For many years, I have loved sifting through hand-me-downs, thrift shops & garage sales for vintage clothes. Beautiful fabrics with prints, tactile textures, heavy and light weights, covered belts and buttons. My personal favourite style era is around late 1940s, 1950s-to-early 60’s, very feminine big volume skirts with tiny waists & dainty accessories, & moving away from the boxy shoulders and tweeds of the early 40’s, but not yet into the shorter wiggle skirts & monochrome prints of the mid-60s (which I also love but aren’t as flattering on me). Before moving to Geelong, Craig bought me a sewing machine (what a wonderful husband!) to encourage me back into one of my favourite past-times: sewing! Turns out, sewing is just like riding a bike, once you’ve learned you can jump back on anytime, but it feels weird & kind of alarming for a while not quite knowing what you’re doing. During this ridiculously frosty winter, I’ve begun to sew more frequently on those cold nights & recently decided to do an inventory of all the patterns, fabrics & ‘gonna do’ projects that I’d accumulated over the years. There were heaps. Since I’d only sewn 1 dress and Craigs wedding vest since I got the machine, I decided I might also diarise my crafty endeavours for a.) motivation, b.) future inspiration, c.) self-reminders of my do’s & don’ts, and d.) potential pattern inventory for friends who may be looking to make something nifty too!
In fact, here are some of my patterns I’ve collected over the years:
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Early 1950s Advance Day Dress
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Butterick 6955 Dress Coat 50’s Wiggle Dress & House Coat
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1950s Dress with Matching Coat
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1950s Simplicity 2646 Misses Slim and 4 Gore Dress
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1950s Simplicity 3878 Dress with 3 different necklines
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1950s Simplicity 4710 Misses Dress and Bolero Pattern
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1955 McCalls Misses Junior Accessory Dress w/Full Skirt & Detachable Collar (2 types)
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1956 MCCALLS 2104 Wrap Around Apron Dress
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1958 Bateau Neckline Cocktail dress with Ruching skirt detail, and matching long pea coat
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1970s Style 4908 Empire Line Ball Gown & Cocktail Frock
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Advance Pattern 9447 Blouse w Full Skirt Swing
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1950s Simplicity 4656 Sleeveless Fitted Blouse Bateau & Scoop Neck
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Butterick 9582 Ladies Tailored Blouse with Cowl neck, round neck, sleeveless options with waist belt/cummerbund detail
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Simplicity 2978 1950s Blouse with Contrast Collar Double and Triple Collar
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1950s Simplicity 2428 Vintage Blouse Pattern
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Burda 8174 Young Fashion 50s Repro Dress
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Butterick 1950s Housecoat in two Lengths (Floor and ‘Brunch’ lengths!) with Dolman Sleeves Bust 30 Size 12
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Butterick 5950 Casual Dress with Rising Neckline and Cummerbund
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Butterick 6453 Wing Collared Blouse
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Butterick 6947 Keyhole Neckline Dress with Gored Skirt
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Butterick 7383 Scoop Necked Shoulder-capping sheath dress and Jacket Twosome
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Butterick Vintage Repro Aprons
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McCalls 1941 Ladies ‘Mannish’ Jacket
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McCalls 1984 Joan Collins Jacket with Contrasting Lapels, Skirt and Belt
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McCalls 9704 Misses Button-Front Sleeveless Circle Dress with Pockets and Contrast Collar Size 16 Bust 34
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Simplicity 181 1950s 1 Piece Dress, Matching Short Jacket with back closing and Cummerbund
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Simplicity 1840 1960s House Robe
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Simplicity 1948 Two-Piece Suit Dress w/Peplum Detachable Collar & Cuffs
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Simplicity 1950s High-neck Socialite dress with belt and matching coat
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1950s Simplicity 1097 Vtg Double Breasted Dress Pattern Detach Collar
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Simplicity 6383 1970s Misses Diner Dress
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Simplicity 6857 Misses Blouse and Skirt with Contrasting Collar
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1950s Butterick 6115 Womens Empire Waist Full Skirt Pattern
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1954 McCall’s Pattern 9773 Misses Full Skirt & Cummerbund
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McCALLS 6665 1960s Wrap Skirt with Pockets!
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Butterick 7720 1950s Tailored Skirt with Tabbed Side Pockets
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Spotlight Get Creative 50s Repro Strapless Dress with A-line skirt
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Style 2844 1970s Mens Business Shirts with Wing Tip Colllar & Neckerchief
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Vogue 1950s Diagonal Wrap detail neckline dress with matching bolero
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Vogue 1951 High Waist Skirt with Faux Pockets and matching cropped jacket with contrasting lapels
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Vogue 1952 Simple sleeveless round neck wiggle dress with custom cinch belt
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Vogue 1953 Collared or Bateau Wiggle Dress with Front Belt Detail, 2 sleve lengths
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Vogue 1953 Wiggle Dress with Gathered back, button front detail and short/mid length sleeves
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Vogue 1954 Shift Dress with matching over-blouse and belt
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Vogue 1957 1 piece Wiggle Dress with Kimono sleeves and Jacket
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Vogue 1957 Wiggle Dress with back flare, square neckline and back button detail
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Vogue 1958 Collarless ‘Chanel’ Jacket with Faux pockets, matching wiggle skirt and singlet
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Vogue 1958 Wiggle Dress with Back Detail & Bow
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Vogue 1959 Bateau Neckline shift dress with button front and belt detail
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Vogue 1959 Square Neckline Wiggle Dress with short sleeves & Matching Jacket
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Vogue 1960s Bateau neckline shift dress (alternate cowl collar) with back detail
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Vogue 4875 Rosie Riveter Button-Front Sleeveless Wiggle Dress with Matching Over shirt
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Vogue 5799 1958 1 piece Sheath dress with Centre buttons and wide rolled collar
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Vogue 7070 1960s Shift Dress with Matching Short Jacket
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Vogue 7257 1950 One Piece Rounded Neck Dress with 4 pockets and Waist Length High Collar Jacket
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Vogue 7955 1953 One Piece Dress with Deep-round yoke across front with Curved Yoke Skirt, Pockets
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Vogue 9854 1950s Cocktail Dress with Deep V neckline or faux shirt with cinched waist
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Vogue Couturier 1950s Fitted Short Jacket with Double Breasted detail and wiggle skirt
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Vogue Couturier 1960s Valentino Stunnig Trenchcoat
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Vogue Couturier 793 1954 Short fitted jacket with collarless v-neckline & cinched waist, matching skirt and low neckline blouse
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Vogue Couturier Design Galitzine 1970s Wrap Top, Flared Pants, A-Line skirt and Turtleneck Blouse
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Vogue Couturier Fabiani 1866 1960s Military Button Shift Dress
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Vogue Couturier Federico Forguet Short Jacket with 1 button detail and matching pocketed skirt
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Vogue Couturier Galitzine Twiggy Shift Dress with button and pocket detail, front pleat, round neckline
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Vogue Couturier Pucci 1960s Shift Dress with Collarless matching Jacket
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Vogue Givenchy 1960s Tshirt/Diner Shift Dress
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Vogue Paris Original 1214 Paquin 1953 Stunning Arrow shaped neckline Dress with Fitted Jacket
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Vogue Paris Original 1419 1950s Slim Skirt, Round neck blouse and matching coat
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Vogue Paris Original 1441 Ladies 1950s Wiggle Dress with Button Front & Cummerbund Detail
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Vogue Paris Original 1959 Jackie O Shirt Jacket with Button Detail, Matching Wiggle Skirt and Double-breasted Pea coat
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Vogue Paris Original 1960s Molyneux Twiggy Style Dress
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Vogue Paris Original 1960s Twiggy Style Shift Dress with contrast front
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Vogue Paris Original 2627 1960s Molyneux Flared Tea Dress with Button Detail and Contrast Collar
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Vogue Paris Original Gres 1956 Short Collarless Jacket with Matching Skirt and Pea Coat
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Vogue Paris Original Jacques Heim 1960s Jackie O Skirt and matching Jacket
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Vogue Paris Original Jean Desses Bateau Neck Dress with Cummerbund and Coco Chanel Jacket
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Vogue Paris Original Patou 1954 Cocktail dress (sleeveless or kimono sleeve) with Ruching belt detail
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Vogue Paris Original Pierre Cardin 1694 1960s Coat
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Vogue Paris Original Pierre Cardin 1950s Jackie O Chanel style short jacket with button detail, round neck and matching skirt
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Vogue Paris Original Yves Saint Laurent 1793 1960s Vest with Contrasting Collar, Wrap Skirt and Jacket
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Vogue Special Design 1950s Elegant 1 piece Dress with Radiating Darts from neckline and back pleats from hipline
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Vogue Special Design 4747 1950s Brides or Bridesmaids Dress (long & intermission lengths) Inverted Pleats at centre & wide V neckline
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Weigels 1950s Button Front Wiggle Skirt with Pockets 24in Waist
Yes, that’s a lot of patterns. No, that’s not all of them (just the gooden’s). Oh and yes, I took the title of this post from an Anti-Nowhere league song that MetallicA infamously covered.
In protest of the developing world sweatshop-made clothing filling our retailers & landfill today, I’m hoping to ‘fill the gaps’ in my wardrobe with my own hand-made versions some of these elegant pieces, and refashioning of some vintage fashion as well.
Looking forward to a crafternoon sometime soon! Sew awesome!
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Amazing collection!
Wow Bel, you better get busy, you are going to have one helluva wardrobe.
Thanks ladies- if you wanna borrow one, just let me know!
We should have a crafternoon soon!! x
i think a crafternoon sounds great! would love to join you
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