Verity Vintage Studio

1940s Aqua Adjustable Dress

I absolutely loved this repro fabric by Riley Blake Designs from the recent Lori Holt fabric line called Mercantile. It took me a while to decide on a pattern and sew a dress with it, but it's just the cutest!

 

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen that we are expecting a baby this spring, so it's back to maternity friendly sewing for the time being!

 

This one I've made before once, and it's not really maternity. It's fitted on one side, with a looser side that is gathered by the sash. It's already about maxed out, as you can see in these photos, since the center seam is already distorted. But it sure will be a comfy postpartum dress!

 

I chose to accent the pink with my contrast colors. Last time I made it all one fabric; this time I did the belt in contrast and I like how it turned out. 

 

Naturally I had to borrow my sister's vintage pink bike to take photos with!

 

It's quite a simple pattern, though I made it a bit more complicated by adding a front zipper to make it nursing friendly.

 

As before, the sleeves are quite unusual, and the seam goes on the top instead of the underarm - felt so backwards sewing it in! After seeing these photos though I think I will tack down the bows a bit more. 

 

It's a fun casual house dress pattern that was easy to sew and easy to wear!

1960s Girl's Dress & Zipper Bags with Calico Cowgirls

Today I get to share the projects I made recently with some selections from the Calico Cowgirls fabric line, new from Poppie Cotton. It has lots of bright colors and bold prints, so I just picked out my favorites to work with. 

 

My very favorite print was the coneflower, in all the colors! I had some yardage of the green coneflower to make a girl's dress, so I settled on using a special pattern my grandma gave to me. It belonged to her mother-in-law, my great-grandmother. Her name (mis-spelled) is still on the original envelope!

 

It's a simple 1960s shift dress, which is a good style for an everyday dress for my 5-year-old. 

Of course I had to make the scalloped collar version, even though it's not as noticeable in this print. 

 

My only adjustment was to cut the neck opening wider. It was extremely tight and close. 

 

Other than the collar, it's quite simple. Just a bit of topstitching is the only other trim. But it also was super quick to put together.

 

This child is hard on clothes, and is growing fast, so I made it a little extra big so she can be sure to wear it for a year. 

 

It's a good color combo for fall, and also cool enough for summer.

 

Because I also like to play with some of the other options in a fabric line, I picked out a few other prints to make some zipper bags. They were inspired by this lovely pattern by Charise Creates.

 

I love how they turned out, and the rounded corners. 

 

The gathered pockets are my favorite detail though!

 

I always have so many projects going, I can always use more project bags! I already have one of these in use for a new crochet design. :-) 

 

As always, it's a delight to work with Poppie Cotton, and to be part of the blog tour. It's so fun to see the variety of projects that everyone comes up with, and how different they can look with the same fabric.