Did you know this fab Claire McCardell pattern is available in a true reproduction in bust sizes 32" to 50"? Plus size ladies needn't shy away from sewing vintage. Au contraire! Today on BurdaStyle, my guest post has tips for sewing the full-figured retro wardrobe of your dreams. Stop by to read the full article!Check back every week for a new guest post by moi on the BurdaStyle blog!
Posted on my blog. Great article!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for featuring some plus size stuff! There's not enough of it around (unless you want to dress like a granny)
ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading your blog from the start to the present day. Have thoroughly enjoyed it, but will now have to wait for the updates ;p was wondering if you know the pattern numbers for the images you've used above. Was hoping to track them down. Thanks for all the great reading.
ReplyDeleteThis dress is just so pretty, I've seen (pictures of) it a number of times over the years, and I think I've fallen in love.... Just discovered your blog, and thing it's great.
ReplyDeleteOoh! Thanks, Gertie! I had forgotten all about Eva Dress, somehow. I've purchased a few patterns from there but I haven't made them yet...
ReplyDeletejadestar, just go to this link to buy the pattern above!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.evadress.com/4292.html
Serena, I want to do more plus-size features. Please let me know if you have specific suggestions!
Gertie, thanks for this post! Now, if I can ask my fellow blog readers for advice...in my small etsy shop (which exists mainly to justify my pattern addiction), I'd like to be able to mark plus-size patterns as such, but am not sure where the "plus-size line" is. I don't subscribe to the "anyone above a size 4 is plus size" way of thinking...so do you think bust 42 and above is appropriate to mark as "plus-size"? Bust 44 and above?
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful post!
ReplyDeletei'm a full size too, and am managing to craft a whole wardrobe of vintage clothing and historical costumes for full sizes myself on my blog.
in plus sizes the fit is more tricky to achieve than in normally-proportioned sizes, i'd say...
my first walk-through will be a bodice, so please stop by, if you like :)
Thanks for the great blog on Plus Size - I picked up a few links I hadn't found myself.
ReplyDeleteI have recently started searching for plus-sized vintage patterns and yes, they are hard to find! Especially if you are looking for particular features.
Here are two of my recent purchase just to show what you can find if you make the effort.
http://sewretro.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-patterns.html
Pattern Junkie, that's a great question that you bring up! Perhaps deserving of its own post, I think! Especially since "plus size" is so different in real life than in the fashion world. I'm going to see if I can come up with a post on the topic. :)
ReplyDeleteThank YOU Gertie for bring this to light. I am a perfect 44-38-44 and find that many "modern" patterns don't look right on me. I already know an A-line looks good on me and that I can rock a pencil skirt. I do have a small waist for my size and I like to show that rather than hide it. I have always been curvy, not always a 44 bust but back then I could buy vintage fairly easily. The 50's and 40's style of clothing were what I mainly wore back in the 80's when I was a teenager. I've tried the skinny leg jeans and shrunken boyfriend type jackets. They look ridiculous on me, at least I think so. Anyway, I am SO looking forward to what you do in the future and I would like to see how to do those dang bound buttonholes.
ReplyDeleteCheck out theads for plus size. Alterations on cd. Vintage is only comfotable when properly fitted. Today as a great granny plus size I find longer a-line jumpers and knit tops the. Way to go. No sleeve fitting on jumpers, llonger length hides heavy stockings, basic knit tops in soft, easy to sew knit fabrics eases arm fitting. An occassional shirt or jacket creation dresses up the jumpers. I love great fabrics. But do not have. The fitting paience I used too have. This is nov for me check threads 2-3 issues back for great article on buttonholes with uper close up pictures
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