A recent inspiration I have found is Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing -- it's the saga of a young New Yorker who is working her way through the 1952 edition of Vogue's Book for Better Sewing, a sort of Julie & Julia for vintage sewing as she reluctantly admits. I don't remember how I first found it, but following Gertie's sewing has re-inspired me to sew more for myself AND to start tackling my vintage patterns again. Here's a recent favorite of mine from her blog:
That is her "full, gathered skirt", in a lovely large-scale gingham silk -- a.k.a. project two from VoNBBS, and it's the one that finally pushed me into digging out my patterns (purging over half of them) and picking a few to sew. We'll see how that goes! In the meantime, I'll keep reading Gertie and hopefully she'll keep on blogging!
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Lovely things people have had to say:
Grrrrr..... And I was SO trying to cut down on my computer time, too! Thanks for reeling me back in :oP LOL!
Posted by: AdronsCatherine | August 13, 2009 10:36 AM
I so need to get back into sewing again! Thanks for your prompt inspiration.
Posted by: Monica | August 16, 2009 04:17 AM
I love this blog ever since finding it here on yours, so I need to thank you! And this skirt is one of my favorites. I wish so badly that I had it in my clothing arsenal. Ha ha ha.
Posted by: susan | October 19, 2009 07:08 PM