Simplicity 1620

Simplicity 1620 was finished about 2 weeks ago. I absolutely adore this dress. Its definitely my new favorite. I considered putting the collar but it came out too short for the

neckline and the fabric was too stiff and I decided against it. This was my first pattern that I made larger. It was a size 12 bust 30. I looked up directions and afterwards figured out I didn't do it right, but it came out well enough and it fits me. Other than the sizing and having to make it a little bigger the dress was relatively simple, nothing too complicated. I love the neckline of this dress. I will be making this again sometime, it's too bad summer is ending though!

Hollywood 1025

I recently made Hollywood 1025. I found a pretty blue rayon fabric with flowers. When I got this pattern I just knew I had to use rayon for it. To me 1940 suits with peplums just have to be made with rayon. The hardest part of this pattern was the side insets. Im still not completely happy with how they turned out.

New dresses

I've been sewing a lot lately and have finished a rayon 1940 suit, a blue and white 1950 dress, and am currently finishing up a blue 1940 princess line dress. I will put pictures soon!

Advance 4893

The finished dress!! Sorry that my face is cut out- a couple of weeks back i attempted to cut myself 1940 betty bangs and it went horribly wrong. So now i'm anxiously waiting for them to grow back out, and my hair looks terrible in pictures lol. Afterwards I added a belt to this dress but unfortunately I don't have any pictures of it.




These three pictures are of the bodice in the making. I almost left it plain but decided I liked the rickrack. It makes the two pieces stand out more, since it's intended to be two different colors ( as shown on the pattern )

This dress went together easily. I expected some problems with the two pieces on the the front of the bodice but it turned out not hard at all. I really love this fabric. It's comfy and now is my new favorite dress to wear! Especially now that I made a belt for it!

I finished this last week but I wanted to wait till I had pictures of it too put up :)

After I started Advance 9209. I have everything finished on it except for the buttons on the front. I'm just not too sure I like it anymore. I'm a little weary of wearing it outside the house lol, i suppose mostly because of the reaction from people i've shown it too. On the other hand, There's not much opportunity to wear a dress with little american hearts all over it besides the fourth of july, so I might as well finish it and wear it out.

I am also finishing a blouse I started a couple months back. I finished everything on it but the buttons, I stopped because I had once again made a pattern one size to big. I am going to take in the seams a little and finish the buttons. It buttons up the back and I desperately need a new white blouse so i am determined to make this one work.

And speaking of white blouses and the fourth of july, I absolutely adore and loveee the blouse from Wearing History. First the pattern is awesome, I really want to find that :) and it looks fantastic! It's not too much but its just enough to look great for a celebration. It makes me wish I had made a blouse for the fourth of July instead of a dress! :)

My Sewing Circle

I just joined My Sewing Circle and added my first project! Im so excited I think this website is great! I love being able to organize the sewing projects im doing and also the patterns and fabrics. My username on it is just Danielle.

And also, I started Advance 4893. I have everything done but I need to add one more button, and I think i'm going to make a belt. For this pattern I was unsure if it would fit because its a size 14, and as I said in a previous post i've had a lot of difficulty with pattern sizing and things not fitting. I brought this darling strawberry plaid fabric that I absolutely love, but of course it wasn't on sale and I didn't want to use it and then have the dress not fit. So for the first time I actually made the whole bodice out of some old fabric first before starting with the actual fabric (I know there's a name for that but I can't for my life think of it right now). Anyways I know most people do that, i'm just horribly impatient so I was proud of myself for actually doing that this time! lol. It helped though and I'm so glad I did.

And coming up next i'm making a 4th of july dress. I have the cutest fabric for it! I'm thinking of using Simplicity 4379. Only because I haven't made it yet and I want too, i'm just not sure if

I dont want something less simple. It is more of a fun dress and for celebration and this pattern is very simple and plain. But most likely I think I will use the simplicity pattern. I haven't done a neckline like this before so it will be a new challenge!

Vintage Slips and Sweaters

Recently one of my good friend's grandmother was moving and found a bunch of old slips and sweaters and so my my friend gave them all to me. Im overjoyed and so excited to wear all these! They are the perfect length for my vintage dresses! I love the sweaters too. They fit me exactly and are both from 1950. They are 100% cashmere and from neiman marcus. Their wonderful and I cant wait for it to get cold so I can wear them :)

All the slips have beautiful trim! These are some pictures of my favorite slips. I love the lace on the brown and the embroidery on the pink.

Butterick 6582

I needed a quick and easy dress for summer, and one with no sleeves because its so hot here in Texas! So I started with Butterick 6582. It's a simple dress and didn't take long to finish. Although I think the neckline could have came out better. I didn't use a facing on the neckline pieces but only because the fabric I used was pretty stiff and I think I still got pretty much the same effect. I also took some good pictures! Bear with me though, I'm not the best photographer, hopefully I'll get better though :)