Hand knitted 1940s mustard jumper

Hi everyone !

A big hobby of mine is knitting! I could spend hours doing so in front of TV or a good old French movie. I've been searching for old jumper patterns on the net and I fell in love with a cute short sleeved jumper I found on the blog The Vintage Pattern Files. 

You can find the free pattern HERE

There are two different size options in this pattern so you can easily adapt it to your own, what I did. 

I unfortunately did not take pictures of the process :( But I have pictures of the finished product :) 

It took me 3 weeks to finish this jumper, working on it 2 hours every evenings.

Hope you all like it !

1940s Black Suit... first steps.

Hi everyone !

I've recently started a sewing project, a 1940s black suit. Santa have been really generous with me this Christmas and brought me a new camera, thousand times better than the compaq olympus I had, so I decided to share with you this project, with great pictures !

My base inspiration was a classic black suit, a must have for me! I've done research on google and etsy for inspiration and this one really caught my eye :

However, I'm not going to reproduce this one, mine will be based after those two patterns I've acquired not so long ago :

  

The first one for the vest, and  obviously the second for the skirt.
I had to enlarge the pattern by adding 10 inches, unfortunately I am not a 34 inches bust!
I've bought woolen lycra for this suit, I did not want heavy material, I want to be able to wear it during spring too !

Here are some pics of the progress :

I'll keep you updated ;)

So long,
Patricia.

First post!

Well, the first post is always the hardest I guess, so here we go !

My name is Patricia, I am 21 years old and I live in Nice, France.
I've been thinking about a blog dedicated to the 1940s since a long time, and here we go !
This period has a special place in my life, it is, in my eyes, the best decade for fashion and beauty, the essence of feminity when women wore silk seamed stockings and red lipstick.
Authenticity is my motto and I try to be as much as I can everyday!

I'll be sharing here what inspires me, my vintage finds, beauty and fashion related posts but also my sewing projects since it is a second passion of mine.

I hope you'll follow me in this wonderful journey.

Patricia.