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22 Dec Erté Inspired Design
Posted at 17:42h
in Fashion Design, Pattern Making Instructions, Pattern Puzzles, Stretch Patterns, Vintage Patterns
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This weeks #PatternPuzzle was about targeting another of my favourite Erté designs and bringing this inspiration up-to-date. As it turns out this is a truly challenging style. I know I made at least two mistakes in putting these pattern making instructions together. So please forgive...
08 Dec Vivienne Drape Dress
This weeks design is a homage to one of my favourite designers, Vivienne Westwood. The understated neckline drape and off-centre skirt drape are characteristic of her wonderful draped dresses.
01 Dec Green Velvet Drape
Posted at 09:48h
in Fitted Dress Block, Pattern Making Instructions, Pattern Puzzles, Vintage Patterns
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Green Velvet Drape – A homage to Ceil Chapman 1950 Over a year ago I found the image of this amazing vintage dress on Pinterest, compliments of Mill Street Vintage. Unfortunately (for us) it has been sold and is no longer in their shop. So...
06 Oct The Erté Jacket
My first introduction to Erté was the year after leaving fashion college when my Dad gave me a copy of this book for Christmas. Such a pattern making novice at the time, I had no idea how I would ever achieve such challenging designs.
30 Jun Turnback Thinking
The Double Turnback Drape is not especially new. We have featured it twice in our #PatternPuzzles and although it’s not the most challenging pattern to cut, it is so attractive in its simplicity. The Twist and Turnback Top and the Twist Jumper. This particular design detail is...
09 Jun ‘The Blank’ by Ruth E Richman 1948
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in Pattern Making Instructions, Pattern Puzzles, Stretch Patterns, Vintage Patterns, Womens Knit Block
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So it’s a weird one this week. Over sixty years old and born of a time that valued efficiency in manufacture over effective use of resources. Patent #2,454,208, invented by Ruth E Richman in 1946, was filed as: ‘An object of the invention is to...
26 May Twist or Cowl Shift Dress
When I first posted the sketch of the two versions of the Drape Shift Dress on FB Saturday, I labeled the cowl shift dress as a drape and created a little confusion. Happily Mioara came to our rescue with some clarity on the use...
12 May Cowl Drape Dress
Oh, good grief! was the first response to our Saturday morning #PatternPuzzle. However, by mid-afternoon all was solved and the sketch delivered. The Cowl Drape Dress features a wide, built-up neckline that leads to a folded cowl. The front dress panels are led out of...