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The Wild West Rayon Circle Skirt
Falls meine deutschsprachigen Leser sich hin und wieder eine deutsche Version meiner Posts wünschen: ich würde auch gerne jeden Post zweisprachig schreiben, aber das braucht fast doppelt so viel Zeit,...
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1940s Summer Dress Inspiration
Despite having finished quite a lot projects only recently and having some unfinished objects as well, I'm already planning a new one: a 1940s summer dress, or a frock. My aim is to get rid of lots of...
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Share In Style "Summer" - 1940's Summer Dress
A summer dress - but no summer in sight!Although summer is almost over here in Switzerland - in fact, after a very promising spring it never really WAS a summer - I wanted to make one last summer dress...
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Vintage Inspiration - British-American Hollywood Actress Elizabeth Taylor
I guess my first memory of Elizabeth Taylor was a Lassie film where she appeared. Probably even as a small girl was I impressed by this other girls huge violet blue eyes and very expressive...
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Smooth Sailing Blouse, Smooth Sewing And A Day Out
It took me rather long to buy the "Smooth Sailing" blouse from Wearing History, even though it was love at first sight. Repro patterns are often not as good as true vintage ones. But this blouse really...
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About Vintage Halloween Costumes
As some of you may know I'm getting prepared for Halloween. No, no costume for me, but for my kids.When I was looking for some inspiration on internet, I found lots of vintage pictures of costumes. I'm...
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Sister Patterns - Mail Order 2259
I ordered recently a vintage pattern (yes, another one…). But when I saw it I couldn't resist, and as I still didn't have a 1940s peplum dress pattern in my collection, it was really necessary to make...
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Swirl Dress Sew-Along - McCall's 5411
It's almost winter in Switzerland, and I was thinking about making a dress for cooler days from a warm and cozy fabric when Beccie from Sew Retro Rose announced her "Swirl Dress Sew-Along". Well,...
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Wearing True Vintage: 1940s Embroidered Apron
Christmas preparations are in full swing, and I would like to sew a Christmas dress for me this year, so this is just a very short post about one of my recent Vintage acquisitions I was wearing for the...
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Vintage Pattern Inspiration: Vintage Aprons & Free Patterns
In my last post I was writing about a vintage apron I had bought shortly before. I realized I had some vintage apron patterns in my collection, but haven't made one so far. With Christmas being close,...
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1940s Winter Fashion Inspiration
Women in the 1940s - splendid original color photograph!Being very sick recently, I am quite behind my plan to prepare my vintage style wardrobe for winter.I have an old long princess seam coat I...
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A 1950's Maternity Christmas Dress
I totally wanted to have a proper Christmas outfit this year. Since more than a year I have a gorgeous true vintage Santa fabric in my stash. I was inspired to make a skirt like the one Beccie from Sew...
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Vintage Slacks
Ignore my silliness. We stayed at some friends' place and had a good time...As a mother of two little ones, I can't always wear dresses and skirts, and most trousers that are available off-the-rack...
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Vintage Pattern Inspiration - Praktikus Modenblatt 1948
I recently bought some vintage German sewing magazines. One of them is from 1948. It's a "Praktikus Modenblatt" from autumn 1948.Kürzlich habe ich einen Stapel deutsche Nähhefte erstanden. Eines davon...
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What I wore today
Today we went to an art exposition (in fact, it was the opening) of a friend of ours. He's an Italian artist living in Switzerland from time to time. I'm not much into modern arts. I guess I'm very...
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Victory Day Blouse
I need more separates, blouses, shirts, trousers, skirts, and when I saw this material I knew it was perfect for a blouse that would match my aeroplane brooch. It even has a bit the look of some...
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What I was wearing... Mexican Repro Circle Skirt
I recently was looking for a Mexican circle skirt. Most of them are not affordable for me, and all too often not my size. I was rather surprised when I found on Ebay some skirts that looked very much...
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Guest Post for Sew Retro Rsoe
 It was a huge pleasure and honour to write a guest post for one of my favourite bloggers, lovely and inspiring Beccie of Sew Retro Rose.I surely can't compete with her sewing skills, but I was happy I...
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About espadrilles...
Today  bought a pair of espadrilles. You certainly know the mostly cheap flat fabric shoes with kind of raffia soles? They used to be quite fashionable in the 80s, and I used to wear them a lot as a...
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Hollywood Homefront Impressions
Follow my blog with BloglovinWonderful Carmen Miranda as chevronetteOlivia de Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine wearing patriotic coloursIrene DunnLinda Darnell 1945Wini Shaw and Anna Lee in...
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