Vintage Sewing: Patterns, New to the Shop

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1960 Dress Style: How to Get That Look

Aren't these classic dresses from 1960 cute? They are from a Penney's department store advertisement. The dresses are cotton and u...

New Look Era : Dress Pattern, McCall's 7719

This is the cover art from vintage sewing pattern: McCall's 7719. It's probably from the late 1940's or early 1950's, judgi...

Blue Calico Prints: C. 1930's

The little blue cotton calicos shown here are part of an unfinished quilt that probably was started in the 1930's. The textiles are fre...

1972: Prom and Party Styles

The two Simplicity patterns shown here date from Spring, 1972 and include textile swatches suggested for each pattern style. Simplicity 9725...

1970's Vintage Sewing Patterns & California Fashion Designers

Collecting and selling vintage sewing patterns has heightened my awareness of “designer” brands from past decades. I have often wondered ab...

Vintage Details: Glibert Adrian: Suit Jacket c. 1947: part 2

Seeing how a vintage jacket was designed to be worn can help to understand its style and silhouette. This original photo of Adrian’s black ...

Mad about PLAID

Fall is a great time to re-discover how fun plaids and checks can be. These vintage fabrics have the kind of color that will make up into t...

Vintage Detail: Red Silk Dress c. 1960

This dress is fully lined. The hem appears to have been shortened. All beaded has been sewn by hand around the neckline and wrists of the ...

Vintage Simplicity Sewing Patterns: 1958

Vintage sewing patterns are a great resource to have. Whether I am trying to date a dress, or looking for new ideas, I just can get enough ...

Sewing Vintage Fashion: Vogue Patterns, April 1960

Vogue 9967. Blue eyelet, embroidered with dots, great full sleeves on fitted shirt waist dress Vogue 9991. Floral border on cotton with matc...

Under Tuscan Sun: Sewing Retro Style Dresses

"Under Tuscan Sun" from 2003 remains a popular chick flick, in part due to the vintage styles worn by the lead characters, designe...