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Of course, the hat is inspired by Joan Crawford! I was totally caught off guard and inspired by this cotton print from Jo Anne Fabrics! There was not enough to make an entire dress so I came up with a plan. I wanted this to look a bit utilitarian, inspired by the USO girls of the 1940s. I know mostly they wore suits in movies, but I was picturing what a girl wore when she was serving them food. daaarlinks bring the car around so we can go to the movies I took my 40s pinafore dress and made it without ruffles, and drafted sleeves for it. That's it! It really is my 40s pinafore dress! The contrasting blue shoulder princess seams are designed to make the print look like an apron....utilitarian-esque. I love it! I wore it to the County Fair! here are me and my girls chillin at the county fair! aren't we sexy! hey soldier i see your crazy vintage pattern and raise you one "milkmaid hairstyle"  The print is very "Americana" complete with little 40s mar...

I am re-posting this from The Problem is the Clothes, Not the Body because it contains the CUTEST Vintage chubby EVAR! How sweet she is! BEAUTY - IN A BIG WAY! <p><p><p><p><p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p></p></p></p&am...

I tried. What? I tried wearing RTW clothes this weekend. I have not worn RTW clothes (on the left side of my closet) since winter!! And yes, my closet is segragated...RTW on the left side and Handmade on the right. Everyday I wear clothes that I made personally and it feels great. I have so many intresets and moods and images that I am in love with....and they are all there on the right side of my closet! Monsters!!!  SKULLS! Dames!!!! UBER GIRLIE PRINTS! THE ROCKABILLY!  THE GOTHIC! THE QUIRKY! Every DAY I am able to express my feeling dujor! And babies, I JUST CANNOT GO BACK to all RTW clothes. I tell you- IT does NOT feel right! It feels like I crawled into someone else's skin! Which is ok for a Rob Zombie movie; but not ok for moi! How has sewing made you feel about wearing off the rack clothes? Or maybe if you do not sew; you can realate to wearing mostly vintage or non-mainstream clothing designs, perhaps??

I bought a pattern from the adorable Inky Wine, a friend of mine. It,alas, is a size "tiny" with a 32 Bust Size. I am in love with pinafore dresses of the 1940s. They just rock my socks. I KNEW this cute Holly Hobby Fabric would make a great pinafore dress. I bought the fabric for like $3 a yard on line somewhere....don't remember where. SEWING DETAILS AND OTHER SAGA RELATED WORDS: I waited about a year before I felt confident enough to tackle how I would  sew one of these. I had two choices: 1. grade up directly form the pattern 2. draft my own using my sloper and the original pattern as a guide. I went for number two! The basic things that I needed to do were 1. draft a shoulder-princess seam bodice, and add a fold over for the buttons and a square neckline 2. change my basic half-circle-skirt sloper into a back-button type. For the bodice, I did some internets digging on how to draft a shoulder princess seam from a bodice sloper. I gotta say it went well! I made a musl...

I found her on the internets today. And I loves her.  Cute and Crazy...just like moi!

When I buy from you, I do not want stained material. Shame on you! Go to your room! Love, Psycho Sue.