Making a 1950s Slip Dress from a Vintage Sewing Pattern - With Insertion Lace | Simplicity 4126
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2020
- Using a vintage sewing pattern from the 1950s I made a classic white slip to wear under my vintage clothes. I added a band of insertion lace to make it just a little bit fancier and to practice some new sewing skills.
As usual with vintage sewing patterns there were a few hiccups a long the way!
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So lovely
Taking a "flop" break from yardwork
Just moved a giant flowering "shrub/flower-thing"
Neighbor offered me some gazanea, so, moved a skirt full of them
Now, hydration & prepping to plant
Nice to see you tracing out the pattern, to preserve the original. Should be around for another for another 60 years.
Such a pretty slip, the lace is a nice touch.
i still one of my mpm"s slip >>a manufactured one >>>that looks quite similar>>very feminine and pretty
I can remember wearing slips from childhood to young adulthood with every dress we had! Great video! The insertion lace is beautiful!
Pretty vintage! Yes I remember wearing slips too.
Your handsewing is truly a work of joy to behold. When wearing this slip you must feel very special, well done for all the care you take, its inspiring.
you did a FANTASTIC job on this especially the lace. I'm sorry now that I didn't buy the petticoat pattern which I spied last week! At high school in 1969, we were expected to wear petticoats. Of course, I loved mine and still wear half-slips if the need arises. The 'pattern' was just a drawing on an A4. Everyone was EXPECTED to KNOW how to make them. I have to chuckle every time I see you young things struggling with instructions. Yup...darlin' just do what you NEED TO. That's what we all did. In fact bought patterns were frowned on! I soooo enjoy your makes. keep it up!
Thanks for the insight! Next time I ignore the instructions I can say it's for historical accuracy! 💚
What a beautiful slip! I'd wear that with any dress! Love it ... & I adore insertion lace, so that's another great! :)
Thank you for such a detailed video. Back in the day we all wore petticoats or slips. In Sewing classes at school we made waist length petticoats which we had to embroider. The next item was a gathered skirt. Though I really liked making baby doll pyjamas with lace on. I came across McCalls pattern 3502 on a vintage site which was the same design. The classes were in the last year Primary school and were all made by hand.
The ladies in your day must have had wonderful vaginal health! I've recently made the switch from knickers that are tight to the body to bloomer types and the breeze is so refreshing.
Hehe, now I'm inspired to work with lacing like that!!
Really lovely.. As a very new sewer, I like that you give small tips along the way, use both hand stitch and machine and your instructions are always very clear. You sew with accuracy and skill, looking forward to seeing more makes from you! This slips turned out beautifully and the simple cotton with lace is really lovely
Thanks for your kind words!
I was just going to come and make a similar comment but you already covered it beautifully. I like the step by step process with detailed explanations that are clear. Many times people gloss over the process and I find myself going back over it a couple times to try to figure out what they were doing,
Beautifully done! It's nice to see such a lovely example of delicate sewing techniques, as well as the tips on deciphering vintage patterns.
Few people today even know what a slip is for. It would be nice to see it modeled someday under its intended dress, perhaps to show how it makes a difference to the way the dress clings/hangs with and without the slip.
You do get a sneaky glimpse of it in my 1950s polka dot dress video!
Wrapping your threads around your pins to hold them in place while gathering is GENIUS! I've never seen this before and I'm going to have to try it on my next project!
You give such beautiful instructions/narration. I have learnes so much from you. 😍
I’ve been needing a slip - sewing one is something I’ve been considering. Perfect video! I’ll be looking for a pattern.
When watching your videos, I find the most common thing I’m saying is “aah, so *that’s* how you do it!”
I am very much regretting not getting my nana to teach me how to sew by machine when I was younger. Though it is nice that I now have her machine to learn on. But learning as an adult, with no one around to teach me, is probably the harder way to learn. There’s a lot of hit or miss!
Also, I must say I did feel glad to see that even the more experienced still prick their fingers with pins. Not that I’m glad you pricked yourself, but I definitely don’t feel quite so awfully clumsy now.
I think I might try to find something similar to sew for myself- I can always use new slips of course, but it does look like (in a sturdier fabric) that it would make an admirable nightie. And as I’m disabled and mostly live in nighties, having a nice one would be great. And it’s definitely much nicer than my current “try to figure out how to cobble one together with no pattern” affairs. Comfy though they are.
Slips are a great beginner vintage project. The original patterns are pretty common on places like eBay and go quite cheap. Most people only want the pretty dresses!
A sturdy inexpensive cotton will sew and press nicely and if things turn out a bit wonky here and there you can rest assured that no one will ever see it, unless you decide to show them.
Good luck with your sewing journey! Keep trying new things and eventually you'll have more hits than misses 💚
Retro Claude I’ve started with things like circle and half circle skirts (and learned that I definitely need to remove two or three inches from my waist measurement due to the waist being on the bias- not something that was included in any of the instructions I read). Then I made a medieval shift (though with no arms), another nightie that I patterned myself, and a peasant blouse. Hoping to make a half cape with hood, an A Line skirt with buttons down the front, and a maternity project for a friend (that one is a bit nerve wracking- not just because I’ll want to make it the best I can, but also because I’ve never worked with knit fabrics before)
But the idea of anything more complicated than those... it’s scary. Also, I have been trying to do as much as possible without patterns, as I find them intimidating. 😂
Thanks for the words of encouragement.
You must definitely make yourself some beautiful things.. I how you have by now!!
You keep going darlin' It IS such a shame that the younger generations were NOT taught and are playing catch up. at least there are so many lovely vlogs out there to watch and teach yourself.
Really nice look / perfect dress lining.
Tilly here, this is lovely & yet another course request to overcome vintage pattern fears! 👍
What a brilliant idea! My list is definitely growing!
It’s pretty and neat on you, as well as not to miserable and tight on you, exactly the way a nightgown or any other sleepwear should be. Thank you for putting together such a fun sewing video.
Beautifully crafted-love it 😊
Wow, I'm amazing by the care you put into all the tiny details, incredible craftsmanship! Your voice is also SO soothing and posh... You deserve more subscribers!!
Thank you! I'll take posh as a compliment 😁
I loved this!
what a beautiful piece!
I've never come across the iron method to shrinkthe ease in a curved hem. Very helpful! 13:50
Excellent video again
This is so beautiful and classy. I can’t wait for my sewing skills to reach this level.
It looks amazing!
The lace came out beautifully! 👏🏾👏🏾 Well Done!💜 Keep the vlogs coming!
I never saw that kind of 1950 patterns but I have a 1920 pattern that looks like that. I started sewing late 1950’s but my mother made most of us girls clothes until about that time.
Beautiful
Lovely work, love the care you take measuring, pressing and tacking/basting when necessary. Speaking as original ‘old school’ it’s great to see.👍🏻
Beautiful job with that lace.
Thank you!
Looking forward to what you sew next. Great channel. Thanks
Thanks!
I love this! Thank you for sharing! When I made "heirloom" insertion lace slips for my daughters, I would put large pleats horizontally across the lower edge and as the girls grew, I would remove some of the pleats. I love sewing with batiste. Thank you for including your sewing tips. So incredibly helpful!
i have never seen the waste sewn up in such a way. it seems very fiddly to me but it was good to see it done before i come across it in a vintage pattern.
I love the insertion lace. Its so classy. I also cannot understand why people disliked this video. It has to be a mistake. I love watching you sew and you always manage to teach me something as well.
Thank you. That video was very educational. Especially the lace insertion and the securing of the straps
I love this
Hi Claude, I was re-watching this today & it occurred to me that you should make a playlist for lingerie, swimwear & corsetry; You could put all the various slips, the foundation garments from all the different eras, the big pants, swim cozzies etc that you've already sewn AND knitted. It'll encourage people to let the playlist run & will also offer a good segue into historical garments when ppl have just searched to look for the foundation items. It might also make things easier to find if you were to make a compilation . Good luck :)
An excellent suggestion! I've made a playlist 😁
I find that using rolled hem and felling feet are a big time savet and allow for more time to complete the project. These days I can't even imagine sewing without them.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !!!!!!!
It's beautiful and educational watching you sew. Thank you!
Thank you! I learned so many techniques from this. The lace insertion is something that I may try now.
There’s nothing like a beautiful slip. Well done!
Thanks very much I agree! It's so gorgeous to wear 💚
Wow so detailed and soothing. Thank you 🙏
Maravilhosa está modelagem vintage
I've never seen that tip for using steam iron to get rid of excess ease in the hem. Witchcraft! Much as I hate ironing, this makes me realize why a good iron (and actually using it) is so important.
Beautiful project. The insertion lace and the gathering under the bust give it such nice detail. And flat felled seams are so satisfying.
It's amazing! It worked so well on this project and showed up really well on camera. Sometimes these things are hard to explain and need to be seen to be believed 😊
This is such a beautiful video, by which I mean you give very clear instructions and useful tips. Seeing the precision with which you sew is very soothing and the result came out beautiful.
Thank you very much 💚
Lovely and informative tutorial. New subscriber here!
New subscriber here! I just found your channel and absolutely love the contents. Best wishes and I hope to see more of your beautiful sewing and wonderful techniques.
My mother cut the slip-fabric in diagonal. Took more metres of material but fitted exactly
I love your attention to detail and know-how. I could see your expertise at work in the little decisions you made along the way, and it gave me great joy. The slip looks lovely and it would look absolutely wonderful in silk. Have you made a new one?
I am halfway through a slightly altered 1930s rayon version, but I have had to put it on hold for a little while. I will of course make a video showing the new version at some point 💚
@@RetroClaude looking forward to seeing it! You’ve inspired me to try and make one for myself (I’ve no pattern, will try to do some draping 😱) Take care of yourself ❤️
I love it
Blind hem stitch... My machine manual explains and depicts it so poorly that when I managed to contort the test fabric into it working, I labeled it top, bottom, left, right, and stuck it in the drawer with the manual, and the colour coded test stitching from my serger, for reference. I still have to pull it out every time, but, the tactile reference has made it less of a headache to get that handy hem.
That's a brilliant idea!
enjoyed th emaking of this item. you sound very much like another youtuber named klaire (delys was maiden name - channel name simply klaire). you could be relatives, your voices are so similar. i'd bet you are at least in the same area of england to have such a similar accent. just stumbled on your channel and will look at more of your content.
Congratulations to your new vintage staple! 🤗I guess now you figured it out you "have to" do them in different colours and lenghts, right? 😄
Oh absolutely, I'm working on a pink rayon one as we speak! 😄
@@RetroClaude I just found out today that my creamy yellow underdress with a not any more elastic lace top and some unhemmed polyester jersey (no clue where i got this from 😣) is matching to a loooong strip of lace I thrifted recently... 🤔 But first i want to do a sky blue petticoat out of a shimmery curtain. 😊
What is the song around 2:50? I love it!
Very pretty! I have a question about insertion lace. I am making a tiered skirt and I wondered how to go about putting insertion lace in between the tiers. I've searched everywhere looking for a video but none seem to be available. Do you have any ideas?
I would hem both edges of the tiers, so the top tier and then the bottom gathered tired. Then machine the lace onto the bottom of the non-gathered edge. Then gather up the next tier and either hand sew it in place, or carefully machine the edge of the lace on top of the gathers. Historically they probably would have done a whip stitch to attach the gathers to the lace but you might also try putting the lace and gathered tier edge to edge and zig zag stitching. It'd have to be quite a wide zig zag but quite a short stitch length so the stitches catch both sides securely. Good luck!
@@RetroClaude thank you so much! I will hive it a go.
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