1930s fabric

At the moment, 1930s reproduction clothing is limited in choices. I expect a 1930s revival to happen in the next few years, but for now it is a forgotten decade. If you want to create a 1930s outfit, you will either need to buy vintage ($$ ouch $$) or sew your own. The first step

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Last Saturday we drove about 2 hours to an antique mall, one we've been to before with mixed results. As you know, hunting for vintage treasure is one part hard work and another part luck. No amount of hunting will turn up something that isn't there. But, this time, I got lucky! When I first spotted the two bags of fabric scraps I thought "1940s". I didn't even examine them that carefully—they looked good, the price was right, and into my basket they went. It wasn't until I got home later…

More Depression era salesman sample swatches, this time in shades of lavender.

Last week we felt a touch of spring here in the mitten state and it ended up causing my poor MCM basement to flood on Monday. After a messy two days, I am ready to get a jump on spring cleaning and well, for the warmer temps to roll in. Unfortunately, the weather man is calling for more subzero temps for at least another week or more. Until the weather gets the memo, I'll be flipping through this 1935 Sears catalog and dreaming of springtime. Feel free to share these or pin them, but please…

The 1940s was unique in that it brought a diverse selection of women's fabrics and patterns to the mainstream. Because of this, it can be difficult to distinguish what is a 1940s print compared to a print from another decade, simply because there were so many designs, styles and colors. In the early '40s when

30's Playtime by Chloe's Closet for Moda That is a mighty big fabric stack, and a happy dance may have followed the arrival of this...

I have been busy with the tedious task of tracing patterns from a few of my magazines and, as usual, I am crippled by choices. I choose a pattern but then cannot find a suitable fabric from my huge stash, then I get drawn to a fabric, but no pattern seems perfect for it. So, you can understand my ambivalence that the wonderful fabrics from the 1937/38 Fall & Winter Sears Catalogue (picked up cheap on Etsy) are not available to buy... I don't need more options, but these are vintage heaven…