1950s skirt

Remember when all your clothes were yellow and Vincent Price decorated your house?

I know, I know, is she seriously talking about fall already?! Yes, dear reader, yes! And as it is my favorite season, I'm not even going to apologize! As a seamstress, I need to start thinking about and planning my fall projects now, so I can get going on them and wear them when fall does arrive. We have been having an unusually cool week here, a welcome break after the 90 degree heat, and it is making me even more excited for cooler weather and the return of fall fashion! I have collected…

The classic preppy look. Scanned from American Girl magazine.

The “Leslie” 1950s skirt is by far my best selling pattern of 2022, and I’m so pleased that others have fallen in love with this silhouette as I have. This is my second Wearing History pattern to have an extended size option, one which I drafted to fit a plus size form based on body […]Continue Reading...

As a young teen obsessed with vintage clothing, I dearly wanted a circle skirt. I'd seen them in old magazines and thought the felt ones with appliques like poodles or the Eiffel Tower were just too cute for words. When my grandmother realized how much I loved vintage fashion, she gave me a beauti

In the 1950s, the petticoat crinoline made a triumphant return to the fashion scene for skirts and dresses, with a bounce in its step and a swish in its sway.

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Butterick 5261; ca. 1950; Quick and Easy: Swirling merry-go-round skirt. "Quick and Easy" circular skirt for sun, patio or dance floor. Belt band hooks at side front, apron ties in back. Merry-go-round skirt can be worn four ways bow in back, at side, knot-tied in front, and cummerbund fashion. Featured in Butterick Pattern Book, Early Summer 1950 As featured in Butterick counter catalog, September 1950 •Reproduction Dusty Printer Patterns [insert your photos of this pattern made up] [insert…

This is a classy and tailored eight-gore 1950s skirt pattern that creates skirts exactly like two I have in my collection (handed down by my fashion plate grandmother ). These have the fullness without all the gathers around the waist, making for a very flattering fit.