tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19776566123740132032024-02-02T07:33:01.964-08:00Retro Sewing Romance WriterJeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-64081250617782687222015-01-03T17:06:00.002-08:002015-01-03T17:06:52.777-08:001940's Plaid Coat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Presenting the pink and gray plaid 1940's jacket!<br />
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To be honest, when I started this project, I wasn't certain what I'd end up with. I'd ordered the fabric online and when it came, I loved it, but wasn't certain what to make with it. Then it dawned on me that 1940s coats were often made with large odd colored plaids. Perfect, because I had a large oddly-colored plaid. And...I have a pink fedora-type hat that matches the fabric.<br />
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The pattern is a size too small for me, but I thought that it might fit, given the boxiness of 1940s coats. I made a muslin and other than adding 1/2 inch across the back, it fit well. In fact, it's a bit roomy.<br />
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The fabric is very loosely woven wool, but I didn't underline it. I interlined the charmeuse lining with thick flannel and even though it seemed like I should stabilize the wool with batiste, I didn't. Four layers seemed like one layer too many. Luckily, the wool did very well without underlining.<br />
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This coat was another exercise in tailoring. This is the first vintage pattern I've encountered that suggested pad stitching the lapels. The directions were for the most part pretty terse and there wasn't a lot of directions given for techniques such as pad stitching, but I guess that's what sewing books, mothers and grandmothers were for back then.<br />
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I stabilized the hollow of the shoulder area with hair canvas<br />
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The lapels have a cool rounded shape that I really like.<br />
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I stabilized the sleeve tops, then put in sleeve heads (no photos, sorry) and 1/2 inch shoulder pads. True story--the first time I put on the coat, it made my head look small. I kept checking in different mirrors around the house to see if it was just an illusion. These shoulders take some getting used to.<br />
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I did my best to match the collar to the plaid in the back. One thing about pad stitching--the collar rolls beautifully. It's truly a well-tamed collar.<br />
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The pattern called for welt pockets, but this wool was totally unsuitable for welts. I'm sure there are people out there who could have welted these pockets, but after all that pad stitching and plaid matching, I decided to put in patch pockets. It would have killed me to watch my coat unravel before my eyes.<br />
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I started to sew the first pocket on by machine with top-stitching thread and got about two inches into my seam when I realized that it looked sucky. My tailoring book had instructions for applying patch pockets by hand, so that's what I did.<br />
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First you pin the pocket in place, then stitch 1/4 inch in from the edge.<br />
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After that you sew the edge to the coat, so you have double seam. It makes for a very nice looking and nearly invisible pocket. I wasn't going for invisible, but I like it.<br />
As you can see, I'm a sucker for big buttons.<br />
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After making the buttonholes by machine, I decided that they didn't look finished enough, so I bound them by hand using regular sewing thread rather than button twist.<br />
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I love the flannel interlining. The coat is heavy and warm. Here are a few outdoor shots.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-18690383041206872272014-12-21T15:07:00.001-08:002014-12-21T15:14:33.063-08:00Butterick 3721 Men's Victorian Cutaway Coat -- Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to report that I finished two coats during my absence from blog writing. I also finished a book for Harlequin and I sold a book to a new publisher--Tule Publishing. I'll be part of their Montana Born series. The book will come out next summer. And now to the sewing...<br />
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Victorian cutaway coat. I learned a lot while making this coat. Instead of following the pattern instructions, I decided to practice tailoring, so instead of getting done in two days, I got done in a month, working in my spare time. I used two main resources: <br />
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After doing the pad stitching that I discussed in the last post, I used 1/4 inch twill tape, sewn in by hand, to establish the roll line and to stabilize the edges of the lapels.<br />
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I also used twill tape to stabilize the armholes.<br />
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I made a chest piece, following the instructions in Sewing for Men and Boys, to keep the hollow of the chest from collapsing.<br />
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I put in an interior pocket, again following instructions from Sewing for Men and Boys, because my husband and son have both commented many times that they wish their coats had an interior pocket. It was actually pretty easy.<br />
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I put in a back stay.<br />
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Stabilized the bottom of the cutaway with strips of hair canvas.<br />
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Left Floydie alone after cutting the lining. Note to self: Do NOT leave Floydie alone.<br />
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I sewed the entire lining in by hand. It was fairly relaxing, since I sewed during football games and Boardwalk Empire. I used silk thread to mark the line along which I sewed the sleeves to the body of the lining. I put in a half-inch shoulder pad, but the sleeve head didn't look good, so I took it back out.<br />
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Sadly, now that I'm done, I have no one to model the coat, since the future wearer is miles away in San Francisco. So until next Dicken's Fair, I have to make due with Tillie, my unpaid assistant. Her hips are a little too large, and her shoulders a bit too narrow, but she'll have to to do. Please forgive the drag lines.</div>
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My one regret...this is a soft, loose weave wool that I used and it's too soft, too droopy. I stabilized it by underlining it with batiste, but it still has a wee bit of a droop. From now on, I'll use wool with a tighter weave when I put this much work into a coat.<br />
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I also made a vest to go with the coat. You can just see it peeking out here.<br />
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The nice thing about the vest is that I was able to use the gray charmeuse I bought to line the bodice of <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2014/08/vogue-4617-vogue-special-design.html">Vogue 4617</a>. It was too heavy for bodice lining, but perfect for this vest.<br />
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Next up--the pink plaid 1940s jacket. See you all soon.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-43172944737150998242014-09-28T19:51:00.001-07:002014-09-29T08:01:32.371-07:00Progress on Butterick 3721 and a Bad Thing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZm7NKTdWXaIMvySAQhY_L5CG0g_GcWNSBGbuaprfSZCl3GeNh31bzNaCBFOErXT-pqxwmMqefBU8rgmEQeFLS-9XiSOO010oagjgNJCCLCrZaUF_mrG7WKbYliJcFPewbLyXrb3lKcDg/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZm7NKTdWXaIMvySAQhY_L5CG0g_GcWNSBGbuaprfSZCl3GeNh31bzNaCBFOErXT-pqxwmMqefBU8rgmEQeFLS-9XiSOO010oagjgNJCCLCrZaUF_mrG7WKbYliJcFPewbLyXrb3lKcDg/s1600/028.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>I made some decent progress on the gray Victorian cut away coat over the weekend--and had a bad thing happen, which I will get to in a bit. I followed the pattern directions for the most part, except for a few added stitches here and there.<br />
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The entire front of the jacket is interfaced/underlined with hair canvas. The darts are sewn treating the fabric and hair canvas as one fabric and I did that, thinking it'll help stabilize the loosely woven wool.<br />
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I debated, then decided to pad stitch the lapels and under collar. It gave me something to do during the 49er game. There's a victory stitched into that under collar.<br />
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The under collar was cut in one piece, rather than two and I went with it. Bottom line, this is a costume coat. The pad stitching really helped the roll of the lapel, though and this is good practice for pad stitching non-costume wear.<br />
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I decided to make the slanted welt pocket in the jacket front before doing the pad stitching on the lapel. I have enough fabric to cut another front if something unfortunate happened--but I don't know if I have the patience to pad stitch another lapel. That's probably why the welt pocket went in smoothly. It's even on the correct side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The welt is actually a lot crisper than it looks in this photo. This wool<br />
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Now that I'm done with the fronts, I'm underling the rest of the pattern pieces in black batiste...<br />
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...and while doing that I discovered the bad thing. The thing that would have been devastating if I didn't have almost two extra yards of wool.<br />
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The flaw. And not just a little flaw--a put your finger through it flaw--on the sleeve. And I found it <i>after</i> doing all that pad stitching.<br />
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How many times did my mom tell me to always check both sides of my fabric carefully before cutting? Like a zillion. Usually I iron my fabric and thus examine it, however, I steam shrunk this fabric in my dryer, then hung it to cool. Since it was wrinkle free, I simply laid it out and cut. Won't be doing that again.<br />
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So that's were I am as the work week looms ahead of me. I'm just thankful I'm still making a gray coat and not a long gray vest.<br />
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The first coat is not for me. Dickens Fair is fast approaching and I've decided to make a new gentleman's coat. I'm thinking cut away instead of a frock coat, using Butterick 3721. I'm making it in gray wool, which is loosely woven so I've decided to underline it with black cotton batiste to give it more body. I plan to start this coat soon--as in within the week.<br />
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Following that I plan to make a retro coat using Simplicity 4563, which appears to be from the early to mid-1940s. I have some retro looking plaid wool, which I plan to underline with white cotton flannel to add a layer of warmth. I decided to make the single breasted version because I didn't feel like buying four extra buttons.<br />
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Number three on the list is McCalls 6800. I bought some wool online for a purpose I can't recall, and when it came, it was no where near the color I'd thought it would be. It's a cheerful pink with traces of yellow and lavender--more spring than winter, but maybe that's what one needs in the winter. A cheerful coat. I like the fabric...I think. If I don't find a 1960s pattern I like before it rolls around to the number one spot in the queue, then I'll make version A or D of this pattern.<br />
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And then there's Vogue 1419 and my accidental linen. I decided to join the <a href="http://lladybird.com/2014/09/17/announcing-the-vogue-1419-sewalong/">LLadybird Vogue 1419 sew along</a> last week and was glad to see that one of the three suggested fabrics for this pattern was linen, because I mistakenly bought coat weight linen (online) last spring thinking it was dress weight. I assumed that the fabric would languish in my stash for years before I found a use for it, but I was wrong. The sew along starts at the end of the month and I'm excited to participate.<br />
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And finally the wish list...I saw this coat pattern, Vogue 8211, reviewed in a back issue of Threads magazine and fell in love. The 2006 out-of-print pattern wasn't on eBay at the time,but I kept checking. Eventually it showed up, but for some reason, only in sizes 6-8-10 and 18-20-22. I fall in the middle, unrepresented bracket. I bought the pattern in the smaller size and plan to grade it one of these days. Once that's done, I'm going to find the perfect fabric; however...I have a feeling that this project will not see the light of day in 2014. It looks more like a 2015 coat anyway.</div>
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And that's the plan. Yes, my ambition is greater than my allotted time (winter), but I'm hopeful that I can get at least three of these coats done before spring...just in time for the end-of-winter wool sales.<br />
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I made a lobster dress this summer.<br />
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I washed and dried the fabric, laid in out and soon realized that I had a problem--the grain was off just enough that the lobsters wouldn't match if I folded the fabric to cut the pattern. In my world, we match our lobsters, so I laid the fabric out as a single layer and cut the pieces one at a time, matching each side so that the lobsters ran true.<br />
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After that, I assumed the dress would be a slam dunk, but no. I had pinched out an inch of the bodice and contrast bands when I fit the muslin, so that the bodice didn't gap--and cleverly forgot to add an inch at the back.<br />
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My daughter tried the dress on and there was a big problem with the back--as in a two-inch gap between the buttons and the button holes.<br />
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I took no photos because I was desperately trying to determine just how I was going to fix it. Take the bodice apart? Frankenstein something together? The back had been so cute before I fixed the front.<br />
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While I was considering ripping the contrast off the bodice and maybe crying a little, my daughter calmly suggested adding a ribbon. <br />
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Don't you just love a clear mind in a crisis situation?<br />
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I cut off the back strap an inch from the vertical strap, tucked the raw edges in, then poked the end of a wide ribbon in the opening. A little hand stitching and viola!<br />
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This is one of those dresses that needs a body in it to look good, but hey--look at that matched lobster print!<br />
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I love the ribbon! So glad I messed up the back.<br />
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the Lobster Dress.<br />
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pattern that simply cried out to be made instead of being returned to the plastic storage bin of no return (unless the 80s come back.)<br />
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<span id="goog_1569189853"></span>I adore rayon challis.I love wearing it and a sick part of me loves sewing it. It presses so nicely, but it does tend to stretch and go its own way, so I decided to underline the fabric with cotton batiste.<br />
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The batiste didn't stretch, but the challis did--over an inch in some areas.<br />
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After trimming the challis to match the batiste, I used transfer paper with disappearing ink to draw the darts and pleat markings on the underlining. Usually I just mark them with snips and pins, but this stuff was cool, so I used it.<br />
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Also, even though I love making pleats, the pleats on this pattern are difficult to follow using only snips and pins, so I'm glad I drew them.<br />
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The pattern makes the pleat look easy, but trust me, you have to focus while you're making these pleats.<br />
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After the pleats were done, it was clear sailing--or it would have been if the pattern directions had been correct. The illustration shows the tie attached to the right side of the skirt back. If you do that, then there is nothing to tie the other tie to once the skirt is wrapped. </div>
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I put the tie on the left side of the skirt back and viola--I had something to tie to. At the last minute I decided to only underline the skirt back and left front. I thought underlining both front layers would make the skirt too bulky.<br />
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And here's the skirt in action:<br />
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You know how the previous post was called Long Days of Summer? Well, this one should be called Did Anyone Notice Summer Go By? Talk about a blur--but it was a good blur.<br />
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I did get my apricot maxi skirt done, along with a few T-shirts, but my coup d'grace this summer was Vogue 4617. I made the sleeveless version out of pale gray taffeta. It actually turned out to be silver.<br />
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I was going to make the dress last summer, but came up against an obstacle when the pattern called for "skirt stiffening". I had no idea what that was and none of my books or internet searches answered the question. Happily, this past spring I happened across a vintage 1950s dress in a thrift store and noticed that the entire skirt was lined in nonwoven interfacing. Skirt stiffening was simply interfacing!<br />
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The nonwoven interfacing hadn't aged all that well, but it still made a huge difference in the drape of the skirt, so I knew that (a) the "optional" skirt stiffening was necessary and (b) I had to find some 60 inch wide nonwoven interfacing. I eventually found some gorgeous interfacing at <a href="https://www.fashionsewingsupply.com/index.php?cPath=22&osCsid=4143e957c5e77496a2ab2e90c7255e50">Fashion Sewing Supply</a>. I believe the interfacing cost more than the fashion fabric, but it was totally necessary. I'll be "stiffening" more 50s skirts in the future.<br />
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I hand basted the interfacing to each skirt piece, just like underlining, but I didn't baste across the bottom hem area. I've had trouble with bubbling between the interlining and fashion fabric and leaving the bottom open helps me deal with this.<br />
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All in all the construction was straight forward, right up until I had to attach the bodice to the skirt. My waist is very high, so I normally shorten the bodice a good inch. This time I did it differently. I put the unshortened bodice on Tillie, then I turned under 5/8 inch on the top of the skirt. I put the skirt on Tillie, situating it exactly at the waistline, then marked the position.<br />
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After that I removed the bodice and skirt, then pinned the skirt to the marked line and trimmed the bodice to match the skirt.<br />
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This way the skirt sat at my waistline and not where I guess my waistline is when I shorten the bodice first. (Clear as mud?)<br />
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The bodice has one pleated shoulder and one plain.<br />
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There are a few tacks to hold the pleats in place.<br />
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I hand picked the zipper. I've never done this before and now it's my favorite way to put in a zipper. I love the look and love how precise it is.<br />
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Here are some shots of the skirt panel detail. I stay stitched to make certain they didn't stretch on the bias and to make sure the waist didn't stretch.<br />
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To hem the dress, since the stiffening wasn't basted to the skirt at the bottom, I marked the hem and hand basted along the hemline through both the stiffening and the taffeta.<br />
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Then I trimmed the hem to 2 inches, sewed on lace and turned it up along the basting. I tacked the hem to the stiffening, so it didn't show on the outside.<br />
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I wore the dress to the Harlequin party at the Romance Writers of America National conference. It was super comfortable and the stiffened skirt was a lot of fun to wear. No crinoline necessary, so no itchy legs. Yay!<br />
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I made a self-fabric belt out of a vintage kit. I was afraid that 1 inch belt would be too thick, but now I think it's perfect for this dress.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-14851365546844471872014-06-10T20:58:00.000-07:002014-06-10T21:01:54.154-07:00Long Days of SummerOnce again it's summer vacation and the days stretch before me, making me believe that I can write two books and sew many, many dresses. Last summer I thought the same thing and while I made a few dresses--<a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/07/vintage-vogue-2787done-at-last.html">Vintage Vogue 2787</a> and <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/07/and-in-this-corner.html">Vintage Vogue 1136</a> come to mind--I didn't get done nearly as much as I had hoped.<br />
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But this summer will be different. Oh yes, it will.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0rxNwSvAofttsv_HAfAL2aRsI768FW0WgVSwodOUVXrXJ6pHKp8Dp3VsOUys758zDR6965OBgFntkOG7L1uD7G8ZzqClxeE3JY5HCRCw-zli12P2dgfrvgvl1j59RgJzi1DinRCNWKAK/s1600/IMG_3622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0rxNwSvAofttsv_HAfAL2aRsI768FW0WgVSwodOUVXrXJ6pHKp8Dp3VsOUys758zDR6965OBgFntkOG7L1uD7G8ZzqClxeE3JY5HCRCw-zli12P2dgfrvgvl1j59RgJzi1DinRCNWKAK/s1600/IMG_3622.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a>I've started three projects. The first is a slip made from a Gertie pattern <a href="http://butterick.mccall.com/b6031-products-48003.php?page_id=147">Butterick 6031</a>. I ordered a slip kit from Gertie's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/GertieInRoses?ref=em">Etsy shop</a>, thinking it would make the process easier--which it did--but more importantly, it introduced me to micro jersey knit. This stuff is incredible. Heavier than the nylon, it slides over the body and hangs wonderfully. I ended up ordering another kit in yellow and I'm thinking about one in black. These <br />
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The last project is a maxi skirt. I've had a recent hankering for a maxi or two and lo and behold, maxi's are now in style. I decided to start with the<a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/gabriola-skirt/"> Gabriola skirt</a>,which is a Sewaholic pattern. Tasia makes patterns for women with hips and I qualify.<br />
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The pattern has panels that make the skirt hug the body in the upper hip<br />
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area. It's quite flattering, so I hope to make a couple of these during the many, many days of summer lying before me. I'm making the first one out of apricot challis.<br />
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So that's the plan right now, two days into summer break. We'll see how it goes. And since no post is complete without a cat picture, here we are:<br />
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Introducing Flora.<br />
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For those of you who are wondering, Nora came to us already named, as did Flora. Merely a coincidence.<br />
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We've had Flora for a week and a day and she's taken over the house.<br />
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I was afraid that she wouldn't know how to help me with the sewing, but she took to it it instantly--one might almost say instinctively--so I have high hopes for future sewing companionship.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-65681041578785722272014-05-26T19:05:00.000-07:002014-05-26T19:10:22.006-07:00Simplicity 4429 Jiffy Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While I was making the <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2014/05/six-jerkins-three-puffy-shirts-and-six.html">Robin Hood costumes</a>, after completing the puffy shirts and before embarking on hat construction, I had to do something that didn't smack of assembly line work--but it needed to be fast, because I had a costume deadline. Five other Hoods were depending on me. Enter Simplicity 4429, the Jiffy Dress.<br />
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The Jiffy Dress is comprised of two main pattern pieces. Basically, it's a front with darts, a back with a zipper and not much else. I decided to forgo the zipper, thus adding more jiffiness to the Jiffy Dress. I find that belted dresses often don't play nice with zippers, bulging awkwardly here and there, so I was glad to be able to dispense with this step.<br />
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For once I had a pattern in my size, so I didn't have to grade, but I did make a muslin, just in case. As I suspected, I had to add 1/4 inch at the hips, but other than that, the pattern fit well.<br />
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Upon reflection I realize that a rectangle generally does fit well, but it isn't necessarily flattering. Tilly, my unpaid assistant, wears rectangles better than I do.<br />
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The belt makes this dress. Without the belt, it's a box. Boxes look good on certain people, but I'm not one of them, so hurray for belts. Even Tilly looks better with a belt.<br />
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Here are a few more shots of the Jiffy Dress. For those of you who are wondering, it took a bit over two hours to make, including cutting the fabric.<br />
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My husband said the design of the fabric reminded him of camouflage on a Panzer Tank. I took that as a compliment.<br />
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This shift is so comfortable that I plan to whip up a few more for summer wear. We're heading into the incredibly hot, my house has no air conditioning weather and the Jiffy Dress seems perfectly suited to my needs.</div>
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<i>We're men! We're men in tights! Roaming the forest looking for fights</i>--and also ready to run <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_to_Breakers">Bay to Breakers</a> in San Francisco, the longest consecutively held footrace in the world.</div>
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We were surprisingly popular and posed for many photos. We found out later that we were not the only Robin Hood group--one other merry band was spotted by a friend--but I dare say we were the only group whose costumes were sewn by a romance writer.</div>
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We were misidentified on the course a few times as Peter Pan...yeah. For the record, Peter Pan did not wear a puffy shirt and I believe he was all in green. </div>
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This is the start of Hayes Street Hill, which is practically vertical and goes for about 10 miles....</div>
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Actually it's about half a mile long and a 7.5% grade. I've run it before, but this time we walked.</div>
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Which my family randomly followed.</div>
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But here they are seriously running:</div>
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Okay, maybe not <i>seriously</i> running, but kind of jogging. It counts.</div>
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And here we are in recovery mode after the race:</div>
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I love this race and I love this city. Where else can six Robin Hoods walk down the street and hang out in a bar without getting a second glance?</div>
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Next year we're thinking Musketeers. More puffy shirts! I can't wait!</div>
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Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-79101571103398110392014-04-27T18:58:00.000-07:002014-04-27T21:32:18.614-07:00Duty CallsI've been very busy over the past few weeks. Here's what I want to be working on--McCalls 9212, which is one of the first vintage patterns I purchased.<br />
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I bought some gorgeous red linen and then got busy on other projects and set it aside after tracing the pattern. You know how it is...sometimes a project (like my daughter's <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2014/04/butterick-5882-gertie-dress.html">Gertie dress</a>) needs to sit and stew for a year or two. That's the beauty of retro sewing. The patterns don't go out of style during the procrastination period, they just get more retro.<br />
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I got this far...<br />
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...when duty called and I had to switch over to this:<br />
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My go-to men's shirt pattern. I've been using this same pattern to make my husband's shirts since we first got married. (I'm rather impressed that he still wears the same size he wore when we wed.) I weaned him away from custom shirts almost a decade ago, when children's organized sports controlled our lives. He was quite happy buying his shirts and I was quite happy having him buy his shirts...until he could no longer find his favorite cotton chambray work shirts.<br />
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The brand he liked no longer exists and he couldn't find another brand he liked. That's when I got the look. The I-know-you-can-duplicate-my-favorite-shirts look. In return I gave him the I-know-you-can-rub-my-feet-every-night-while-we-watch-TV look. For a while our gazes battled, negotiated, then agreed. Shirts for foot rubs--and several hours in the fabric stores of my choosing. I must confess that I bought more than chambray, but more about that later.<br />
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Here's shirt number one (there will be three, because I'm insane):<br />
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Sure enough--it looks eerily like his old work shirts, right down to the white top stitching and buttons.<br />
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I used a medium weight woven sew-in interfacing for the collar and cuffs. I think it worked well.<br />
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There are no raw edges in the shirt. The side seams are flat fell seams and I (finally) learned how to attach the sleeves to the body without raw edges showing...<br />
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thanks to Peter at <a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/">Male Pattern Boldness</a> who is taking a <a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/search/label/Fashion%20Institute%20Classes">shirt making course</a> at the Fashion Institute and learning all kinds of amazing stuff that he's kind enough to share on his blog. The steps are <a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/2014/04/attaching-my-shirt-sleeve-pics-new.html">here</a> if you're interested.<br />
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My stitching wobbled a bit at the top of the shoulder and normally I would take it out and redo that section, but I forced myself to be realistic. This is supposed a comfortable work shirt my husband can wear in the Nevada heat. Within a week there will be a barb-wire hole or some such thing marring the general wonderfulness of this shirt, so I'm going to live with the wobble.<br />
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Once the shirt was done and I convinced my husband that I'd make him another in the next decade, I was ready to dive back into the dress...and then duty called again.<br />
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Someone (okay, it was me) came up with the bright idea of the family running a popular 8K race dressed as the characters in Robin Hood Men in Tights. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find green men's tights? Finally I found football tights. Hurray for green school colors.<br />
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There are six of us, which means six jerkins made out of brown duck. I'm on jerkin numbers four and five, sewing them assembly style since they are the same size and I won't do anything foolish like sewing a large front to a small back (not that those things happen to me or anything). So...another jerkin or two, two more white puffy shirts (one completed and fortunately the rest of my merry band have their own puffy shirts), six hats, and I'll be back at that red dress.<br />
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I can't wait.Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-27874376968805560442014-04-06T18:16:00.003-07:002014-04-06T18:38:34.983-07:00Butterick 5882 -- The Gertie Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When <a href="http://butterick.mccall.com/b5882-products-44960.php?page_id=147">Butterick</a> came out with this pattern, designed by <a href="http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/">Gertie</a> Hirsch, last year, I snapped it up because it was ridiculously cute. Honestly, I couldn't see myself wearing it, but not too long afterwards my daughter emailed me and asked me if I would make her the "Gertie Dress". Yes, I would, since I was halfway there--I had the pattern. The only thing left was fabric shopping and the year-long procrastination period that always happens when I make myself finish current projects before jumping into something new, fresh, fun.<br />
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This is obviously a dress that requires a muslin and I decided it may as well be cute, so I bought red retro floral cotton for under $3 a yard. I traced the pattern size that corresponded to my daughter's measurements, then brought the bodice to the <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2014/03/the-ghost-was-no-show.html">haunted hotel</a> for a fitting. The bust cups fit perfectly, but I had to take the sides and waist in over an inch--almost two inches toward the top. I had the boning basted into the bodice for the fitting, so I was fairly confident until I got home and sliced two inches off the top. Suddenly it looked way to small, but I finished the dress and mailed it off to my daughter. Guess what? It fit perfectly--so perfectly that the muslin has become the finished product. I love it when that happens.<br />
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This pattern was really easy to make, except for those cups. I loved making them, because I like tackling techniques I haven't yet tried, but attaching them to the bodice was pretty tricky due to extreme curves. I didn't take photos because I was going to document the construction of the "real" dress, but I wish I had. Anyway, with a lot of curve clipping, I got them sewed in.<br />
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I will make this dress again. We're talking white with black polka dots and black bust cups, which will have a nice retro feel. So, in closing, kudos to Gertie for coming up with this pattern.Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-23931407889608904282014-03-29T16:38:00.000-07:002014-03-29T16:43:53.136-07:00Pattern Sorting Day--the 80'sIt's the first day of my spring break--the perfect time to finally sort through my patterns and organize them.<br />
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Way too many of my patterns are from the 80s and they take up a lot of space, but I refuse to let them go. When my husband asked me why I keep them, I explained that I'm waiting for them to become cool again. Are we not grateful to all those people who stashed their patterns from the 30s, 40s and 50s, even though they undoubtedly thought the styles were dated and ugly? I admit, I have a hard time believing that the 80s will come back, but if they do, I have a lot of authentic patterns at the ready.</div>
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I made this safari coat and wore it until it fell apart. I got lots of compliments on it and kind of wish I still had it.</div>
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I had a lot of fun wearing this dress. I love shoulder pads and this dress had an abundance of padding in that area.</div>
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I'm not sure if this the 80s or early 90s, but regardless, I love pleated pants. I don't care how many times I'm told not to wear pleated pants, I ignore the advice and wear them. Also, the artwork on this pattern is wonderful</div>
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My husband called the divided skirt I made from this pattern "The Culottes from Hell". I ignored him and wore them anyway. I probably should have listened.</div>
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I never made this dress. I don't know why I bought the pattern, although it would have made a fine maternity dress. Let's hope that was what I was thinking.</div>
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I love these Paddington Bear coats. I had one in the 80s and just recently sent it to donation. So hard to let it go. Now I need another.</div>
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I did not spend the weekend sewing or writing. My husband and I met up with the kids at the <a href="http://www.goldhillhotel.net/">Gold Hill Hotel</a>, which is located just a little south of Virginia City, Nevada, home of the Comstock Lode. This is the same hotel where we shot the indoor photos for the <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/07/really-retro.html">Really Retro Victorian</a> clothing blog last July.<br />
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The Gold Hill hotel is the oldest hotel in Nevada, having been built in 1861 and it has <a href="http://www.goldhillhotel.net/history/hotel-history">quite a history</a>. Mark Twain once hung out there. In addition to the new rooms in the hotel (there's an addition on the back) here are five original rooms available for rent, two of which are purportedly haunted. My daughter got a haunted room--Rosie's--and so did my husband and I--William's --but, no ghosts. I'm wondering if it's because we used a Groupon. Perhaps these are union ghosts that only work under the proper conditions.<br />
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The meal we were served at the restaurant more than made up for the ghosts not showing up. Excellent food, excellent service. A fine time was had by one and all and we're definitely going back.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-86829292082934791082014-03-21T02:30:00.000-07:002014-03-21T05:24:05.010-07:00The St. Paddy's Day Dress Part 2: The Curse of the Busy PrintI love my St. Patrick's Day dress. It's comfortable and fun to wear, however, I discovered something interesting while wearing and photographing it. Due to the busy nature of the print, the details are rendered invisible...which makes me think I needn't have bothered with the details.<br />
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The pockets on the dress are adorable, fun to make...<br />
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Granted if you get close, you can see them...but I don't know if I want people squinting at my midsection, trying to make out details.<br />
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Below is a photo of my first embroidery project, which I started when I was ten. I keep it to remind me not to start embroidery projects. It was supposed to be a bib for my baby cousin. You might notice that it's not a bib...that's because I think my baby cousin was in junior high by the time I finished it.<br />
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But I gave quilting cotton another try and really love my dress, so maybe I'll have similar luck when I try my hand once again at embroidery. Stay tuned...Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-3934575290774403852014-03-17T19:54:00.000-07:002014-03-18T05:45:06.233-07:00The St. Paddy's Day Dress Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvrejWK3eWhjOpN7jJue8UePolRDKuUZSftsjvfyU353Cf4lqA8Q7ImNAMxmjErVGYnzUDfYKxHZ_drEGGI3WtgnKf9RPcvQw-48IEkBepQjITxNVYtsFmUTAP267xk6Cw9E6QQV1w1D_/s1600/green+and+white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvrejWK3eWhjOpN7jJue8UePolRDKuUZSftsjvfyU353Cf4lqA8Q7ImNAMxmjErVGYnzUDfYKxHZ_drEGGI3WtgnKf9RPcvQw-48IEkBepQjITxNVYtsFmUTAP267xk6Cw9E6QQV1w1D_/s1600/green+and+white.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>I fell in love with this print when I saw it in the quilting section of a fabric store. It's been a long time since I've made anything out of a good old quilting cotton, so I thought why not? It'll be perfect for St. Patrick's Day. <i>[Side note: Once upon a time, the only fabric I had available to me was quilting cotton, so that's what I made my dresses out of. Many was the time that some well-intentioned soul would seek me out to tell me that my frock matched their pillows, quilt, bedspread, curtains, etc. Because of that, as soon as I had another source of fabric, I abandoned quilting cotton and never looked back...until now.]</i><br />
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A dress like this calls for a smart belt. Fortunately I had just the belt kit in my stash of stuff.<br />
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The dress features an actual kick pleat instead of a slit. Here's the underside (kind of hard to see, but if you look closely you can see the fabric backing for the pleat:<br />
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Kick pleat in action...<br />
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I had a hard time deciding how to do the shoulder tabs. The pattern shows them sticking up. </div>
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And here they are tacked down:</div>
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I tried wearing them sticking up, but they kind of bothered me. Here I am in San Francisco, the day before St. Patrick's Day with my shoulder tabs sticking up. After we got done taking the photos, I tacked the shoulder tabs down. I prefer them that way.</div>
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Another shot of the dress. The sun was so bright everything washed out, but I think you can see the fit.</div>
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Before we got done taking photos, I made a friend...</div>
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One thing I really loved about this dress and the fabric, is that it didn't wrinkle. I packed the dress in a small suitcase, pulled it out a day later and it looked like I'd taken it off the hanger. If no one tells me that I match their cushions in the next few days, I might just make another sortie into the quilting cotton section of the fabric store.</div>
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Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-931911307065635482014-03-09T21:11:00.000-07:002014-03-09T21:14:15.868-07:00Vogue 8850 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I continue my stash/slash mission, I decided to tackle Vogue 8850, a 1951 design. Since my last two experiences with Vogue re-issues have been challenging (although they ultimately had <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/07/vintage-vogue-2787done-at-last.html">happy endings</a>), I decided that this time I would make a muslin. And not a slap dash muslin like the one that got me into trouble with <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/07/and-in-this-corner.html">Vogue 1136</a>.</div>
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When I say that the rayon is strange, I mean that although it drapes well, it has a cheap-suit shine to it and seems to be more of a costume fabric than a wearing fabric. I also found out that it scalds easily and that super glue melts it. (Don't ask.) </div>
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The drape is the reason I made this dress. I mean, who doesn't love a drape? It's a large semi-circle of fabric, gathered and attached at the waist so that it appears to be one with the shoulder drape.</div>
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I hand rolled the hem of the drape for practice. I've always meant to learn to hand roll a hem, but never actually tackled the job until now. It came out well and I'd do it again, but I might wait until I have a football game or something to watch on TV.</div>
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Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-76295239718442421962014-03-06T02:30:00.000-08:002014-03-06T02:30:00.932-08:00Fun Things on the Bodice Pattern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I discovered the 1944 newspaper bodice pattern in Simplicity 4343, I showed it to my husband. Five minutes later, he was still engrossed in the bodice. I asked what he was doing and he said he was reading a Chop Suey recipe.<br />
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I took the bodice pattern away from him and began to read. I caught up on some classic comics--Dick Tracy, Gasoline Alley, Orphan Annie.<br />
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Joe Palooka was unfortunately cut off.<br />
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I learned that as part of the War Agencies Regulations, paint manufacturers could not deliver more than one gallon of aluminum paint per month to any retailer. I read Ernie Pyle's column.<br />
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I discovered that if you're a teenager with heavy ankles, you can reduce the size of your ankles by doing push ups against a wall with your heels on the floor, and by sitting in a chair and making large circles with your feet.<br />
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There were war menus, which drove home the point of how fortunate we are to not have to ration food.<br />
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I learned how to turn a baking soda can into an inexpensive dicer.<br />
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I found a mail order slip pattern that I'd like to make:<br />
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All that and more on one bodice pattern--perhaps the most educational pattern piece I've ever read.<br />
<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-60525053801409280242014-03-04T20:47:00.000-08:002014-03-05T05:40:20.994-08:00Look Alike SimplicitiesAfter I blogged about my <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2014/01/in-praise-of-stretch-poplin_25.html">blue poplin 1940s dress</a>, a friend of mine mentioned that she'd love to have a pattern like the one I originally tried to use for the project, but couldn't because it was missing pieces--Simplicity 3517.<br />
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I found one that was similar and ordered it, intending to give it to her.<br />
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It wasn't until it arrived that I realized just how similar it was.<br />
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The pattern on the right has a 1940 copyright date printed on it. The other pattern has no date. I looked it up on <a href="http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Vintage Patterns Wikia</a> and discovered that it was from the early to mid-1940s but there was no definite copyright date. There was, however, a newspaper tracing of the bodice inside the envelope, dated 1944.<br />
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I think it's interesting that on both patterns the blond has longer hair, wears the blue dress, has gloves and a red hat. The other model has shorter light brown hair, wears the yellowish dress and has no gloves.<br />
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I wondered if the colors, styling, etc, were simply coincidences...and then my boxy 1940s coat patterns arrived.<br />
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It's obvious that the coat on the right, which has a 1947 copyright and a lot of fabric, is influenced by the post war New Look. The one on the left is early to mid-1940s and uses a lot less fabric. However, the blond gets the red coat, the brunette, the blue plaid.<br />
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I guess the moral of the story is that once Simplicity found a pattern cover formula that worked, they stuck with it until it didn't work any more.<br />
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I do the same thing with my hair style.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-40810875963108610412014-03-01T02:30:00.000-08:002014-03-01T02:30:03.743-08:00My First Re-Issue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWy_ZZIz-DTv1ODwQ2FOYRz5XGrEgdBTCGa2CW3M56PjSJpA6oB5lwUfRaFpIKC8e2s3reoD91KB9Mmlizx8AyXgpalyFMS2qWYEzhJTc13vXkBbWxOXIGCAVzheESOGhKW8T7P_jDDuBO/s1600/0314-9780373000234-bigw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWy_ZZIz-DTv1ODwQ2FOYRz5XGrEgdBTCGa2CW3M56PjSJpA6oB5lwUfRaFpIKC8e2s3reoD91KB9Mmlizx8AyXgpalyFMS2qWYEzhJTc13vXkBbWxOXIGCAVzheESOGhKW8T7P_jDDuBO/s1600/0314-9780373000234-bigw.jpg" height="320" width="202" /></a>I'm please to announce that the third book I wrote, <a href="http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=50826">The Brother Returns</a> is being re-released as part of a Western Romance Collection by Harlequin in March. I have another book, Cowboy Comes Back, being reissued in April.<br />
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I love the guy on this cover. When the photo shoot was going on, my editor emailed me to tell me how hot he was. They were actually doing the shoot for a Harlequin Intrigue book, but something happened (I never found out what) and in the end, I got him for my cover. Hurray for whatever happened.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-49494315216191441142014-02-26T02:30:00.000-08:002014-02-26T05:13:46.858-08:00Simplicity 3717 - A Sudden Hankering for an Overskirt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To be honest, there was a point in time when I would have
laughed at the thought of donning such a garment. Now I’m trying to figure out
a place where I can wear it. The options seem limited, but I’m sure I can come
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sewing taffeta, having made three <a href="http://www.retrosewingromance.com/2013/11/the-dress-is-done-i-finished-this.html">Victorian dresses</a> out of the stuff. I want the overskirt to poof and taffeta has great
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if the overskirt is starched, but I wouldn’t wear this dress during the day—not
when it cries out for taffeta, low lights, diamond earrings and the maitre d showing
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nothing else, I’m going out to dinner with my husband. I wonder if I can get
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This challis dress, made from Vogue 8727, was one of the first I planned to make, but for some reason, after I cut it out, I kept pushing it aside to make other dresses. I think it might have been because it's fully lined and that meant hemming two full circle skirts.<br />
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I did eventually hem two full circle skirts. I did the outer skirt by hand and the lining by machine. The outer hem came out so much better, but it took an entire football game.<br />
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There's a lapped zipper in the back.<br />
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The front has a large curved waistband with a gathered upper bodice. (I'm sure there's a name for the large curved waistband, but I'm not familiar with it.)<br />
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The dress is super comfortable and I know I'm going to get a lot of wear out of it, both at home and on my travels.<br />
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So far I'm holding fast to my no buying fabric vow. It's been almost a week and payday has come and gone and no new fabric. I'm so proud. There was one close call, though.<br />
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While digging around in my stash, I came across a gorgeous blue linen I bought last spring to make a anorak style jacket. (On a side note, the first thing I did after purchasing the linen was to throw it in the washer, give it a good soaking in warm water, then toss it in the dryer. The second thing I did was read the care label. Dry Clean Only. It came out of the dryer practically the same as when it went in. It was soft to begin with, so nothing lost there and now I know I can accidentally wash this fabric.)<br />
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I wanted to line the jacket in white and green stripes, which I thought would look very sporty. I found exactly what I wanted online and figured that lining was a legal purchase, since I already owned the main fabric. However...I hate paying shipping, which I would have to do if I didn't purchase a certain dollar amount on this site. Therefore, it only made sense to buy more fabric in order to save money...the exact thinking that makes the stash grow.<br />
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I'm not certain what exactly brought me to my senses, other than the knowledge that I was blatantly breaking the vow I'd made to myself less than a week ago and justifying it by refusing to pay $8 shipping. I steeled myself and slowly backed away from the lining fabric. There will be other perfect linings...and besides that, this jacket pattern doesn't have a lining. In the long run I'm probably saving myself some heartache by not lining it.<br />
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But green and white stripes would be so cool.<br />
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<br />Jeannie Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13979051628793794840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977656612374013203.post-83100650323876489122014-02-20T03:00:00.000-08:002014-02-20T06:19:41.905-08:00Attacking the Stash--Unfinished Object #1--Wool Jacket<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmsFOjr3iszrmwVzMMYiGNMja1IqINr1dLMKQStLNpw80qWCp4v88tJW9kgNV6Xpwkity-WCim_OzTl1rFWyZhiU05kbMOFynis3gmB_DhMjm8xKyLN1Ba0ZnzWeFRu-WFYD4LRfcjZcu/s1600/Take+2+dark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmsFOjr3iszrmwVzMMYiGNMja1IqINr1dLMKQStLNpw80qWCp4v88tJW9kgNV6Xpwkity-WCim_OzTl1rFWyZhiU05kbMOFynis3gmB_DhMjm8xKyLN1Ba0ZnzWeFRu-WFYD4LRfcjZcu/s1600/Take+2+dark.jpg" height="320" width="273" /></a>Last winter I bought some blue tweed(ish) wool melton to make a man's vest and when <br />
it arrived I realized that no man needed a vest made of fabric that was so clearly meant for me.<br />
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I didn't do anything fancy, except to put in a back stay made of cotton batiste, since wool tends to give.<br />
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I used hair canvas interfacing, which gave the front nice body.<br />
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Someone tried to add a little extra hair when I wasn't looking.<br />
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I'm always concerned about zipper installation--perhaps because of my early sewing days when zippers went in and came out at least once before they stayed in the garment. This time I saved myself some heartache and actually basted the zipper in by hand before doing anything else.<br />
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The zipper tape is then turned to the inside sandwiched between the jacket front and the facing and stitched with a zipper foot. It worked beautifully.<br />
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Here you can see a glimpse of the charmeuse lining--a remnant from my son's Dicken's frock coat lining.<br />
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