness. I made the short sleeved blouse, and I left off the collar because it simply did not work for me, I have very square shoulders and a sloping neck so I often have trouble with small collars. You can't really see much of the blouse in this picture, but it looks just like the picture on the envelope except collarless. <br />
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Here is a close up showing just how neat this fabric is.<br />
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Finally I sewed a blouse using Vogue pattern 5522 from 1945. I used a very thin mocha and black slubbed jersey fabric from my stash, but it was too thin on it's own. To make the blouse wearable I fully lined it in a black and white slubbed jersey which matched the mocha. As a bonus the blouse is now completely reversible! Since the fabric is jersey I left off the back opening, and bound the neckline with the black fabric, I left long tails to tie the neck opening closed. <br />
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I love the way that the blouse turned out, it looks very vintage when worn, and works without shoulder pads on my shoulders. My photos did not turn out though, I am a blur, and on Sally Stitch it looks simply terrible! <br />
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The Challenge: Brown<br />
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Fabric: 8 skeins of Blarney Spun in Oatmeal<br />
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Pattern: Stitch pattern is based on Daffodil by Patons & Baldwin from 1939<br />
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Year: 1940s<br />
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Notions: Six faux wood grain buttons, one yard of cotton bias tape<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Semi? The stitch pattern is good, as is the yarn type.<br />
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Hours to complete: 42 tops, it took around three weeks all told, working around an hour or two a night.<br />
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First worn: September 8th<br />
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Total cost: I think around 15$<br />
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The Challenge: Brown<br />
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Fabric: Liberty of London lawn<br />
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Pattern: Hollywood 1087<br />
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Year: 1930s<br />
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Notions: Three vintage Costumaker buttons, thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Very, lawn is the suggested fabric, and I used all vintage sewing techniques.<br />
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Hours to complete: Five<br />
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First worn: September 24th<br />
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Total cost: Around 25$<br />
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The Challenge: Brown<br />
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Fabric: Two yards of cotton slubbed jersey<br />
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Pattern: Vogue 5522<br />
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Year: 1945<br />
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Notions: Thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Semi, the fabric is just not accurate!<br />
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Hours to complete: Two<br />
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First worn: September 29th<br />
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Total cost: Free, all from stash!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-58611767376074198632015-09-01T06:23:00.000-07:002015-09-01T06:23:24.906-07:00HSF challenge Heirlooms & HeritageI was excited for this challenge, because I have always wanted to recreate a specific dress that my grandmother wore in the mid thirties. It was a fairly simple cotton day dress with a layered or pleated skirt, but when the time came I could not fin the picture! Someday I will find it again and recreate the dress, but for this month I knit a sweater that, I hope, will become an heirloom. <br />
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I used my favorite yarn, Bernat's Blarney Spun, which was manufactured from the 1950s through the 1970s. While not a true vintage or heirloom yarn, it does have a lot in common with earlier yarns, it has a high natural lanolin content, making the sweater both water and moth proof. It is an aran weight 8 ply yarn, I used the colour Chestnut which coincidentally matches my hair perfectly.<br />
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My goal was to knit a sweater that looked vintage, and luckily when I wear it that is usually what people assume. I knit the sweater to high hip length with a knit three, purl two ribbing band at the hem and cuffs. I notched the collar band and reinforced the button bands with bias binding. For my buttons I used six vintage 1940s plastic buttons. I made the pattern up, using features that I like from several different patterns. My construction methods are modern, as I cannot stand seaming together knit pieces! <br />
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The Challenge: Heirlooms & Heritage<br />
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Fabric: A bit under 630 yards of Bernat Blarney Spun yarn in Chestnut<br />
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Pattern: My own, but I used bits of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hetty-4">Hetty</a>, by Andi Satterlund and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beacon-hill-2">Beacon Hill</a>, by Jane Richmond.<br />
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Year: Mid 1940s<br />
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Notions: 1 meter of cotton bias tape in warm brown, six vintage brown buttons<br />
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How historically accurate is it? I'm going to say 45%, my materials are not vintage, aside from the buttons, and neither are my construction methods. However, the overall effect is one of a vintage garment so I'm saying that counts.<br />
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Hours to complete: 23ish days, around two hours a day of knitting, so 46 hours.<br />
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First worn: On the 29th, because it was finished and I could!<br />
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Total cost: In the range of 40-50$.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-89956407072560709312015-07-31T17:42:00.001-07:002015-09-01T05:51:08.201-07:00HSF challenge AccessorizeTo begin with, accessories are not really my thing. I like them, I use them, but in general I do not make them. <br />
So instead I made accessories for my home, a set of napkins to match my newly painted kitchen. <br />
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I used three yards of printed cotton fabric that came hemmed along the selvedges. This made the project a very quick sew indeed! I measured the yardage into even lengths then simply pressed and hemmed the last sides. <br />
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They match very well with my mint walls, red microwave and breakfast bar, and white vintage appliances. I made six total napkins, and I have found that they wash up very well. <br />
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The Challenge: Accessorize<br />
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Fabric: 3 yards of printed cotton<br />
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Pattern: none<br />
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Year: 1940s<br />
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Notions: White thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Very, cotton fabric and thread, made as vintage books instruct.<br />
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Hours to complete: .25 hours total<br />
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First worn: Used on July 17th<br />
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Total cost: 15$<br />
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I also finished knitting a sweater for my sister, to me a good cardigan is the ultimate accessory! <br />
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I used Andi Sutterland's Miette pattern, but modified it quite a bit. I lengthened it, removed the lace repeats, used farrow rib on the hems and cuffs and seed stitch on the button bands and collar. I also faced the collar in stockinette stitch, moved the below bust decreases to the sides and reinforced the button bands.<br />
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The Challenge: Accessorize<br />
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Fabric: 4 skeins Malabrigo sock yarn in Ochre and scraps of quilting cotton.<br />
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Pattern: A heavily modified Miette, by Andi Sutterland<br />
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Year: I'm not sure, it came out quite classic, I'll say between the 1930s and 1940s.<br />
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Notions: Six vintage buttons.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Maybe 50%, the pattern is modern, but I used vintage finishing techniques.<br />
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Hours to complete: Far too many...<br />
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First worn: Soon, it just reached her in Vermont!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-66802041399664104362015-06-30T17:20:00.000-07:002015-06-30T17:20:52.637-07:00HSF challenge Out of your comfort zoneFor this challenge I sewed two and a half dresses, tiny dresses. I sewed children's clothes. While I have done so before the tiny pattern pieces and seam allowances has always made me uncomfortable. This time however I found it much easier than previously. I expect this is because I've done quite a bit of lingerie sewing of late and they also have small pattern pieces and tiny seam allowances. <br />
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When hunting through my stash I found McCall's 5415, a vintage pattern that I have had for years.<br />
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I have sew it once before, but the results were less than spectacular. For my fabric I used three matching prints designed by April Rhodes for Art Gallery Fabric, and just had enough to eak out the matching bloomers in the orange colorway. <br />
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I liked that the prints matched and were a small all-over print, which was common in fabrics of the period. I used vintage buttons that I got for my birthday on the dresses, white with yellow and white with orange (Thank you Zoe!), I will use plain white buttons on the teal dress.<br />
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As you can probably tell, the dresses are quite appreciated, the bloomers look quite silly when worn and are thus unphotographed.<br />
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Here is a shot of the almost finished (but not in this picture) teal dress.<br />
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The Challenge: Out of your comfort zone<br />
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Fabric: A bit over 6 yards of April Rhodes for Art Gallery Fabric cottons in (2) Mustard, (1.3) Clementine and (3) Teal.<br />
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Pattern: McCall's 5415<br />
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Year: 1943<br />
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Notions: 24 vintage buttons<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Quite! The pattern is vintage as are the buttons ans sewing techniques. <br />
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Hours to complete: Hmm... around two days worth of work for the finished dresses.<br />
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First worn: Saturday <br />
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Total cost: $50<br />
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By the way, if anyone is interested in an in depth review of <a href="http://veravenus.com/patterns-for-purchase/">Sew Vera Venus' bra pattern</a> let me know, it is a great pattern and I have made seven so far, yes, seven!<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-39563372593025325822015-05-30T08:00:00.002-07:002015-05-30T08:00:55.755-07:00HSF challenge PracticalityMy wardrobe is in general practical, I do not not tend to sew fancy items. Instead I opt for simple and easy to wear and mix pieces, because of this, I found this challenge rather difficult. I did not want to sew another blouse or skirt, at this point everyone has seen enough of those. I will still sew them of course, but hopefully not for all of the challenges! I finally decided upon an apron, while I do have several aprons I have ever made one before.<br />
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I was inspired by this one from my 1943 The New Encyclopedia of Modern Sewing. I love this book, it has lots of neat draft it yourself pieces to sew, and the illustrations are beautiful. I did not have any batting, so I left off the button-on pot holder pockets, though I will probably sew one with those in the near future. <br />
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Instead I added a pocket made from scraps of vintage seersucker fabric in a butter yellow. I trimmed the pocket and waistband with vintage yellow bias tape and some white rick-rack.<br />
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I folded the top edge over and covered the seam with the bias, which also functions as my ties. Though my fabric is lighter on one side, it is hard to tell due to the bias tape breaking up the pattern.<br />
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Overall I am quite pleased with my apron! <br />
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The Challenge: Practicality<br />
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Fabric: 1 yard of vintage cotton gingham fabric in yellow, scraps of vintage butter yellow seersucker.<br />
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Pattern: Pot Holder Apron<br />
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Year: 1943<br />
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Notions: 1 yard vintage yellow bias tape, 1 yard white rick-rack.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Quite, the pattern is accurate and the fabrics and notions were all from an aunt's stash from the 1950s and earlier.<br />
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Hours to complete: Less than one.<br />
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First worn: Yesterday to make dinner, it works perfectly!<br />
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Total cost: All from stash!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-64507574169809469892015-04-30T18:49:00.000-07:002015-04-30T18:49:09.951-07:00Me Made May 2015<a href="http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/me-made-may15-sign-up-here.html" target="_blank" ><img alt="me-made-may'14" src="http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab120/zozowahine/memademay15logowidget_zpsgymla92b.png"/></a><br />
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Me Made May is back! This will be my third year participating, and it is a challenge which I love to take part in. This year I am challenging myself as follows:<br />
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Blogger AnonaMiss said...<br />
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I, Liberty of http://levagabondage.blogspot.com/, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '15. I endeavor that 2/3ds of each of my outfits worn for the duration of May 2015 shall be made by me, and to not repeat any 2/3ds within each calendar week.<br />
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2 April 2015 at 01:51 <br />
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To be clear, I usually wear three part outfits, a top, a bottom and a sweater because I am always cold. My challenge is to have two of these three be a me-made for the duration of May, and to mot wear the same two items together more than once a week. <br />
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I have lots of self made garments at this point, but many were made when I was pregnant or breastfeeding so they no longer fit as they once did. I am hoping to see if they still work within the rest of my wardrobe, or if they can be altered to fit, or need to be passed on. <br />
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I will be posting my outfits to the Flickr group, for what I wore during previous years you can look at my Flickr albums below.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157644048780288/">Me Made May 2014</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157633910197583/">Me Made May 2013</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-43720332580997684802015-04-30T18:29:00.001-07:002015-04-30T18:29:27.319-07:00HSF challenge War & PeaceFor this challenge I made a blouse from a dress pattern from 1945. <br />
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I only had 1/2 yard of each of my fabrics; a mid weight purple shot cotton and a black airplane print canvas, so making a full dress was out. <br />
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Since the challenge dealt with war and the scarcities caused by it I decided that I could make do and only sew a half dress. I pieced the top using the plane print on the shoulders and for making an inset belt, the main sections are in the purple. I love the vintage airplanes on the canvas, they are very stream lined and sleek. They reminded me of the 1940s as soon as I saw them.<br />
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I shortened the skirt pieces significantly to make it blouse length, and overlapped them at the center front. This was a quick alteration as the pattern is slightly too large for me. It's length means that can be worn tucked in or untucked.<br />
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I used a scrap of black cotton for the neck tie and facing, and scraps of muslin to encase the interior seams. It was a quick project, and it turned out quite well. I plan on making the full dress version soon, though I might reduce the gathering at the bust and some of the blousing at the back.<br />
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The Challenge: War & Peace<br />
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Fabric: 1/2 yard shot cotton in purple ans 1/2 yard of airplane print canvas.<br />
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Pattern: Advance 4199<br />
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Year: 1945<br />
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Notions: Three hooks<br />
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How historically accurate is it? 75%, the pattern is from 1945, it is largely handsewn and the make do-ness of it are accurate.<br />
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Hours to complete: Four<br />
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First worn: For pictures today<br />
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Total cost: Free, all items are from stash!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-7040156560590156272015-03-30T21:24:00.000-07:002015-03-30T18:27:14.639-07:00HSF challenge StashbustI do have a rather large fabric stash, unfortunately most o it is under two yards in length. I seem to have decided that 'two yards is enough fabric to buy to make anything!' at some point. Luckily I managed to scrape together enough to make two skirts this month. Unfortunately my pictures are very lackluster this month. <br />
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The first is a simple box pleat skirt in gray cotton flannel. <br />
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This is actually exactly what I planned to make with this fabric, probably because I only bought it a month ago. I also knew that if I did not sew it up soon it would enter the stash, never to be seen or heard from again.<br />
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I made my pleats in sets of three with a two inch section between. My button is a vintage one that has graced three different projects before this one. The garments have gone, but that button has stayed!<br />
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The second is from a pattern that I have used twice before, Vogue 1247. It is decidedly not vintage. It is also decidedly short! I lengthened it by about a foot this time, making a nice a-line-ish knee length skirt. I chose it because it can be made from small scrappy bits of fabric, which is what I had left of my blue corduroy, it was kind of a 'make do' situation. I had planned to make an actual 1940s skirt from it but did not have enough fabric no matter how I placed the pattern pieces. I do think that it looks fairly vintagy, especially when styled with other vintage pieces.<br />
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Did I mention, I actually got all the seams to match up at the back this time! I'm blogging this even if it's too modern of a garment because of this fact alone.<br />
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I did not plan to, but I used leaf print fabrics on the insides of both skirts.<br />
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The Challenge: Stashbust<br />
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Fabric: Miscellaneous scraps of blue cotton corduroy, one yard of leaf print quilting cotton, two yards of gray cotton flannel, and scraps of Charley Harper leaf print flannel.<br />
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Stashed for: Many ages, from one month for the gray flannel to eleven years for the blue corduroy.<br />
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Pattern: None for the gray flannel, Vogue 1247 semi-1940s-ified for the corduroy.<br />
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Year: I was aiming for early to mid 1940s.<br />
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Notions: Two stashed zippers, one black, one blue, one vintage button, one vintage skirt hook, and part of a pack of vintage belt interfacing to interface the waistbands.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? The outside fabrics are good for the period, the styles are good, some of the notions are vintage. I will say 50%.<br />
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Hours to complete: Five total.<br />
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First worn: On the 16th to go visiting, and on the 18th at home.<br />
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Total cost: Free! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-41705906757505436892015-02-28T18:40:00.001-08:002015-02-28T18:40:09.214-08:00HSF challenge BlueWhen I saw that the color challenge for 2015 was blue I knew that I had to finish some of my blue projects from last year. I had in my sewing pile two blouses, two dresses, a skirt, and a pair of jeans plus a knitted sweater in progress, all in shades of blue! I think blue was on my mind last year.<br />
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And so I got them out for February's challenge and did finish several this month, but not all of them. <br />
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I finished a navy Simplicity 1590.<br />
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I finished another Mail Order 9379 made from the remnants of my Rosie blouse.<br />
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It is not crooked in reality, I had the buttons pinned wrong in the picture.<br />
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I finished my jeans, but did not photograph them, and finally I finished a Clotilde/McCall mix dress.<br />
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So as a run down:<br />
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The Challenge: Blue <br />
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Fabric: 1 yard Rowan shot cotton in coal, 1/2 yard white cotton, 1 yard sewing print cotton, 1 1/2 yards denim, and 3 yards Cotton & Steel arrow print fabric.<br />
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Pattern: Simplicity 1590, Mail Order 9379, my own jeans pattern, and an undated Clotilde/McCall 6470.<br />
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Year: Various years within the 1940s, with the exception of the jeans which are pretty 1950s.<br />
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Notions: 14 vintage buttons in navy (5), cool blue (5), gold (3), and turquoise (1).<br />
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How historically accurate is it? The patterns, techniques and notions all are, the fabrics are not, 75%.<br />
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Hours to complete: I have no idea.<br />
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First worn: Many times already for the blouses and jeans, for the dress today!<br />
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Total cost: Free, everything was from stash.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-15480646696400582062015-01-29T08:33:00.000-08:002015-01-29T08:33:07.546-08:00Historical Sew Monthly<a href="http://thedreamstress.com/the-historical-sew-monthly-2015/"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39VYz6Xm5QDfj4mrzkgr8d9UCTPdOEHNHBBfDwCa4h8N7U-e_ntZ3KaQ5s5D8NeWee1JNb1KqBxpN3VETFhLjqS3Xq3_Klie_qnowzmVe1KVgmRp4O38kPV0u5n54mdoDL5E-PHKkjF3w/s1600/HSF15icon250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39VYz6Xm5QDfj4mrzkgr8d9UCTPdOEHNHBBfDwCa4h8N7U-e_ntZ3KaQ5s5D8NeWee1JNb1KqBxpN3VETFhLjqS3Xq3_Klie_qnowzmVe1KVgmRp4O38kPV0u5n54mdoDL5E-PHKkjF3w/s320/HSF15icon250.jpg" /></a></div></a><br />
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I failed to complete the <a href="http://thedreamstress.com/the-historical-sew-fortnightly-2014/">HSF</a> last year, again, I think it was a combination of factors. <br />
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I started out well, I even got a mention by the Dreamstress herself for my knitting hat and souvenir shoes (Thank you so much Leimomi!!!). But then I lost my sewing drive early on and didn't get it back until Autumn. I think that I have inverse seasonal affective disorder. <br />
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To remedy this my plan for this year is fairly straight forward; finish all twelve challenges, no long blog entries, also use stash as often as possible. There might or might not be modeled shots.<br />
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So all of that aside I present Challenge One: Foundations<br />
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The Challenge: Foundations<br />
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Fabric: Vintage powernet, elastic strapping, silk remnant.<br />
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Pattern: Eclaire Coupe Paris Lingerie Book, pattern #353. You can buy full copies of these books from Etsy seller <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CestlaModePatterns">C'est la Mode Patterns</a> at a great savings over buying them individually. I highly recommend this shop and am saving my pennies for the rest of the books that are available!<br />
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Year: 1940-46ish<br />
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Notions: Thread, four vintage garter tabs, pink dye.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Pretty accurate, the color is a bit wrong, too bubble gummy pink instead of tea rose, and the notions took the dye differently. Though I may toss it into some blue dye and make it a <a href="http://www.corsetiere.net/Spirella/French2.htm">French royal blue</a> girdle. I did use a three part zig-zag stitch which affects the look of the thing. Aside from these the materials are vintage, as is the pattern so I give it a 75% accuracy rating.<br />
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Hours to complete: Around five including dye time.<br />
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First worn: For a test run Thursday the 29th. <br />
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Total cost: Free!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-32894866304044540932014-07-15T16:24:00.001-07:002014-07-15T16:24:25.906-07:00Challenge thirteen; Under 10$I was stuck on what to make for this challenge. None of my ideas had much of a spark for me, of course my biggest challenge recently has been finding the time to sew! <br />
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In the end I whipped up a re-made blouse to corset cover, plus I can wear it under my regency stays and finally get pictures taken of those as well! I was inspired by the many images available on the internet, so these don't come from a pattern. In fact this corset cover stated out as a thrift store purchased blouse. I used this May Manton pattern as my inspiration:<br />
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My blouse had a similar shape to begin with, but I altered it heavily to get the look I was going for. I shortened the straps by 5cm on each side, I also slashed the front and removed three repeats of the eyelet pattern. I then removed the lining and added it between the top and original hem of the blouse. I added five pintucks, spaced 3cm apart, to this piece and added a drawstring at the waist. The tie is made from the hem of the lining piece. I still have a bit of fabric left, the piece that I removed that has three repeats of the eyelet pattern. I may use this to make a bust cover as seen on the upper left in this pattern:<br />
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To make something like this French corset cover from the Met.<br />
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As is, here is my corset cover worn alone and under regency stays.<br />
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The sun came out just as I was taking this set, excuse the odd facial expressions.<br />
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I think it turned out pretty well, even if it does look rather awful under my stays!<br />
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The Challenge: Under $10<br />
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Fabric: Cotton eyelet lawn, in the form of a blouse<br />
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Pattern: None<br />
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Year: 1912<br />
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Notions: Thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Erm...not very, say 40%<br />
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Hours to complete: Two<br />
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First worn: Today, for pictures at least!<br />
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Total cost: $1.99 at 75% off so... .50!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-65533631746097195202014-07-11T10:49:00.000-07:002014-07-11T10:49:25.930-07:00Challenge twelve; Shape and supportI was going to make an 1880s corset for this challenge, but I could not find my boning anywhere! So instead I made a pair of 1810s regency stays. I started off with Jennie Chancey's <a href="http://sensibility.com/blog/patterns/regency-underthings-pattern/">Regency Underthings</a> pattern, but I altered them quite a bit. <br />
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I used zip ties as boning along the front because cording these areas did not provide enough uplift. I also left out the cording under the bust gussets because again, they did not offer any additional support. I cut down the front and added a channel for a drawstring, these changes make the stays give the correct shape for the period and allow me to adjust the bust. I also altered the shaping of the bust gussets to give more lift and better shaping. The original gussets created a flatter more 1770s silhouette on me, which isn't the desired shape for regency stays. <br />
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I hand embroidered the bottoms of the gussets for strength and as decoration. I also hand worked the eyelets.<br />
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Currently I'm using satin ribbon as my laces and inside the drawstring channel, I plan to replace this with more accurate cording in the future.<br />
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My main fabric is a cotton duck which I lined with a striped quilting cotton that I had on hand and they are bound in bias tape.<br />
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I hope to get some modeled pictures up soon!<br />
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The Challenge: Shape and support<br />
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Fabric: Cotton duck and quilting cotton<br />
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Pattern: An altered version of Sense and Sensibilities Regency Underthings Pattern<br />
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Year: 1810s<br />
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Notions: Thread, embroidery floss, zip ties<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Hmmm...zip ties, quilting cotton and bias tape, let's say 50%<br />
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Hours to complete: Around five<br />
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First worn: Not yet<br />
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Total cost: Stash again, free!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-87168269643368038502014-07-08T05:12:00.001-07:002014-07-08T05:18:28.465-07:00Challenge ten; ArtI had so many inspirations for this challenge, but the biggest challenge of all was being <i>historically</i> inspired! I love Georgia O'Keeffe's cityscapes, I love the colors and impressionistic shapes of Marcel Duchamp's paintings. Sadly both of these leave me envisioning very modern garments, not historical ones. <br />
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I settled for a combination of pieces for my inspiration and made a blouse. I love the neckline shape and the floaty ties on the dress in this painting by Marie Laurencin titled Portrait de Madame Paul Guillaume. The shaded cool colors are also lovely!<br />
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My second inspiration piece, which I also love, is shown in two paintings of the same woman, but by two artists; Suzanne Valadon's and Robert Delaunay's identically titled Portrait de Maria Lani.<br />
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I like that both art blouses are similar in shade and shape (sleeveless, mauvy pink), for my blouse I used the leftover voile from the Pink challenge dyed to be more mauve, I did not however dye the ties. I cut it out as a wrap blouse from the bodice of a vintage 1940s pattern, but altered the neckline to be more of a curved boatneck and I cut it longer in the hips. I lengthened the wrap ties at the waist. I can wear it as in the first painting with a curved neckline in front or with the wrap in the front as in the Maria Lani portraits. I did not add the collar because I could not wear it like the first picture with a collar. I did try unsuccessfully to add the collar as a facing type piece which could be folded under, but it did not work.<br />
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Here it is worn over a blue blouse as in the Maria Lani portraits, it's a bit large, has sleeves and doesn't have the white collar, but it still gives the same impression. <br />
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Also a shot with it wrapped in the back. I like this blouse quite a lot because it can be worn in an historical context or in a modern one. I did have one dye related incident in which there was a spot of unmixed dye on the bodice. I used this defect to test a dyeing technique I've been working on. Now it has a darker watercolory area on the right bust (when worn with the wrap in the back) which I quite like.<br />
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The Challenge: Art<br />
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Fabric: Pink cotton voile<br />
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Pattern: A very altered 1940s dress bodice<br />
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Year: 1929ish<br />
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Notions: Plum and Warm Black procion dye, thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Fabric and style are spot on, but my pattern is 1940s, so maybe 75%<br />
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Hours to complete: Not including the drying time from the dye bath, around two hours<br />
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First worn: Not yet<br />
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Total cost: Free! All from stash again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-29581366264655189122014-06-25T09:09:00.001-07:002014-06-25T09:09:50.757-07:00Timeline shiftI have to make up for lost time, my beloved computer died on me, along with all of the information held within it. Seven years worth of patterns, pictures, writing and countless other things gone, I have some on backup, but not most of it. This has been sad and yet also freeing in some ways though I do cling to the past at times. <br />
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Of course now that I am possessor of tech once more I must wrap up my projects as of late. This will be done in stages and in order, hence MMM wrap up then my HSF posts!<br />
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Me Made May 2014<br />
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Thank you to Zoe for hosting, Me Made May always such a fun and inspirational month! I loved it again this year, and while I did not meet my goal of not repeating items more than once a week I do know what I need to work on. I also received comments on some of my garments from people whose blogs I adore, and which made me squee like a child with a new toy! I appreciate everyone's comments and I really love seeing all the excellent seamstresses work being worn in real life. I often feel like my town doesn't have a very thriving sewing community, Me Made May is great because it connects all of the participants into one large community. <br />
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And now for my results; I wore my Burda jeans nine times and my Vogue 1247 skirts seven times, my other bottoms were store bought or bought then altered of which I wore my two pairs of altered gray jeans eight times total. More me made pants and skirts would be nice, clearly if these were to be gray they would be very much appreciated. I relied heavily on my Drape, Drape tees also, wearing them a total of eight times, and on my Vogue 1247 blouses which I wore five times, also my Vogue stripe tee which I wore thrice. My Burda blouses were worn four times total, but since I made them while pregnant during the last MMM the fit is a bit off now, but I still like them quite a lot and may craft a Regency-Modern chemisette to wear with them for more coverage. My circle wrap was worn twice and my shibori scarf also appeared five times because, well, I love a good scarf! <br />
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I was going to post a picture of all of my outfits in one image but I will have to buy the new version of Adobe Photoshop first, iPhoto just doesn't cut the mustard! So I trust it will suffice if I post my four favorite outfits in no particular order.<br />
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All of my outfits can still be seen on my Flickr page <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157644048780288/">here</a>. As can my outfits from MMM 2013 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157633910197583/">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-4349622910434074292014-05-15T08:39:00.002-07:002014-05-15T08:39:54.451-07:00Challenge nine; Black & WhiteI love black, yet for some reason this challenge ended up being rather tricky for me. At first I made a dress from a pattern that I have used before, a vintage draped front dress pattern with two sleeve options. It didn't work! I had forgotten the issues this pattern has with my figure. As is it's 80% done, but I need to do some additional fitting and hemming before it will be finished. <br />
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And so I made a hat, or re-made a hat as it were. It was originally a bucket hat from the thrift shop from which I removed the decorative items, I then re-shaped it to be more of a period style. My inspiration was 1920s and 30s hats and hat illustrations like these:<br />
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I just love that first one! <br />
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Here is how my hat turned out:<br />
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Sally Stitch is wearing the black dress of fail in these pictures also. Here is the hat on me, sorry about the image quality, a grill makes a rather lousy tripod! Also my hair makes the brim stick out oddly on the back right side, it's fine when I use a hatpin but strange looking without one.<br />
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To make the hat I unsewed the original brim and all of the trimmings, I re-sewed it after I reduced the brim size and trimmed the wire. Then I bent and folded it into a shape that I liked and pinned it in place. I recommend buying a milliners block for this, I used my own head and kept poking myself in the forehead! After I removed it I sewed the folds in place matching the brim stitches. I am overall pleased with the way it turned out, but since it has already become hot here I will have to wait to wear it!<br />
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The Challenge: Black & White<br />
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Fabric: None, I used a wool felt hat<br />
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Pattern: None<br />
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Year: 1930ish<br />
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Notions: Needle and thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? 75%, materials are accurate, but I'm not sure about the shape<br />
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Hours to complete: two<br />
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First worn: Not yet, I made a wool hat right before Summer so this will have to wait before I wear it!<br />
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Total cost: $2Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-47037048652804247312014-05-01T07:19:00.001-07:002014-05-01T07:19:53.559-07:00Challenge eight; UFOs and PHDsI have so many PHDs to work on! I set out to: finish my sample Rosie jeans and bodice/Rosie blouse from the previous challenges, I also have a Ceylon dress circa 1942 I've been working on and my Sew for Victory ensemble. All of them just need a bit of work to be completed; in fact the Rosie jeans only need eyes sewn on for the side hooks. <br />
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I made them from some dark mid weight denim that I had on hand, I wear my Rosie cord pants often so I know these will be the same. I ended up narrowing the legs by 3/4" because the denim I used is very stiff and they looked rather like two denim smokestacks instead of trousers. I used no pockets on the jeans, though I did sew some up. I might add them later on, but at least this project is finished!<br />
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The Challenge: UFOS and PHDs<br />
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Fabric: 1.5 yards of dark heavyweight denim<br />
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Pattern: None/my own<br />
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Year: 1943<br />
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Notions: Hooks and eyes, six of them<br />
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How historically accurate is it? We'll say 50%, I'm not sure about the pants style in denim for a woman or the side hooks<br />
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Hours to complete: Who knows? five?<br />
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First worn: Today!<br />
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Total cost: All from stash so free!<br />
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The blouse needs its facing, buttons and a hem. I made it with my leftover sewing print cotton and some white cotton for the contrast portions. Yeah it still needs those previously mentioned things, it's still a PHD.<br />
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The Ceylon dress needs buttons and a hem. I just have to say, wow was this pattern wonky! Pieces did not line up correctly and the use of the same pattern markings at top and bottom on the waist piece exacerbated this. Luckily I have sewn for years now and noted this on the pattern so I altered the notches to be different before cutting it out. I added underarm gussets/patches to bring the armscye up two inches in order to avoid creating a weak spot and lots of strain on the sleeve. I wish I had noted this in the pattern itself but in my try-ons it seemed ok, oh well this is really just a wearable muslin so now I know. I also replaced the sleeves (which I didn't like) with a vintage sleeve pattern (the one from my Rosie blouse). I then found the original pattern that I assume this pattern is based on for sale on Etsy, it has the cutest sleeves and pockets and frankly wish I had bought it instead (sadly it is now sold)! With a lot of work (of which it still needs more) I think this will be wearable, but sadly it too is still a PHD.<br />
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The Victory set needs the jacket finished and the pockets added to the dress. Not anymore, this set I finished and I think it turned out great! This set has its own post (the previous one) because it was for another sew along, but since it was hovering in UFO territory for so long I will still count it here, plus it's pre-war so it counts as historical. There are far too many picture of this outfit on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157644448099045/">Flickr</a> page.<br />
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The Challenge: UFOs and PHDs<br />
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Fabric: 2.5 yards of shot cotton in Mushroom, 1 yard in coal<br />
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Pattern: Clotilde 2889<br />
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Year: 1945ish, the pattern was undated <br />
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Notions: Two hooks and eyes, three snaps, fifteen vintage buttons in navy, six vintage buttons in pink, one vintage belt buckle in pink.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Totally! Vintage pattern and notions, accurate fabrics and sewing techniques.<br />
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Hours to complete: Around a million.<br />
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First worn: Yesterday, to dinner and then shopping.<br />
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Total cost: Around 35$, lots of online purchases required for this set!<br />
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So that's two out of four or three out of five, not bad I guess.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-71533235693838494622014-04-30T08:28:00.000-07:002014-05-01T07:29:50.169-07:00Sew for VictoryI decided to participate in the Sew for Victory sew along hosted by Rochelle New of <a href="http://luckylucille.com/">Lucky Lucille</a>. This is the first time I have participated in this sew along, which is now in it's second year. I made an ensemble from a 1940's Clotilde pattern sold by the Chicago Tribune. While I don't have an exact year for it, I know that it was sent for on July 10th (the original owner made a note of this), the style, language and sewing directions say early to mid 40's to me. I purchased the pattern on Etsy and it included the original newspaper advertisement, very cool! <br />
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I made my dress to replicate what was specified in the newspaper ad: For spectator sports, business hours, and informal social wear this cool frock is ace high. There's no collar to clutter the neckline and the sleeves are kimono style, cool, and easy to sew. If you like pockets, the pattern provides for four of them, two on the bodice, the other two on the skirt. The original is fashioned of pink cotton with the pocket flaps and diamond shaped buttons in navy blue. There's an unusual jacket to keep this frock company. It may be of flowered cotton to contrast if you select a plain shade for the dress itself. Lumber jacket lines are employed for the lines of this jacket, which has a shirtwaist collar and snug waistband. <br />
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Let me tell you that finding diamond shaped navy buttons was virtually impossible! I finally found some vintage 1940's navy blue square shaped buttons (far away in England!) which I sewed on at an angle. My fabrics are Mushroom and Coal shot cottons by Kaffe Fasset, I really love shot cotton! I did not use a flowered cotton for my jacket, instead I used Coal shot cotton. I might make a floral version if I can find a floral print that coordinates and that I would wear, a difficult task.<br />
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I made a few alterations; lengthening the back bodice pieces of both dress and jacket and adding a waistband to the dress. They blouse a bit more than in the illustration, but I don't mind (and the amount varies based on the undergarments that I wear with the dress). I hand worked my buttonholes and hand sewed the facings and side closures (four snaps and two hooks and eyes), for the hem I used some hand dyed lace as a facing. I used vintage buttons on the jacket in a mauvy color, I liked the flower pattern on them as it recalls the printed cotton they recommended for the jacket. I also used a vintage buckle, pink with a floral motif, for my belt. It wasn't specified in the pattern, but it does clearly show a belt with a lighter buckle on the pattern so I whipped one up from my extra Coal fabric. Oh yes, I also left off the bodice pockets, because I do not need to call more attention to that area! I do now have two extra pockets which I may add to the jacket, reversible pockets are nice after all!<br />
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Sorry for the poor picture quality! It is very rainy today and the artificial lights in my sewing room really skew the colors of these fabrics! There will be better/more photos posted later, once I pick up my daughter from school. She is my official photographer after all! Larger versions of these pictures can be found on my Flickr page <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/70887932@N04/sets/72157644448099045/">here</a>. I would also like to thank Rochelle for hosting the sew along, I love 1940's fashion and am always looking for an excuse to sew more of it! Thank you Rochelle!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-76674070874763072062014-04-15T13:52:00.001-07:002014-04-18T17:01:59.791-07:00Challenge seven; Tops & ToesFor this challenge I made a hat that I have wanted to recreate for quite some time and a pair of clog/sandals. Both are based on images of extant items from the early 1940s. My hat is a semi reproduction of an American Surrealist hat circa 1940 or '41. It's a knitting hat! I've only seen one image of it, in a book titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forties-Fashion-From-Siren-Suits/dp/0500514291#">Forties Fashion From siren suits to the New Look</a> I wish I could find out more about it, or at least see some additional images of it! Does anyone know where this hat currently resides? <br />
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I just love the wide textural mesh used in the original. Sadly I couldn't find such a mesh available now. I did luck out and find a great nylon substitute on Etsy at a very reasonable rate! I used wool felt for the base which I hand sewed into a pillbox shape. It turned out very soft so I made my own hat stiffener from potato starch and water, it worked very well! I hand painted my knitting needles pink using paint which I had leftover from repainting my daughter's bed. Here it is front and back, but not on a head yet!<br />
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My shoes are a conglomerate of WWII era sandals and also souvenir sandals from the Philippines which were often brought home by servicemen as gifts for their wives and girlfriends. Most of the original souvenir sandals that I have seen have been carved and painted, or just painted. <br />
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Carving them was going to be too much work for me to do (especially while holding a baby) and painting them was just too colorful for my tastes. I used a wood burning kit to create the images on the heels of the shoes instead, which is reminiscent of the right images above. It was my first time using a wood burner and it was fun! Evenly burning the curved heels was difficult though! I also bought the cheap wood burner and it's tips unscrew as you use it meaning you have to turn it off and let it cool before you can adjust it and get back to work, rather a bummer in the time wasting department! I also covered the tops in cotton strapping held by leather and nails to give them a more period look. Unfortunately it turns out that modern clogs tend to be glued onto cut out areas on the soles before being nailed down, due to this I ended up laying the strapping over the original straps, leaving them partly visible. It's not the best look, but I would need to find soles without this modern shortcut in order to make them more authentic. I'm not entirely happy with these yet, but I do really like my burned images. I am thinkng about buying a pair of wooden soles and doing these again.<br />
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The Challenge: Tops <br />
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Fabric: Wool felt and nylon mesh.<br />
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Pattern: None<br />
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Year: 1941<br />
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Notions: Knitting needles, paint, thread.<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Very, though my bamboo wood needles are not quite accurate.<br />
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Hours to complete: Not including drying time for my stiffener and paint, one and a half , including drying time, around ten.<br />
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First worn: Not yet!<br />
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Total cost: $1.50 for the felt, $1.00 for the net, $4.50 for the needles, so $7.<br />
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The Challenge: Toes<br />
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Fabric: Cotton strapping, leather scraps<br />
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Pattern: None<br />
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Year: Mid 1940's <br />
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Notions: Wooden soled clogs, nails<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Hmm, aside from the non removable under layer they are pretty accurate, we'll say 75%.<br />
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Hours to complete: Around two<br />
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First worn: Not yet, it snowed again!<br />
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Total cost: $15 for the shoes, $2 for the strapping, nails from stash, so $17.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-70980879832951366082014-04-07T18:07:00.000-07:002014-04-07T18:07:09.061-07:00Me Made May 2014<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3cWxHwNbzUkfYMnY-FTTdJTSH7SY2OZjotebvbSKdq0Ht9IsZgP_GQUJnvUuPYu2p3j76ZDWfDR_PIBaJYftqw48Bw2y1A5N2QXucCulDhAn705UScGvLlnchNgCxG2IrtvXVmRb667d/s1600/MMM14logolarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3cWxHwNbzUkfYMnY-FTTdJTSH7SY2OZjotebvbSKdq0Ht9IsZgP_GQUJnvUuPYu2p3j76ZDWfDR_PIBaJYftqw48Bw2y1A5N2QXucCulDhAn705UScGvLlnchNgCxG2IrtvXVmRb667d/s320/MMM14logolarge.jpg" /></a><br />
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Me Made May is coming (Hosted by Zoe from <a href="http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/">So, Zo...What do you know?</a>)! I participated last year and it was quite entertaining and in addition it helped change the way that I sew. It encouraged me to sew more wearable clothes and less costumey things (my personal designs tend to make me look rather like an extra from sci-fi movies) and also prompted me to take more care on the finishing of my garments. Typically I would follow the pattern directions and many of those don't call for seam finishes other than zig-zagging or serging. Now I finish all of my seams carefully, and take more care in general while I sew to insure that I make a lasting garment that I will wear. So here is what I pledge for this May:<br />
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I, Liberty of LeVagabondage, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '14. I endeavour to wear no less than one handmade garment each day, and no one item more than twice each week, for the duration of May 2014. <br />
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I will be posting my outfits on Flickr once May begins, and this year hopefully I will be in some of the photos!<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-91308039681554051492014-03-28T17:55:00.000-07:002014-03-28T17:55:43.899-07:00Challenge six; FairytaleFor this challenge I was quite stumped at first. Fairytales are generally not my cup of tea, also a frou-frou princess dress does not fit my lifestyle at all. Since my goal, unstated until now, was to make an historical and wearable vintage wardrobe this challenge was doubly confounding. Eventualy I decided to do a Cinderella/Rosie the Riveter/land girl ensemble. These are some of my inspiration images:<br />
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I chose the color scheme of Disney's Cinderella's work clothes- a tealy blue, a light brown and darker brown. I used a vintage pattern, Simplicity 4161 from 1942, for the blouse.<br />
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My fabric is a very cool quilting cotton printed with sewing implements. I had just enough left over to make another of the 'bodice' challenge blouses too! My trousers are a pattern I made myself based on historical photographs, for these I used a light brown wide wale corduroy. Both fabrics are from the excellent <a href="http://www.sewtospeakshoppe.com/">Sew to Speak</a> shop in Columbus. I had never been there before but they are a wonderful resource for fabric and independent patterns. In short a big yay for them! Here you can see the color scheme, I wore my dark brown sweater with it to get in that additional Cinderella color. <br />
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I had to change the story a bit of course, in my version of the fairytale Cinderella is not a servant but perhaps a housewife, (I think we can all agree that 1940's housewives lives were rather servile at times). She would dress her up mice in overalls, then make them have a victory garden, and at the dance she would meet Uncle Sam and become a WOW. Her prince charming was finding herself. A much more satisfying happily ever after!<br />
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I wanted to print a WOW bandana but never got around to it, though my blouse and pants took less than a week to make. In fact they were both very easy to sew! My main difficulty arose in fitting the pants, the butt is still a little unflattering, but frankly looks pretty period to me. I think my issues arose because I shortened the crotch length as many people say needs to be done to vintage trouser patterns. I ended up adding it back in plus some to get the waist to fall at my waist! I also had to do significant sway back alterations. My side pockets were going to be back pockets but I cut them too small, so instead I stacked them on my right hip. I like the aesthetics of the stacked v's and the utility of two pockets.<br />
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As you can see I get really odd wrinkles after a few hours of walking around. Standing still it looks normal, not like a wrinkled mess!<br />
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And here is a shot on Sally Stitch, the buttons are just pinned on here, I was auditioning my button options, also a lovely shot taken in the bathroom mirror at the end of the day. See no wrinkles when I'm still! My photographer had a hard time getting good pictures in the wild, that is, at the <a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/exhibits/ohio-history-center-exhibits/1950s">Ohio Historical Society's Lustron exhibit</a> (which is awesome and everyone should go and visit!). Please note, I also made the awesome children in these images!<br />
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The Challenge: Fairytale<br />
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Fabric: Printed quilting cotton and cotton wide wale corduroy<br />
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Pattern: Simplicity 4161 from 1942 and my own<br />
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Year: 1942<br />
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Notions: Five vintage black buttons, one bronze reproduction vintage button, two skirt hooks and bars<br />
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How historically accurate is it? 75% because of the quilting cotton blouse and modern hooks<br />
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Hours to complete: Not sure, I worked on them for four days total, but two days were just for finishing<br />
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First worn: Thursday to the Lustron exhibit<br />
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Total cost: $25 to $35, I still have extra fabric leftUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-70299298174970876652014-03-14T10:37:00.001-07:002014-03-14T10:41:11.072-07:00Challenge five; BodiceFor this challenge I made blouses. Not technically bodices per se, but for me they are the bodices of my daily apparel, so it sorta works. I actually made both early last week and intended to make more, but instead I loafed around (read: got stomach flu, not fun!). I also neglected to press these before photographing.<br />
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I used this mail order pattern from the 1950s I have which is outside of our dates for the HSF, but I once had an older version of it that was unprinted and dated to the 1940s. It might not have been exactly the same pattern but it was almost the same, but sadly we shall never know as my original was the victim of a cruel mauling and munching by a one year old (luckily she's nine now and no longer eats my vintage patterns!). I also used some fantastic vintage buttons! And please not the very cool button band detail on the gold blouse! (Please don't notice that my steam away marking pen did not steam away!)<br />
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I used my ivory linen stash for the contrast tops, which also helps me be able to wear these colors! The pink is the stained seersucker from Etsy that I wanted to use for the pink challenge, and no the stains did not come out. The golden is a bit of quilting cotton I picked up as a remnant at JoAnns. I faced the hems with bias tape for weight, used no interfacing and cut down the crazy big revers to a more moderate size (I took off 2.5" on each collar). My earlier pattern definitely had smaller revers! I modified the back pattern to mimic the shaping on the front, I'm not sure if the original had this detail built in or not, it might have been a straight back panel with a shaped front.<br />
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As you can tell the contrast seaming is different on the two blouses, that is because I cut the pink blouse from view A, intending to modify the collar to be ivory with a scalloped edge in the pink. It was ugly, very ugly. So I chopped it up and did some reshaping and made another version of view B with some differences. There is no cb seam, The shaping is different, the cool button placket detail is gone and the bust darts are lower. I still like it though, in fact I love these blouses! I will post some modeled pictures soon!<br />
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The Challenge: Bodice<br />
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Fabric: Light weight linen, quilting cotton, vintage cotton seersucker <br />
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Pattern: Mail Order 9379, altered to look like a lost 1940s pattern<br />
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Year: 1940s or 1950s, depending on which pattern you use<br />
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Notions: Vintage buttons, thread, bias tape in peach and gold<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Pattern, fabric, notions are yes, polyester bias tape is no, so 95%<br />
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Hours to complete: 2, one hour per blouse<br />
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First worn: Antiquing last weekend for the gold, pink not yet worn<br />
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Total cost: $9 for buttons, but they are perfect and vintage and I have extras! Actually let's say $5.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-70866669159335301392014-02-27T17:45:00.000-08:002014-02-27T17:46:19.736-08:00Challenge four; Underneath it allI had big plans for this challenge, and was making good progress, until life got in the way. I was going to make some bras and tap pants and a girdle/garter belt, but it didn't happen. Due to sad family circumstances I only finished one bra. this one:<br />
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It fits me better than it fits Sally Stitch.<br />
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I had cut the lining out of an old leather coat I repurposed a while ago, it was peachy pink with black stripes, draped nicely and was silky. It was 100% acetate. I washed it in the sink and the dry cleaning chemical smell was just awful, it took several sinks of water and long soaks to remove all of the smell. When it was dry it was a terrible mass of wrinkles and a blue pink color, I think the peachyness was residue from all the dry cleaning chemicals. I ironed it on a mid setting and it's silky smoothness was restored yay!<br />
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I had intended it to be a test bra, since it was just lining fabric, a wearable toile, but it turned out better than expected. There are a few wrinkles around the seams on the cups, but these are invisible under clothes. I think the shape of the cup seams are to round and that is causing the problem. I might bullet seam the cups to see if that helps, I have read that doing so can help shape the cups into a more pointy form.<br />
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The Challenge: Underneath it all<br />
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Fabric: Pink and black striped acetate lining from an old leather coat, pink shirting as lining<br />
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Pattern: Cobbled together from several vintage bra patterns<br />
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Year: 1940ish<br />
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Notions: One hook and eye, 6" of green elastic dyed pink (too pink!)<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Hmm... 50%, the pattern is accurate as is the shape it gives, but acetate? no.<br />
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Hours to complete: Around one<br />
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First worn: Not yet, as it doesn't allow for breastfeeding.<br />
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Total cost: All from stash so free!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683230056525787700.post-43515740301756304852014-02-15T06:48:00.001-08:002014-02-16T18:43:04.759-08:00Challenge three; PinkI had some problems with this challenge, for starters I love pink but never wear it. I also have lots of pink fabrics, that are all too small to make a garment from. First I wanted to use this lovely vintage seersucker:<br />
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I bought it on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/?ref=si_home">Etsy</a> and sadly it was quite stained, I couldn't get all of the stains out either. I won't be naming the seller here for obvious reasons. But it was just too small to make something from, I only had 32"x64". I tried many other fabrics and patterns but nothing spoke to me!<br />
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In spite of this though, I actually sewed three pink things this fortnight! Sadly the best was not an historical garment; I made my daughter a coat! She selected the fabrics (lovely pink coating and pink, black and white lining from Fashion Fabrics Club) and pattern (<a href="http://tmngkobo.onlinestores.jp/Kids-c-324/Marmalade--Poncho-Jacket-p-8866.html">Marmalade</a> from <a href="http://tmngkobo.onlinestores.jp/">Tamanegi-Kobo</a>). It came out quite nicely, though the pattern matching and hand stitching made it a rather intense project! In fact it took up over half of the fortnight to complete. If anyone is interested let me know and I will post some pictures of it!<br />
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For this challenge I originally intended to make something like this blouse:<br />
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which is currently for sale at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/122157385/sale-1920s-1930s-vintage-blouse-pattern?ref=favs_view_16">Ode to June</a> on Etsy. I don't own the pattern (but someone should buy it because it's beautiful! And um, make me a copy, please?) so I used one of my basic bodice blocks to cut it out and then I sewed it up without trying it on (because I am foolish). Unfortunatly I used my unaltered block (foolish) which does not account for my square shoulders at all! Big mistake, there were large puffs on the tops of my shoulders which took a lot of work to fix. But fix it I did. <br />
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I hand sewed the sleeve hems and the tie belt at the hip with a blanket stitch but sewed the rest by machine. In all I really like how the blouse turned out, though it is a bit large in the hips. I may take some small tucks in the hem to snug it up a bit. <br />
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The Challenge: Pink<br />
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Fabric: 1 yard apricot cotton voile<br />
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Pattern: My own <br />
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Year: 1928<br />
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Notions: Pink thread, embroidery floss in colors 842 and 3779<br />
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How historically accurate is it? 95%, I did some decorative machine zig-zaging on the ties.<br />
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Hours to complete: Three-ish<br />
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First worn: Today! Photos forthcoming!<br />
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Total cost: All from stash so, free!<br />
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After that I hand sewed a pair of pink garters with some lovely pink striped ribbon I had on hand, I used lace as a backing and added three mother of pearl buttons to each. I had made some vintage style ribbon rosettes but I found them unsatisfactory, probably due to the cheap polyesteryness of the ribbon. The beads look much better! To make them I simply measured my thigh and added half of that measure to get my length then sewed ribbon to lace with a running back stitch and threaded through the elastic. Sewing on the beads was the most time consuming part (and bent my needle into a nice curve!).<br />
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The Challenge: Pink<br />
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Fabric: 2 yards pink ribbon, 2 yards white lace, 28" elastic<br />
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Pattern: none<br />
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Year: 1923<br />
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Notions: 6 Mother of pearl beads, thread<br />
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How historically accurate is it? Let's say 95%, my fabric is definitely synthetic, regardless of what JoAnns says.<br />
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Hours to complete: Under an hour<br />
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First worn: Today, for photographs!<br />
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Total cost: Beads-$2.00, the rest was from stash.<br />
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