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How to Gatsby - Tips for Sewing your own Art Deco Era Garden Party Dress

August 23, 2022 Jennifer Serr
hand made 1920's and 1930's style costumes.  MAke your own costume.  Make your own gatsby costume

For myself, one of the most fun parts of getting ready for The ADSC Gatsby Summer Afternoon is making my outfit. It truly brings me so much joy to plan what I’m wearing from my hat and hair down to my stockings and shoes. Sometimes I have more time than other times to figure it out, so depending on my schedule I can make the experience as simple or as complex as I can handle at the time.

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In Art Deco Events, Historic Fashion, Sewing Vintage Tags Vintage sewing, vintage sewing blog, vintage sewing pattern, vintage pattern girl, vintage event, vintage pattern, 1920s dress, 1930's pattern, 1920s, 1930s fashion, 1930's dresses, gatsby summer afternoon, great gatsby dress, flapper, flapper dress, wearing history pattern, vintage sewing blogger, vintage sewing, using vintage sewing patterns, tips for Gatsby summer afternoon, how to gatsby, gatsby fashion, gatsby party
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UFO's At Home - The Truth is in Here!

April 12, 2021 Jennifer Serr
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My Home and all the UFO’s are making me feel like I’m living in the X-Files of Project-land. Over the last year, it’s been a bit hard to keep my focus and I seem to get distracted with new ideas and projects at every turn. I’ve not finished much of anything lately, so I thought I would give you all a taste of the UnFinished Objects (aka projects) that are currently in the queue at HOME. These do not include the projects at my SHOP, some of which are mine and also some left behind by students. I’ll leave those for another post. Oh, and there are also those imagined (but un-started) projects lingering in the tubs of fabric - Ha! another post perhaps. In the meantime, this is what I have currently underway.

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In Historic Fashion, Sewing Vintage, unfinished objects Tags ufo's, completing projects, unfinished objects, unfinished projects, Sewing, knitting, knitting project, hand knitting, knitting goes with sewing, love knitting, retro knitting, 1930's fashion, 1930's, 1930s style, 1930s fashion
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Sewing a 1930's Capelet and Another Silly Hat

August 17, 2020 Jennifer Serr
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It’s super hard for me to decide which I enjoy more, this silly little 1930’s hat or the luscious capelet in a Japanese Cotton. They were both very fun makes and great additions to my wardrobe. You might have guessed by now, that Navy is my Black. I much prefer a little color to my basics and navy blue really fits the bill.

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In Sewing Vintage Tags 1930s, 1930s milinery, 1930s sportswear, 1930s fashion, 1930s capelet, capelet, cape, decades of style, decades of style pattern company, vintage vogue, vintage millinery, vintage sewing pattern, vintage pattern, vintage hat, sewing a cape
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Vintage Coat Renovation - Sewing a 1930's Inspired Ensemble

November 26, 2019 Jennifer Serr
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Do you ever have fabric that feels like it’s money burning a hole in your pocket? Well, I sure did when my friend Laurie Ann gave me this gorgeous polka dot viscose shantung. Oh, my, it was love at first site. And it was gifted along with a coordinating brown trouser weight fabric as well. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sew up a new outfit, perfect for our cool autumn weather.

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In Alterations, Sewing Vintage, upcycle, vintage style Tags garmentrenovation, garment renovation, upcycle fashion, upcycling, responsible fashion, refashion, vintage refashion, cashmere coat refashion, bound buttonholes, wearing history, recrafting co, vintage pattern lending library, vintage pattern, 1930s, 1930s fashion, 1930s blouse, 1930s hat, 1930s style
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Pattern Review - Sewing the 1930's Sportwear Set by Jem Vintage Patterns

August 6, 2019 Jennifer Serr
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A few months ago, my neighbor’s daughter brought me this gorgeous fabric (and tons more) when she was cleaning out her dad’s closet. The green corduroy and coordinating floral really caught my eye and I knew I wanted to make a matching set.

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In Sewing Vintage, Sewing Tags pattern review, 1930s pattern, 1930s blouse, 1930s skirt, 1930s fashion, 1930s sportswear, vintage sewing, vintage sewing blog, vintage style, remix vintage shoes, vintage travel, casa azul cabin
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Hi, I'm Jennifer !  Owner of The Sewing Room and the host for these blogs. I love everything about sewing and fashion and have been doing it professionally and personally my whole life.

Inside my blogs (yes, there is more than one), I hope to give you some insight to the fashion world as well my daily design & sewing practice (which tends toward the Vintage).

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