Monthly Archives: August 2010

Vintage Fashion Magazine Ads: The Role Played In Promoting Sewing

Pauline Trigere vintage sewing pattern

There are three types of women: those who wear ready-made, those who make their own clothes and those who have their clothes made. Most of us fit in the...

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Part 2: How To Make A Basic Pattern

Dress forms to be used for draping fabric

Continued from How To Make A Basic Pattern E.  Make a trial muslin Make the trial muslin in medium weight unbleached muslin. 1.  Straighten the grain of the fabric...

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The Bouffant Dress

Vintage bouffant dress

This beautiful bouffant dress is on display at the Brooklyn Museum.  Of the dress it’s said, “the polka dots are akin to balloons capturing the youthful spirit characteristic of...

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