Model A Era Vintage Clothing

Model A Era Vintage Clothing
MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
PRESENTED BY
Nancy Thorkildson
MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
Ideas for Vintage Clothing
 Book from Club’s Library - A Book of Fashion Facts – A Resource
and Reference Guide ofVintage Fashions 1928 – 1931
 Sharon, WI
 Vendor selling vintage clothing
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Old clothing from the rack (show blue dress)
Newly made clothing of vintage designs
 Taking things from existing wardrobes versus sewing
 Hunting patterns and pictures on Internet sites
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Street Scenes from Sharon, WI
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Street Scenes from Sharon, WI
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Jan Wenger looking for a hat at the Vintage Clothing store
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Selecting a Pattern
 Buying on-line
 New experience to use ebay
 Learning how to bid on something versus …
 Buying it outright
 Wide range of prices for patterns
 Searching Old patterns
 How do you get into it? No zippers!
 Didn’t necessarily show the back view.
 Unmarked patterns
 Instructions are sparse but logical
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MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
Instruction sheet from vintage pattern
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Close-up of
Instruction sheet
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MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
MAKING A DRESS FROM AN OLD PATTERN
Fabrics
 Authentic (silk, cotton, wool, linen and rayon) versus whatever
you can find that looks like it might have been from that period
 No idea if checks were used then – don’t know what colors
were in vogue
 Practical - polyester blend to avoid ironing
 Narrow cloth widths on pattern, but stores have chart to
convert
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Dress Construction:
 Making a replica of pattern pieces from plastic sheeting - 4 mm
 No zippers
 Seam binding used in construction
 Snaps
 Bound buttonholes – Optional
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Use of Websites:
 To buy patterns
 To get ideas for creating an outfit out of your own closet
 To get ideas on accessories – Look at details for shoes, hats,
bags, jewelry, etc.
 List of websites is available
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Shopping at thrift and antique stores
 Hats, ie red hat
 Old patterns
 Old buttons or jewelry
 Old apron to use at pattern
 Shoes
Borrowing Items