Basic Instructions for Resizing a Full-Circle Skirt How-To Guide
Welcome to your full-circle skirt resizing tutorial. A full-circle skirt is created from a complete circle with a smaller circle removed from the center for the waist—often described as a “donut” shape. This style drapes beautifully and moves effortlessly, making…
Vintage Decorative Dressmaking
Vintage Decorative Dressmaking How Much Does It Cost? How Much Does Roaring Twenties fabric Detail Cost Today? It was a time for a change and prosperity in every way, the twenties were remembered for its speakeasy, flappers, prohibition and social change.…
Spadea Collection of Designer Couture Sewing Tips
#spadea Collection of #designer #couture Sewing Tips Complete Book Posted Thank you all for following this series of post about 60’s designer sewing tips by a little-known pattern company call Spadea, you can find more about this company’s history here…
Vintage Patterns Christmas Give Away Update
Vintage Patterns Christmas Update Give-Away Update Dazespast Vintage Patterns Christmas Update Days 4 5 6 When I arrive in Detroit tomorrow night, I will post, the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Days of Christmas Patterns. ..Happy Holiday’s Ruby Here’s other pages…
Vintage & Modern Fine Sewing Techniques for All the Veterans Who Love to Sew
Vintage and Modern Fine Sewing Techniques for All the Veterans Who Love to Sew I would like to dedicate this post to my youngest son, who has served our country since 1998, and to all like him — Happy Veterans’…
Pockets to Collar Magic Sewing Tips Vintage
Pockets to Collar Magic Sewing Tips Vintage Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips for this week are. Patch Pockets French Piping Cowl Neck Collar Drape the Weight Top Stitching Moving Armhole Facing Today we had our first snowfall, the thin…
Jeweled Buttons Designer Vintage Sewing Tips
Jeweled Buttons Designer Vintage Sewing Tips Spadea’s Collection of Designer Vintage Sewing Tips Jeweled Buttons & Snaps Under-Wraps Spadea Designer Sewing Tips Pages 40-53 Here’s the latest collection of Spadea Designer Sewing Tips covering pages 40-53. Enjoy! I love jeweled buttons high-end…
Vintage Sewing and Dressmaking Advice | Great Blog Round-Up
Vintage Sewing and Dressmaking Advice | Great Blog Round-Up Hi there, yesterday I came across some really good blogs that I want to share, you may already know about some or all of these sites but you may not. Most…
Designer Sewing Tips Tailors Slip Knot
Designer Sewing Tips Tailors Slip Knot Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Vintage Tailor’s Slip Stitch and Hidden Buttoning Pages 30 to 39 Tonight, there’s another glitch with E Bay’s listing form, so I decided to add more from the Spadea’s…
Vintage Collection of Designer Sewing Tips
Vintage Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Vintage Dust and Cut The Golden Chain Pages 18 to 28 Dust and Cut Marking and cutting out your pattern is the most time-consuming and tedious task, here’s…
Top Designer Sewing Tips
Top Designer Sewing Tips 1960s Designer Sewing Tips Joset Walker Shannon Rodgers Jerry Silverman Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Vintage Spadea’s Designer Biographies Shannon Rodger and his partner Jerry Silverman have joined together to and became one of the…
Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Vintage 1960s
Spadea’s Collection of Designer Sewing Tips Vintage 1960s Each week new sewing tips from world famous designers appeared in leading newspapers from coast to coast. They were authored by Dale Cavanagh under the title “You’re Sew Right”, sponsored by the…
The Art of Sewing Part 1
The Art of Sewing Part 1 Couture Sewing Techniques The Art of Sewing Part 1 Discovering Couture Sewing Techniques It’s been two weeks since my last blog post, during that time away my hard drive failed and I couldn’t think…
Vintage Sewing Pattern Fashion Trim Detail
Vintage Sewing Pattern Fashion Trim Detail Sewing for me has always been about the details–distinctive, one of a kind details that make the garment uniquely mine. That’s what I love about sewing vintage, especially the 40s and 50s..These details are…
Who Are the Best Online Vintage Sellers In North America
Who Are the Best Online Vintage Sellers In North America Sammy Davis Vintage has the answer, her new e-Book “Who Are the Best Online Vintage Sellers In North America” is a fabulous piece of work. There are vintage shopping guides for…