Finished sewing the first phase and now she’s hanging waiting for the fabric to settle. In a day or two I can hem the skirt and finally start wearing her!
Update: Darling ‘Penelope‘ hit a speed hump, as I’ve decided that she needs a pleated satin ribbon trim. Therefore I can’t finish her until I find said ribbon.
I managed to source this divine vintage patterning and dressmaking book to compliment my vintage dressmaking library.
The book doesn’t have a year on it, but I’d place it somewhere in the late 40′s or early 50′s. It goes through dress patterning step by step, revealing the tips and tricks behind all those gorgeous vintage design details, and teaches how to draw your own tailored patterns.
Not only is the book fabulous, it’s in flawless condition!
xoxox
Miss Glamourpuss
I found a gorgeous light apple green dupioni silk for my first Glamour Advocate Design ‘Penelope’. The fabrics are all cut and ready for sewing.
‘Penelope’ will be a knee-length full circle silk skirt with enchanting details. Can’t wait to show you more as it progresses!
xoxox
Miss Glamourpuss
Finally had a chance to pick up a sewing machine for myself! This Brother Innov-is 30 is going to be my new best friend.
Brother Innov-is 30 features:
• Easy to use electronic jog dial, making stitch selection simple
• A total of 70 built in stitches
• Combine patterns and save your favourites to memory
• Back-lit LCD screen with digital stitch length and width controls
• Advanced automatic needle threading
• 7 styles of 1-step automatic buttonhole
• Quick set top loading bobbin for easy threading
• 2 year return to base warranty
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Gally Glamourpuss
The biggest problem in the daily life of a vintage goddess is finding new outfits. I’m not a big fan of current fashion trends and constantly run into issues while I’m trying to find new additions to my wardrobe.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the best way of resolving this issue is to buy a sewing machine.
I spent a wonderful day catching up with my dear grandma and she introduced me to her vintage sewing magazine collection. In every magazine she could point out several glamourous dresses and tell me what kind of fabric she used and what occasion the dress was made for.
Luckily she taught me how to use a sewing machine when I was about 3 years old and I’ve been fluent with one ever since.
She gave me all the 50′s and early 60′s magazines she had, and now I have patterns aplenty for my new glorious wardrobe.
I will be posting photos of the finished products as soon as I can find fabrics worthy of these fabulous designs…
