1960’s – Page 2 – Sewing With Grandma

New Dress, New Experiences

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Coco B

Since it’s summer vacation for me I thought that I would be getting a lot more sewing done. In some ways I have. I’ve made cross body bags for my coworkers in between, and I have lots of coworkers! I still can’t seem to keep up a blog post a week. That’s just life I…

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Barbie Girl

Posted on July 20, 2023July 21, 2023 by Coco B

With all of the publicity I’ve been seeing about the upcoming Barbie Movie, it was only fitting to pull this pattern out and sew it now! I lucked out for sure finding this pattern in a pile at my local second hand store. It is from 1963 and with a quick internet search I discovered…

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The Walking Dress

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by Coco B

If you’re a fan of “The Walking Dead”, you’ll enjoy this one for the sights, if not, enjoy the sew! Michelle knew she was going to Georgia to visit Mia before she moved home, and knew she would be sight seeing in Senoia, the town where the Walking Dead is filmed. Of course she needed…

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New Job, New Dress

Posted on June 22, 2023June 22, 2023 by Coco B

Lots of changes were happening this summer in a very short time. Mia got a new job at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This meant driving to Georgia, packing her up, and moving her back to California in record time! Since she was starting a new job, she needed some new work clothes! She picked…

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Little Black Dress

Posted on June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 by Coco B

Everyone needs a simple black dress in their wardrobe! Michelle needed one and picked out this pattern, from 1966. She needed it to wear to Grandma Joyce’s celebration of life. With simple lines I figured it would be an easy enough sew. It’s always interesting when I can tell where a pattern started it’s life….

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May The 4th Be With You

Posted on May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 by Coco B

With “Me Made May” upon me, and May the 4th rapidly approaching, I decided to quickly make a Star Wars themed shirt. I chose this pattern from the 1960’s, and decided to make view B. I thought it would be fun to make a “V” neck shirt. I haven’t done it very often. I picked…

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Put That In Your Piping

Posted on April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 by Coco B

I decided it was time for a new dress for myself. With warmer weather rapidly approaching I figured I could add a new spring/summer dress into rotation. I chose this pattern from 1968, and this “dress form” fabric from my stash. The pattern seemed easy enough. I opened this vintage pattern to find it had…

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I Saw It In The Window, And Just Had To Have It

Posted on April 13, 2023April 14, 2023 by Coco B

It felt like it was time to dig into the McCall’s drawer and make a classic, vintage dress. I chose this one which I had bought at a second hand store. I had gone in and spent hours at my local second hand store going through all of the old patterns. I grabbed anything that…

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And Baby Makes Three? No, It Makes Me Make A Shirt

Posted on March 23, 2023April 3, 2023 by Coco B

Someone’s having a baby? YES! My cousins Russell and Marisa announced at Thanksgiving that they were expecting! It was the most wonderful news we had all gotten in a while. I immediately thought of all of the vintage maternity patterns I have in my collection. I sent contenders to Marisa and she chose this one,…

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Finally Finished, The Three Piece Outfit

Posted on March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Coco B

If you’ve been following along you’ll know that I’ve previously made the shirt and jacket from this pattern. It was time to finish up and make the skirt. I made the skirt out of the same fabric as the jacket, for a matching look. So here it goes! The skirt seemed easy enough. It had…

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