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| Pattern front |
My latest project is helping a mom sew a vintage pattern for her daughter. Her daughter is going to be in a talent show and this will be her 'costume'. When she first contacted me I thought she was talking about a current pattern that was vintage style but this is truly a vintage pattern.
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| Pattern back |
The first thing we had to do was fit it to her daughter. Today they came and we shortened the pieces to fit her daughter. I showed her how to shorten the pattern by drawing parallel lines and then folding the pattern. For the skirt pieces she wanted to keep the fullness of the bottom of the skirt so after folding up the excess length we redrafted the the pieces.
What is interesting to note is that the pattern pieces are already cut and there is no printing on the pieces. There are holes for the dart markings and seam intersections. The pieces are lettered with the letters punched in with dot holes. The directions are very basic with few illustrations. There is also no list of needed notions so you really don't know what you need until you read through the directions, like this dress needs snaps and a hook and eye.
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| Vintage style fabric |
The fabric is a vintage print but new fabric. The mom has it on order and should arrive before Friday when we have our next lesson. She is going shopping for the other notions and we will start the cutting process on Friday.
This is going to be a learning experience for the both of us. I'm so glad I have sewn many ferments because otherwise this might not have worked out.
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