Saturday, 28 April 2012
Butterick Fashion News, December 1940 and February 1941
These are the last two from this batch of Fashion News booklets, dated December 1940 and February 1941.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Butterick Fashion News, August and September 1940
As promised, two more Fashion News leaflets from Butterick. These two are from August and September of 1940.
August 1940
September 1940
Friday, 13 April 2012
Butterick Fashion News, March 1940
I received a lot of six Butterick Fashion News booklets in the post this morning, all from 1940/41. I'll split them up over two or three posts, but today I have spring fashions from March 1940.
More to come in a day or two! (Hopefully those will all load the right way up- literally no idea why some of these have rotated themselves!)
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
New vintage patterns
Another three to add to the collection!
First up is a 1950s Style assymetric dress pattern. It was the unusual shaping that drew me to this one- it has side pleat detail to the skirt and a square collar decorated with a brooch or pin. It also happens to be the perfect size so shouldn't need any major alterations. I plan on making this up as an autumn/winter wear dress (anything with sleeves is automatically winter wear for me), probably from some dark bottle green cotton sateen in my stash.
Next up is a late 1940s Wheldons "dance frock" pattern. I liked how the gathering adds detail to a simple design on this piece. I plan to first make a blouse using just the bodice parts of this pattern, with the yokes made of contrast fabric to the main body. Although this pattern is a couple of sizes too small its simplicity means it should be easy enough to grade up.
First up is a 1950s Style assymetric dress pattern. It was the unusual shaping that drew me to this one- it has side pleat detail to the skirt and a square collar decorated with a brooch or pin. It also happens to be the perfect size so shouldn't need any major alterations. I plan on making this up as an autumn/winter wear dress (anything with sleeves is automatically winter wear for me), probably from some dark bottle green cotton sateen in my stash.
Next up is a late 1940s Wheldons "dance frock" pattern. I liked how the gathering adds detail to a simple design on this piece. I plan to first make a blouse using just the bodice parts of this pattern, with the yokes made of contrast fabric to the main body. Although this pattern is a couple of sizes too small its simplicity means it should be easy enough to grade up.
The instruction sheet for this pattern certainly shows its age- I will most likely scan and copy it to preserve the delicate original sheet
Last is something I have been after for some time, a basic 1950s blouse pattern, this example by Butterick. This is a simple blouse with drop shoulder kimono sleeves in two lengths, with collars cut in one with the shirt front. I can see this one being used over and over, including made into a shirtwaist pattern when combined with a self-drafted skirt.
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