Freedom in Movement and Photos

Just wanted to share these so cute pictures ~ set yourself free ~

This cutte little dress can be found at 3 Little Birds Boutique

~ Get the wind in your hair and the soil beneath your feet, run and stomp and live ~

Vintage Tucks Sewing Techniques

Here is another tucking technique with edgestitching for dramatic style and detailing. These techniques are from a 1950s sewing guide for White sewing machine attachments. The attachment used for this metohod is White combination tucking guide, edge-stitcher and top braider. Which makes many size tucks, sew laces, and edgestitches. The newer machines also come with attachments so it shouldn't be a problem adaping these techniques with your machine. Get creative and sew away!

These are some pretty basic and simple instructions for using a tucking guide. What I like about this technique is that you can use a different colored thread than one that matches the fabric. I can see using gold or silver metallic for a holiday look.

I only found one pattern in my collection that could be used for this tucking technique and would make for a great holiday blouse. These are actually pleats, but can be top stitched. Find at Penelope Rose

The pattern below can be found on Etsy at Shell Make You Flip and would be awesome using the tucking technique, love the button front.

I hope you come up with some great holiday designing and sewing ideas using th tucking technique....coming up next is stitching and quilting on collars, cuffs and trims, until then happy sewing!

Vintage Vogue 1951 Magazine Fashion Photos

I love capturing these beautiful vintage magazine photos. The lovely dresses and coats below are all from Vogue January 1951 magazine, enjoy and share these photos.

Color Treasure...the costume in Courtaulds' Coloray rayon fashioned by "Mr. T" with elegant airs and graces. The soft spring colors are not only rich but permanent...never fading despite cleanings and wearings. Because all the color comes from Courtaulds' Coloray, the fiber that's infused with color, not just coated with it! "Mr. T" of HOLIDAY FROCKS creates a striped sheath and companion coat. Sizes 10 to 18. About$50 at Bloomingdale's.

I do love this soft blue grey steel color and the neckline on the coat.

This spring's new demi-brown colours, demi-jacket suits. Stictly American products by American designers who like the idea of open jackets. These clear the way for outgoing blouses - visible even when suit buttons are worked open. Traina-Norell, one of the simplest sensations, a bright-brown suit with a slim skirt in a deep-ruled corduroy, silk crepe blouse at Lord & Taylor.

This one is yummy, love brown and love how the corduroy works on this suit.

A whisper of color...the weight of a breath...costumes, this spring's great lady. ADELE SIMPSON creates her suit coolly in beige MERINGUE TWEED - an airy all-climate mixture of wool and silk by FORSTMANN. In other light shades, too - so new frosted with white. Go beautifully...in fabrics by FORSTMANN.

Love how the button are placed on the jacket and skirt, also like the wide waistband and front skirt panel, sweet!

More photos to come from Vogue 1951 and contiuned vintage sewing tips using White's 1950s sewing guide. You can use Google Friends Connect to follow this blog to enjoy and share, thanks!