I am very excited as today’s creation is my first post made on We Sew Retro! I thought it a very appropriate first post as this dress is not only made from a vintage pattern, but is my most favourite vintage inspired creation I have made to date 
I never take it off.
This is me loving my dress
I used a vintage Vogue pattern 5028 which I have dated back to 1960.
You may recognise this pattern as it is the same bodice I used on my recent Interview Dress
Which do you think turned out best? I think this one
It is the adorable ruched sleeves that made me fall in love with this pattern, they are so flattering and easy to sew.
As you can tell, I haven’t used the original skirt part of the pattern, instead I added a gathered rectangle skirt I drafted myself.
The dress fastens with a side zipper
As for the fabric, would you believe this was sourced from curtains that my Nan gave to me!
I would love to hear your thoughts.
Do you have a favourite vintage creation?
Speak soon
And thank you We Sew Retro!
xXx
It’s beautiful! Curtains?! I’m glad you mentioned the sleeves, I may have overlooked them. What a gorgeous detail.
Thank you D
Most of the fabric I use for dressmaking is sourced from bedding, but curtains tend to be more expensive, so when I was offered this fabric I just couldn’t turn it down and it worked so perfectly for the pattern. Where do you source fabric from?
Like you, I have used linens like tablecloths, ect. I have a little shop here in OKC called Bad Grannies. There’s a lot of different crafters & vendors- there’s one booth that sells vintage patterns, sewing books, buttons, and fabrics that she gets at estate sales. She sells most for only a couple bucks a years- that’s where most of my vintage fabric has been coming from lately. My next dress on the blog will be comepletely vintage material & notions.
Oh wow, I don’t think I could control myself if I were in your position, surrounded by all that lovely crafty stuff – so lucky
I look forward to seeing you next creation xXx
It’s lovely. I would never have guessed it was sourced from curtains.
That is certainly a good thing, don’t want to look like I am walking around in curtains! Hehe!
xxx
Oo I love this – I love curtain fabric, I love the colours and oh those sleeves! I’m not surprised that you wear it a lot – gorgeous all year round! xxx
Thanks hun. That’s a lot of love!
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It’s beautiful- really beautiful! Lovely work!
You are too kind! Thank you so much. Hope you are well
xXx
Sooo pretty!
Thank you hun
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Gosh it’s lovely! I love the sleeves. A more fitted skirt would work very well too!
Yeah, that is certainly something I would like to try out, but think I need to give some of my other patterns a chance of being used first
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It’s absolutely gorgeous! Love the green cardigan with it, too.
Thanks – it is far too cold to wear it without the extra layers at the moment
So gorgeous – I love everything about it. I am so glad I found your blog.
Thank you, it is very nice o meet you
I am following you with bloglovin 
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I love this dress! Did you have to alter the original pattern?
P.S. I found you through We did it! linky party
Hi
I am so glad you like it. I didn’t have to alter the bodice pattern at all, to be honest I am not a big fan of doing that anyway, but I did add a different skirt than the original pattern called for. It was such a lovely project to sew up xXx
Those sleeves are simply perfect. I love both dresses – the vintage and the interview. Just found you from the Gillian dare. I would say I’m going to add you to my reader, but….. g
But what?
Thank you for the lovely comment and stopping by – do you have a blog I can check out too? xXx
but I don’t use reader and it’s going away – that’s all
So I added you to my favs and my sidebar. My blog is at http://www.gmariesews.blogspot.com g
Ahhh, that makes sense now. Think I was having a bit of a blonde moment
sorry. You should check out blog lovin, I have always liked it better than reader. Going to check out you blog right now xXx
I can see why this is your most favourite…beautiful!
Thank you
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GORGEOUS! Its so super cute – it looks like it fits you perfectly too
It is one of those dresses where you don’t quite know what you have done to make it work so well but you desperately want to recreate it
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Somehow I missed this post, Hannah! So sorry. I must say, I absolutely love the dress (but even more so, the gal in it). You have such a classic elegance about you and this dress brings it out all the more. Only you could take curtains and turn it into a charming dress like this! Beautiful work, friend! That last photo of you in the green cardigan with a knowing glance is my favorite. Or should I say, favourite!
Sorry for the slow reply , and I am super glad you like my dress. Classic elegance huh – I like the sounds of that
If you are getting into sewing I would strongly suggest you consider using bedding and curtains as fabric. It is so much cheaper and there are so many options.
PS – I didn’t spell favourite wrong, that is just how we spell it
I love that you made this out of curtains! And beautiful curtains at that. I love the flowers. Great job!
~Jen
I think some fabric, no matter what it is sourced from, whether that be curtain or bedding or tablecloths, is just MEANT to be made into a dress
xxx