#dressmaker

[professorpski]

Bridal alterations, past, current and future. Yes, it is a job.

[silkdamask-blog]

Talk about #statementsleeves…. ☘️#DressmakersSeries: White silk bodice with green velvet trim, c1895, made by dressmaker B. Johnson, of St. Paul, Minnesota @mnhs

[anattire]

I swear scrunchies are the only thing I can make with scraps because I am constantly loosing them 🥹

[fancyfauns]

the dressmaker

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1937 – Ireland's most successful female rally driver, Rosemary Smith, is born in Dublin.

Rosemary Smith was a successful rally driver during the 1960s. Rosemary was a dressmaker by trade but when she met Delphine Bigger, she was introduced to rally driving. Delphine’s husband was a rally driver and they invited Rosemary to rallies as a co-driver which led her on the path to becoming a major competitor in rally driving. Rosemary was soon snatched up by Rootes Group (a British car…

[anccaku]

Studying sewing is cool, until I go to a store and I see any clothing, and my first instinct is to check the seams and and how it was sewn.

Right now I am about to sew my own winter coat, so when I go to a store and I see jackets and coats, I gotta check what tecniques they've used to sew them and if they have anything I am about to sew.

It was same when I was sewing my pants. I was checking the pants in store like "heh I just practiced this in school".

[retropopcult]

"The Arcade, Cleveland." Photographed July 1901.

Built in 1890 for under $1 million by Roebling Bros. (who also built the Brooklyn Bridge). The Arcade is still operating to this day and has undergone numerous restorations.

[mila2010]

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[lady-lilly-pilly]

Ooccoo But if they wore clothes and are f*cking fabulous.

[garbedgedesigns]

[happyflappyclappyman]

First draft for one of my dresses

X Luna

[just-a-bookish-reader]

A Fragile Enchantment Review

Thank you to Netgalley for the digital advanced reader copy!

A whimsical and cozy standalone fantasy, Allison Saft's newest book (01.30.2024) just about perfectly balances elements of fantasy, romance, magic, political intrigue, and oppression and family - both in pacing and emphasis. Complete with representation not dissimilar to her 2022 release (A Far Wilder Magic): a briefly implied Jewish Spanish woman, and a handful of queer characters, all shimmer like the divine-blooded under the spotlight in this novel, diving into the relationship between what appears to be a magical version of Ireland and Great Britain.

A Fragile Enchantment heavily explores themes of what it means to live, to truly experience life

"Her heart beat. Her lungs swelled with air. Life was here, right in front of her."

as well as a romance that, at first, appears to be quite unexpected, despite the cover art. With a dazzling thread of strongly structured plot, threaded through the needle that is Allison Saft's enchanting writing style used to sew together the fabric of every detail, every romantic scene, every gesture, Saft guides the reader through the resulting story full of life, love, longing, and yearning, that is just as magical, just as heartbreaking and just as powerful as any single garment that Niamh Ó Conchobhair could sew by hand, imbuing the novel with all the emotions and care that were so meticulously described as the result of Niamh's own magical craft.

[magpieatelier]

The Delineator 1899

[professorpski]

Threads, Fall 2022

 This article has a good range of topics from making use of quilts to replicating a vintage collar to fitting and embellishments. The cover story by Judith Neukam on quilted jackets ponders re-using a vintage quilt as well as collaging with new fabric scraps. Related to this accidentally is the article by Lindsay Ostlie who offers a zero-waste blouse which you see here in brown with cut-on dolman sleeves and the fabric selvedges used as trim along the buttoned opening. Now, if all the dressmakers could get together with the quiltmakers, I think we could put to good use all those fabric scraps from more conventionally cut garments.  

Anna Mazur explains how to create a flower motif using self-fabric petals with sealant applied around the edges and paillettes, crystals and beads. You see here the pale green blouse that results. You can well imagine different designs to develop using this technique from the quieter self-trim like this  to more dramatic contrasting colors.

Kenneth King analyzes the circa 1940 dress in black, white and red on the back cover with an unusual collar created with a center ring through which the two scarf collar edges loop to button down high up on the bodice. He explains how it can be done and his version is quieter than the playful version on the back cover with two-tone covered buttons in order to avoid what he calls a “costumey” look. If on the other hand you are interesting in theater costuming, you will enjoy the articles on Bernadette Banner who recreates period clothing from the late 19th and early 20th Century and on Arnold S. Levine, author and millinery, who does Broadway and carnival millinery work of all kinds and who shares some of his favorite supplies.

There are also more technical articles on ways to make knit pants, on fitting garments through the shoulders, bust and torso, plus reviews of new patterns and fashion trends for fall.

Threads is my favorite airplane reading as you can enjoy the pictures when your brain is tired or dig into the details of a new technique and learn how to do it.

You can find it at your favorite bookstore, fabric store, or online here: https://www.threadsmagazine.com/

[bookishlyvintage]

Hotel Magnifique, Emily J Taylor

Book was inspired by Saint-Cyr house in Belgium & is a standalone fantasy

[stuffwithart]

what's ur ocs opinion on Julius the Dressmaker?

Well I can tell you my personal opinion I really do like the character and I found the design amazing I give props to the creator and their hard work