Verity Vintage Studio

A New Business Venture...Vintage Sewing Style!

It seems I always have something going on...and it's time to let you in on the latest project!

I've been working on setting up a new Etsy shop.

The Timely Tailor will feature curated fabric, kits & notions for the vintage seamstress!

 

We will offer carefully selected vintage-appropriate fabric by the yard with an emphasis on providing authentic prints suitable especially for dressmaking.

 

Our specialty will be taking some of that fabric and offering limited edition dressmaking kits which will include a vintage sewing pattern from Wearing History, with enough fabric and notions to make it! We take the pain out of ordering online. No buying fabric only to find you have no matching buttons. Or that you think you ordered the right color of thread and it turns out to be the wrong shade. 

We also will stock some thread and lovely little sewing notions. Some of them will be combined into various styles of hand sewing kits, so there will be something for everyone.

 

All of this is still in the pre-launch phase, but we are getting so close and I'm super excited! If you are interested in being the first to find out when we open, along with other shop news and updates, sign up for our email list here.

Songbird Serenade Project Tour – Patchwork Dress & Applique Runner

 

This sweet new fabric collection called Songbird Serenade from Poppie Cotton has the loveliest soft colors and prints. Of course my three-year-old was entranced by the “birdie” fabric, so I decided this would be a good time to try an idea I had in mind. An idea for a challenge. Could I make a dress out of a fat quarter bundle?

 

I picked the light peach color way, set aside two FQ for the skirt, and cut the bodice front and back out of two different FQ. I used the same pattern as I did for her sailor dress for the bodice, but with different sleeves.

 

The skirt I didn't use a pattern for, just gathered the width I had into the waist. The collar I cut from a 5^th FQ for a bit of contrast.

 

When assembled, I think it was a success! Using the same color palette keeps it from being too crazy, but the patchwork element is still there, and super cute for a little girl. It's fun to get a garment of this size out of the smaller quilting cuts, just as a fun little challenge.

 

As you can see from her face, she quite likes her new dress.

 

Showing mommy the birdies.

 

But there are so many other pretty prints and colors in this collection, I had to showcase more of them, so I also made a table runner.

 

I've seen vintage quilts with applique petal fans and always think they are so cute, so that was my inspiration. I cut out my own chunky orange peel shaped template, and attached them to background blocks with a dense zigzag on the raw edges. Super easy and fast.

 

The diamond shape was appliqued by hand.

 

I hand quilted it, which went pretty fast. I wanted to quilt it as larger blocks of 4 instead of individual blocks, so after going around the petals and doing the decorative corner bracket, I added a few rows around the exterior.

 

It's a generously sized runner, with 8” blocks. I just love the soft pastels.

 

It was a great pleasure to make these two ideas come to life in such pretty fabric. 

 

Check out the other lovely stops on this blog tour – and make sure to ask your quilt shop about this beautiful fabric collection!

 

Monday, October 10	http://prettybyhand.com/	Kirstyne
Wednesday, October 12	https://verityvintagestudio.typepad.com/my-blog/	Kristen Clay
Friday, October 14	https://thisandthatpatterns.typepad.com/	Sherri Falls
Monday, October 17	https://www.nannygoatquilts.com/	Lisa Garlick
Wednesday, October 19	http://neverlandstitches.blogspot.com/	Lisa Jo
Friday, October 21	Website: http://blueribbondesigns.com	Belinda
Monday, October 24	http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/	Melissa Corry

 

1950s Amethyst Daisy Dress

I have to say this is one of my favorite things I've made this summer. It turned out exactly how I had envisioned. 

 

I had wanted to use this 1950s pattern for a while, and when I got a length of lavender daisy quilting cotton from the new line Forgotten Memories by Riley Blake Designs, it was the perfect match. 

 

This fabric has a fall flavor to me, but it could be worn in other seasons just as suitably. The all-over daisy print has a pleasantly vintage style, and the busy print makes it a great match for a simple, classy pattern with few details. 

 

It also turns out I have been sewing with purplish for the entire month of September! Definitely unusual for me since I rarely can make more than a couple garments without gravitating towards something blue. But it just felt like the right color for this time of year, so it got bumped to the top of the list.

 

My first try-on proved that I had cut out the dress a bit too big, so I took the bodice back off the skirt, trimmed the side seams, and reassembled it. A much better fit this time!

 

I had a little bobble with the collar assembly (always a challenge for me), but it turned out well enough. Otherwise it was a pretty basic and straightforward pattern. And some long-hoarded vintage plum colored buttons were a great match.

 

I love the soft folds under the collar line. Very flattering and feminine. 

 

 

It's still summery enough here that I wanted to squeeze in another wearing of my favorite ivory 1950s heels, but for later this fall, it would pair well with brown. 

 

This dress was a great pleasure to make and wear!