I'm a member of the international music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota, and for our upcoming formal I decided to make my own dress. It's a low backed, 1930s inspired number. I didn't cut it on the bias, because I've never done that before and I know it's really hard, but I think it still looks lovely anyways. Yesterday I made a muslin mockup, and then ( Read more... )

(What?! Two mod posts in... um, about a week?! Unheard-of ( Read more... )

I've been seriously into vintage fashion for several years, with a focus on the mid to late 1930s and the early years of World War II.  I love to make garments from vintage patterns.  They fit me well with little modification, probably because the pattern block of the period is more curved than a modern pattern sloper.  This is true even for the ( Read more... )