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Vintage Vogue 1171 – Part 2
It took me a bit longer then it should have but I’ve finished my Vintage Vogue dress. Here it is This is the first item of clothing I’ve made on my new dress form and the only thing I fuddled up was...
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Swing Suit
Vogue 2444 is one of my recent projects. And although I was unsure about the silhouette to begin, I am converted! I love the swing jacket, and the sleeves. Pure glamour! And best of all, I have...
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Vogue 2925- Fabiani Coat
I’ve been working on this coat for what seems like FOREVER! I finished up the muslin in 2011, started sewing at the beginning of the year and had it ready in 3 weeks… then my self-covered buttons broke...
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Vogue 6744…
I am excited to share another dress with you … I used a lovely weighty stretch satin, with the nicest leopard print I have seen in a long time. I think it is an early 60s pattern, but Vintage Pattern...
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Vogue 1556 by Yves Saint Laurent
This winter I was fortunate to get some fantastic photos of my version of Vogue 1556, a dress from Yves Saint Laurent’s famous ‘Mondrian’ collection. (You can see my post on Vogue’s Mondrian collection...
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Vintage Vogue 2671: Yet one more toile…
I promise, at some point, these will actually get made up in the actual fabric. I have five toiles to complete, for two actresses – it makes sense to get them all finished and just do a single...
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Sundress in the Rain
Vogue 1043 made in 100% cotton from Ikea but it was such a colourful and happy pattern that I thought it would look great as a summer dress. The pattern has a pleated mock wrap, fitted bodice paired...
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Vintage Vogue 2761 – Polka Dot Realness!
Well, our play opens tonight – which means that all of my toiles have been turned into garments, and everything is fit and ready to go! Now I get to play catchup and post some fun things. This dress...
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Ending the Summer with a Serious Flamingo Dress!
Oh how I adored this fabric when I first set my eyes on it! I couldn’t decide for months on which pattern would be better to use with my beloved flamingos. I finally decided to use another awesome...
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’70s Givenchy evening dress / Quaithe costume
For my Halloween costume this year, I made a 1970s evening dress by Givenchy, Vogue 2014. I was making my wife a Daenerys costume based on the character’s outfit in the season 2 finale of Game of...
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My Most Favourite Vintage Dress xXx
Hi there, my name is Hannah Smith and this is my first post on We Sew Retro! I am very excited. I will start by sharing a little about myself. I taught myself to sew about 4 years ago and haven’t...
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rayon seam binding & a question
'easy' skirt, finally completed! Gosh, it’ been a while since I contributed, but everyone’s doing such gorgeous things that lurking’s been awesome! A recent contributor reminded me I hadn’t shared...
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That’s a {Violet} Wrap {Dress}
This pattern has been sitting in my pattern stash for at least a year (probably longer). I fell in love with the violet dress on the front as soon as I saw it, but the only problem was that I just...
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BBQ Season
I just adore the summer! And when I saw this cute retro 50s inspired BBQ print fabric, I just had to have it! Fabric: quilting cotton ($5/yd) Pattern: Vintage Vogue 2960 Year: 1954 Notions: black...
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Yellow Roses
I needed a dress for Melbourne cup last year so I did a pattern mash up to get exactly what I wanted. Betty Draper eat your heart out! I bought up some lovely printed cotton from Spotlight, one of...
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Fall for Cotton: a vintage sew-challenge
I decided to join Lucky Lucille and By Gum, By Golly present… Fall For Cotton: a vintage sewing challenge for the cotton lover! The challenge was pretty simple: You needed to use a vintage pattern and...
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Vintage Vogue 1940s
I made this dress from the Vintage Vogue pattern V8812. I made it with lavender gingham check. This is the fourth dress I’ve made so far, I started sewing about three months ago and I basically...
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Vogue Vintage V2960
This is my second version of this 50′s pattern.I really love the shape of the bodice, the naked back, and all these gorgeous hollow pleats! My first version was in a printed cotton and metal buttons....
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Plaid and Velvet
This was a last-minute, impulse project – that’s the only way I sew anything for myself, to be honest. The pattern is Vogue 9059 – one of my favorite Vogues of all time. It took me the better part of...
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The Super-Secret Christmas Robe from 1951
A couple of years ago, I found an amazing vintage Mens’ robe pattern on Etsy and fell in love. I snapped it up, ordered some gorgeous rayon fabric and some ultra-soft micro fleece to line it with....
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An “In the mood for love” dress
Hello everybody ! Here it is : my frist project with a vintage pattern. Dealing with Vogue V8850… More pictures (and a little tip for the belt) and full blogpost here :...
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Vintage Vogue 2569 – A 1943 Wool Dress
Although I’ve worked in theatre for years, I’ve recently started acting – and when you do community theatre, you are often asked to scrounge up your own costumes for shows. Especially when the...
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Flirty Flamingo Playsuit
This month I decided to join in for #SpringForCotton hosted by the lovely Rochelle over at Lucky Lucille. Then I stumbled onto The Monthly Stitch and saw that the challenge for the month of April was...
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2015 Sew-tember Sew Along Vogue 1083
Hello We Sew Retro readers! I’m so excited that this month is September, because if you haven’t heard already September is National Sewing Month. Which means this is #Sewtember, as I call it. This year...
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