With Sydney’s big day almost here, I had to choose a pattern to make and wear for the wedding day. Grandma had three different wedding dress patterns in her collection. I decided to stick with the wedding theme and pick one of those for my outfit. I chose this pattern, from 1965. I discovered that…
Tag: Grandparents Are Fashion
Here Comes The Son
I’ve talked a lot about my daughter on my blog. I have been sewing out of necessity for her. Also, the majority of my patterns are women’s patterns. BUT, I have a son too. David, my son, was home from college one weekend and asked me to make him a shirt. Of course I would!…
Get The White Glasses
Does this pattern ring a bell? It is the same pattern featured in the previous post, “Measuring Up To My Great Grandma”. Simplicity released this pattern twice but marketed it differently. This one is a vintage pattern reprint, and in my previous post, it is pattern number S0740, which they marketed using copyrighted super hero…
My Dress Form, A Sewing Story
About eleven years ago or so, a childhood friend’s mom reached out to me. She knew I sewed, and asked if I was interested in buying an old dress form that belonged to her mother. I immediately said yes. This particular one had special meaning for me. Her mother Mrs. B, who had owned the…
Mushrooms, Mushrooms, Mushrooms
With Mia starting a new job so quickly, she was not prepared in the work wardrobe department. As many of you know, trying to find clothes for a specific need is not fun. It usually ends up with you buying something that is “meh” and that you end up hating and not really wearing. Finding…
Happy Birthday Grandma
Today would have been Grandma’s 93rd birthday. I love this picture of her and my dad. It was taken not too long before she passed. To me it shows her get up and go, and spunk. Here she is, in her 90’s, and still out helping stack firewood. She never stopped being active, and putting…
Awkward Scrubs And The WWII Fabric
Let’s talk about Grandpa Bert for a minute. My grandpa was a hard worker. He was creative and resourceful, and loved to make something out of nothing. And, he loved a good bargain. So sometime after WWII he started going to Army surplus sales. For fun here’s a picture of Grandpa on his bike, getting…
Measuring Up To My Great Grandma
This dress was a challenge for me! The pattern itself is a 1960’s replica pattern, which was not too difficult, BUT I needed to size the pattern to fit Mia (my daughter, for those of you who don’t know me personally). The pattern also included fun facts about 1960’s fashion. Enough being distracted by fun…
Mother of the Bride Dress
Grandma made my Aunt Joylana’s wedding dress in the 70’s. Of course, grandma still had the pattern. Grandma made the wedding dress and bridesmaid dress using view 4 on the front of the pattern. Here are the dresses in all of their 70’s splendor. For her own “mother of the bride” look, Grandma chose view…