This caught my eye a while ago. In fact, I have no idea why I haven't blogged about it before.  This is the thing: Getting a general id...

When I sorted through my clothes a couple of weeks back, I came across several little cardigans and jackets which I made several years ago. ...

Ahem. I had a look in my blog archives and I actually made this jacket way back in 2011 ... What possessed me to wait this long to make matc...

or, not to worry, waistband considerations.  I was just finishing up my new pair of trousers and realized some of my issues and choices abo...

In the comments to my previous post, some of you asked for a picture of the pattern pieces for my top.  With a not-really-logical design...

Last week, I did a modest wardrobe clear-out. I mainly just removed things which didn't fit properly and those I really didn't like ...

Most of my vintage style sewing, and most of my vintage pattern and magazine collection, focusses on the period after 1947. Last year, I tri...