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I’m so pleased that you saved such a treasure. I love the thought of a person’s belongings being kept together. I too remember when 30s garments weren’t valued and also bought a trunk, mine belonging to a 30s bride. I didn’t get anything like your wonderful haul but mine did contain several pairs of dyed silk shoes all in my size (clearly the trunk was meant for me!). The whole thing cost me £10! Not much even at that time. I’m always heartened to know that there are others out there who appreciate the beautiful details of 30s garments. I was at a vintage fair on Sunday marvelling at the tiny covered silk buttons, the shirring, little bows to hide poppers etc. So pleased you found my channel and thank you for encouraging me 💐

They’re so imaginative and pretty aren’t they?! Thank you for watching and encouraging me 💐

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I love those suggestions too! Today many people would just throw the clothes away so the tips from the magazines of the 30s and 40s are perfect for sustainable sewing. I could also do with renovating a few of my clothes! Thank you so much for watching 💐

I couldn’t agree more! We’d never see all those imaginative details on today’s clothes either. Plain, relatively shapeless garments are easier to produce - fast fashion has a lot to answer for! I love that the 30s dresses were often made by home dressmakers. Thank you so much for watching! 💐

@@Samanthalovestosew I wish I was a dressmaker 🥹

I love those bias cut dresses by Madeleine Vionnet. I didn’t realise that women might have needed to leave their underwear off to do them justice though! I guess clinging fabric over bra straps etc would have spoiled the look! Thank you for sharing this interesting piece of information and for watching 💐

You’re very welcome, thank you for watching! ❤️

Oh I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the 1935 fashion magazine - it is full of ideas! I’m thrilled to think of it living in your sewing room. I know, the 30s and 40s mags are full of thrifting and recycling tips(though ironically because they had not enough whereas we have too much!). I have lots of vintage magazines full of all kinds of fashion and sewing ideas and am definitely now feeling encouraged to share more as videos and pdfs. Thank you so much for all your generous support 💐

Ah thank you so much - on both counts! It definitely helps to think French word! Thank you for watching and helping me out 💐

Me too! And I’m always so pleased to find a fellow enthusiast. Thank you for your support 💐

Yes, it changed everything - no working in a factory or growing your own vegetables wearing a pretty tea dress! Thank you for watching me 💐

That’s extremely kind of you Ian - both your comments and for having the stamina to watch a hardcore 30s dressmakers’ video. This is my most loved niche but it is the nichiest of niches so I’m delighted to find fellow enthusiasts. But I know you would gallantly sit through, say, me teaching the dogs how to knit. Indeed you might have preferred it! You are right, I love Poirot, especially the David Suchet series. Miss Lemon is always an inspiration! I also grew up watching these old movies - remember how they used to show them on Saturday afternoons on BBC2?! Thank you for your always generous support 🥰

@@Samanthalovestosew I have asked RUclips to alert me when you release you dogs knitting video.

@@iansaunders6983 🤣🤣🤣 It’s temporarily on hold while they star as a (somewhat reluctant) spider and a vampire bat in my Halloween video!

These are my favourite dresses of all and I’m so pleased you love them too. Thank you for encouraging me ❤️

Yes!! We think alike! The original dresses, the sewing patterns, the original fabrics and magazines like this - I want to them all to be appreciated (and worn) again. Thank you for encouraging me 💐

I’m so pleased to hear you enjoyed it and thank you so much for your lovely comment 💐

Hello Michelle! I also plan to sew some 30s lingerie soon 😃 I do have the free pattern that came with the magazine so I will be sewing that at some point and I want to add a cute detail or two from the magazine (so many projects so little time 😆) Thank you very much for watching! 💐

@@Samanthalovestosew oh lovely! I’m so excited to see this if you plan to make a video!

I know what you mean - a fuller skirt would have made it more ‘dressy’ and therefore less wearable. So perhaps my lack of fabric was a blessing in disguise! Thank you so much for watching and for encouraging me ❤️🥰

Hello Lisa! Thank you very much. I love the 30s … I’m planning some 30s meets 70s projects at the moment! Always love seeing your makes too and thank you so much for supporting me 💐

I can’t think that it is normal with silk thread as otherwise how could anyone sew with it if it snaps as soon as you give it a tug?! I think it hung around in the shop too long because it was expensive and therefore began to disintegrate. Either that or the shop bought it on the cheap!

Thank you very much! I think Marilyn’s dress was made of a pleated fabric whereas my fabric was kind of crinkly. But, yes, gathers not hundreds of tiny pleats, thankfully - I’m not the best at maths! 😆 And thank you very much, gardening is my next great passion to sewing 💐

That is such a wonderful story - thank you for sharing it with me. I’m intrigued about 1930s’ nurses’ uniforms in the US now. The nurses must have looked so neat and pretty in their white starched uniforms. I do have a few nurses’ capes from the WW2 era. The uniforms for nurses were so smart and attractive in those days. I can imagine how poignant it was for the nursing home residents to see you in the uniform you sewed. Memories are everything at that stage of our lives. Oh I’ve struggled with 30s pattern instructions, they are often sketchy and confusing! Not only was the construction of garments quite different then but not very well explained either. Yet the results (after some perseverance!!) are worth all the effort! Thank you very much for watching and for telling me about your 1930s nurse’s uniform (which I’m now going to research!) 💐

Neat story; thanks for sharing that!

Oh thank you so much for encouraging me! 💗💐🥰

I hear you! 😆 I sew clothes for the life I truly live and the life of my dreams (guess which get worn the most!!) Thank you for watching and encouraging me 🥰

All those clothes are perfect for anyone who works in an office or similar.

Yes in our dreams Lizzie we would be wafting around a Poirot film set in our tea dresses, clinking 🥂!! ❤️❤️❤️

@@Samanthalovestosew Yes we would! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

How wonderful! 1930s fashion is my favourite, no era matches it for imaginative construction and details. I suspect I’d be in heaven looking at your makes! Thank you so much for watching 💐

@@Samanthalovestosew What you have to say is so right and no lies. I don"t have any mediacontent so I can"t show you. But I can only work with old patrons not with a pdf. I spin also my own wool and silk so I knit and crocet also

Oh thank you so much for all your support! And I was expecting that people might not know who Constance Bennett was and yet here you are knowing much more about her than me. I love the bit about ‘the human coat hanger’! I’m so pleased you’re going to watch the longer version of the video. I had to edit out so much to make an appropriate length for RUclips, including why women wore tea dresses in the first place and a wonderful old film clip with ladies in tea dresses competing as to how high they could kick their legs! It’s cheering to know another 30s film and fashion enthusiast will watch it! ❤️xx

I know what you mean Laura! The dogs practically faint with shock if I go out without them ie do anything other than walk them! Apparently women were homebodies in the 1930s too, the crucial difference being that they socialised with each other in their homes. Again the dogs would be surprised to see anyone except my mother crossing the threshold! Thank you for watching another episode - we can dream we are the kind of people who waft around in tea dresses every day! 💗💐

Oh Lenore you are kind! 💗 You’re my very first customer so please let me know if you have any problems downloading. I love the 1930s dresses and accessories … I only wish they were more compatible with dog walking in the endless rain (and therefore mud!) we currently have in the UK. Thank you for your generous support xx 💗💗💐

@@Samanthalovestosew I have downloaded and printed ‘Roma’s Fashion’ with no issues. It was a lovely surprised to find a knitting pattern for a jumper and beret. I may never knit them but now have a pattern if I wish too. I adore the style of 1930 clothes and how they so simply adapted patterns to give a totally different look. I’m thrilled with my purchase and having the opportunity to support you in one small way. Xx ❤️🌺

@@SamanthalovestosewSamantha I think you mentioned a more in-depth video when purchasing the pdf magazine. I may have misunderstood and that is fine. If there is meant to be one I’m not sure how to access it. X❤️🌺

Thank you very much Arietta! I can definitely see you wafting around your cottage in a 1930s tea dress. I grew up watching all those old movies (they’re responsible for a lot now I come to think about it 😆) The magazine is so full of sewing tips and imaginative ideas for home dressmakers. Nothing around today begins to come close 💗💐

I’m so pleased and very grateful for your support 💗💐

I found an old film clip of all the ladies in their tea dresses competing to see how high they could kick their legs! They made their own entertainment! (I could have made two videos with all the material I dug up!!) Thank you for your support xx💗💐💐

They’re my absolute favourite 🥰 So pleased that you love them too! And thank you for watching and encouraging me 💗💐

It’s such a joy to hear you like them! Thank you very much for your support ❤️

Thank you very much Katie 💗 They’re too smart for dog walking, which is what me going out anywhere usually involves!! But it’s good to have them to match my 40s suits for when the occasion arises! 💗💐

Ah thank you! I do use my 50s/60s electric machines too but I love the hand cranks. They’re so beautiful and still work so well. I think the suspender skirts/dresses are really cute but I will confess they are not the most flattering on the figure. Not on my figure anyway, which is very straight. Saying that I do want to sew another one! They are lovely for showing off pretty blouses and jumpers. I haven’t found the shoulder straps a problem. They seem to stay up very well! I absolutely love the crocheted fingerless gloves of the 40s. I’ve been asked why I wear them in videos but i think close ups of colourful crochet is preferable to the back of hands! Mine are true vintage as sadly I have yet to find time to learn to crochet. Thank you so much for watching and encouraging ❤️

@@Samanthalovestosew Thank you, and it's encouraging to know the straps aren't a problem! ☺

Thank you so much! I have a 1980s sewing machine (my most modern machine!) that does buttonholes. Though I also often do bound buttonholes or hand worked buttonholes (I have a video coming up on decorative finishes for these) 💐

Thank you so much Jody, I truly appreciate how supportive you are. Yes vintage fabrics are so different to modern ones. A couple of years ago I ordered fabrics from Spoonflower with wonderful reproductions of 40s novelty prints. But I was shocked by the quality. I will get around to sewing them now I have them but I will stick to buying vintage in future. I hope you find a 40s suit. They’re such a good staple to have. Especially the jackets. When they’re sold separately I’m happy to have one to wear over dresses. So much tailoring has gone into them! It’s squirrel season so the dogs are happier than ever! ❤️

That’s extremely kind of you! I’ve never actually been to Twinwood and I’d love to go (though not sure about competitions, I’m still very flattered!) Thank you very much 💗💐xxx

Thank you so much and for telling me, always such a boost. The dog will also be gratified to know that she’s appreciated! ❤️

Thank you very much - the blouses were an excuse to use all vintage fabrics and buttons! I wasn’t sure how the jabot would turn out but I really like it and now want to sew one for the other blouse too 😃❤️

@@Samanthalovestosew oh, for sure, and you could try to find other patterns for jabot since it's just a matter of button holes being in the same place as buttons on the blouse, jabot itself doesn't have to be blouse specific. :)

Thank you so much Lenore! I’m not usually much of a suit wearer but all the ladies at Goodwood look so glamorous in their 40s suits I thought I’d better make the effort! 🌸💗💐💗xx

Thank you so much Rowan - vintage fabrics are so special, the textures too (though I believe these were achieved with poisonous chemicals!!) Thank you about the modelling, I attracted an audience of bored locals that I would’ve been happy not to have staring at me! The location is another one in Dunster - I dragged my camerawoman aka mum there for the filming! And the dogs of course who were perhaps happier than my mum with the expedition 😆💗💐

@@Samanthalovestosew Oh how entertained those local folks would have been, altho I'm guessing they may well have been tourists thinking they'd stumbled across an 'attraction' or 'event' !! Ps. Spotted a property or two around the Dunster area 😉

I think those flower buttons were popular. I know exactly what you mean about blouses. I don’t know why but they seem less substantial and worthwhile than other garments! I only got round to doing these to have something to go under my suits at Goodwood. Also, while I’m sewing a shirtwaist at the moment I am halfway through two pairs of 1940s pyjamas. I haven’t forgotten!! Video in October for sure! 💐

ps I think I forgot to say thank you!!! ❤️

That is exactly it! No worries about the video timeline, but excited to see what you chose to make!

Ah, it’ll mean putting your knitting down though!! I shall look forward to seeing what you sew! And thank you very much for all your support ❤️