Shoulda been born in the 40's

As you know from my Halloween blog I like to sew. I just really got in to it in the last two years when I decided that it was time for me to learn how to make my own clothing instead of my mom sewing stuff for me. I'm not the  best at it but I'm slowly getting better and thanks to my class at Sac City college I am leaving a tone of new and important things that I never knew before. I have always love the 40's and the 50's and wished that I had been born in that era. I love there clothing, the cars, how proper everything was and just about everything else you can think of. I loved that women just dressed up every day like every day was a special occasion and they dressed like lady's not hookers looking for spare change. I LOVED there jackets and capes I think that is one of my favorite fashion items from that era. I also love the hair it was so big and fancy and out there. I wish that society today wasn't so open and didn't leave anything to the imagination. Today there are 15 years old girls that walk around in mini skirts and crop tops and let everything hang out and I think its just trashy. If that was my child I would lock her in her room and make her burn her clothing (not literally). Thankfully fashion always makes a circle (sometimes its not so good) and ever since the TV show Mad Men came out women have been gravitation toward the 50's look.

For my fashion class that I am taking at Sac City College I am making one of the patterns below as my final project (I will specify which). I'm very excited because I wont just be making the pattern exactly how it comes cut out of the paper I will be modifying it and making it fit me perfectly. My teacher will be teaching me how to alter the dress and then the patters so the dress I make will fit me perfectly instead of having one part fit me well and the rest of it being to big. Patterns are make to fit imaginary people because there is no woman in the world that is a perfect 16 in every part of her body its just impossible but its easier and cheaper for the pattern company's to just make the cookie cutter patterns and expect you to fix them. So needless to say I am VERY excited to learn how to adjust patterns so I am able to make everything fit me just the way its suppose to. :)

The reason I am typing all of this is because I was looking through patterns the other day and stumbled upon a retro looking pattern in the Butterick book. I saw it and was shocked and knew I had to buy it. As I flipped through the other pages of the pattern book I saw a few more retro inspired patterns here and there and was so excited! I found something that I would love to sew and if it actually came out decent I would wear!! The one thing that I found that I will be making as soon as I get my hands on the perfect fabric is a retro jacket. I am in love with this jacket and cant even describe how excited I am to make it! I have always wanted a fashionable winter coat that wasn't covered in fur or made out of a crummy layered knit fabric and the only way I can get one that meets my standards without breaking the bank is if I make one of my own!!!!

I am going on and on when I should just be posting he pictures of the patterns below and just saying what I like about each one. I will warn you there are quite a few.

What I love about this pattern is the cape I think its so cute and I would defiantly wear it during the winter 

I LOVE the top vest like cover up. I love how the back is open at attached by two feminine buttons I think this would be so cute to make

I love this dress because it very casual and comfortable I don't like the fabric they used on the real person I think its an ugly shade of brown and doesn't look like a vintage dress. The dress was already on the modern side because of the flow it has so they should have made it out of something with more color

I thought these aprons were fun and cute i don't know if I will make one because the picture they have of the real product doesn't poof out like the drawing does and that's what I liked about this apron that's what makes it look vintage

THIS is the dress that I will be making for my sewing class. I am so excited and I have been looking all over the place for good fabrics and something that looks vintage. I don't like the real dress that they made. They turned it into a brides-made's dress and that's not what its suppose to be! Its suppose to be a summer like evening dress. I hate that they used a silk like fabric they should have made it out of a cotton.

I like the bow on the back of this dress which is mainly why I picked out this pattern but one again I don't like the real product. I think the fabric would have been fine if the pattern on the material wasn't repeated so many times its way to busy and hard to look at.

I thought that this would be a cute summer dress as well especially because I have a big floppy hat that I have been dying to wear just like she does in the picture.

I likes the triangle cut out on the front of this dress. I don't mind the fabric on the real dress I think that its a very pretty color and the pattern varies in size which is nice and makes your eye wander to different parts of the dress.

THIS IS MY JACKET!!! I cant wait until I make this I have been looking all over for the perfect fabric and I have had yet to find it. I want to make it out of a light wool or a tweed both of which are very expensive and I need about 4 yards of it which adds up very fast. I hopefully will be able to find the fabric and finish making this wonderful coat sometime in November so I can wear it the whole month of December :) fingers crossed!!