Saturday, June 14, 2014

Home Sewing Tips from the 1920s - A Tailored Jabot

In this tip for home sewers of the 1920s, Ruth Wyeth Spears describes how to start with a plain pattern for a blouse and change it with the smartest details of the day. Her thorough instructions describe how to add contrast fabric  cuffs, bias roll collar, and a pleated jabot that slips in and out of two bound openings. Very tailored and very chic!

 


I didn't know buns over the ears were popular in the 1920s - Princess Leia as a flapper? ;) Enjoy!

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2 comments:

  1. ShayJune 20, 2014 at 8:19 PM

    Those bins were the style for girls not brave enough to bob their hair. They were known, slangily, as 'cootie garages.'

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  2. KathleenJune 23, 2014 at 8:03 AM

    Thank you, Shay! I've never seen them in any advertising or literature from the 1920s before this. Cootie garages - how funny!

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