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Tag: How to install a side zipper on a 1940’s dress

30 Dec
Plackets and Zippers

A Vintage Way of Sewing Plackets and Zippers

by SewDecadesAgo
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In many other ways, besides in plackets, Slide Fasteners have done a great deal to make clothes smarter, easier to get into and out of,...
29 Mar
1940's

1940 Style Cotton Dress

by SewDecadesAgo
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I recently purchased the most lovely dress and coat pattern.  It is a 1940 DuBarry 5015 original pattern.  Can’t you just see yourself wearing this outfit?  So...