Home Sewing Tips from the 1920s - Scalloped Trim for Summer Silks

This very charming frock is trimmed with scalloped edging - a very wonderful tip well illustrated and clearly explained by Ruth Wyeth Spears for her 1920s audience. The contrast fabric make this technique especially distinctive and appealing. Kudos for a great tip, Ruth!

And if you need a template for the scallops, just check this earlier Home Sewing Tips from the 1920s post on adding scalloped trim.

Teen Spring and Summer Fashion from 1964

These two patterns (and images from a McCall's fashion flyer that illustrate them) provide popular teen fashion from 1964. Perfect for spring and summer, they are easy to sew, provide flattering fit, and are simply an inspiring style in a fast-moving decade that loved all things sleek and modern. Hemlines aren't "mini" yet, but just wait a few years. ;) Read on!

McCall's 7709

This dress with a drop waistline illustrates the "new standard" of the A-line in skirts and dresses, which became enormously popular in the 1960s and well into the 1970s. The scalloped edging adds an extra "cuteness factor".

 

Check out this pattern in my Etsy shop

McCall's 7606

This pattern for a sporty ensemble shows the slim, skinny lines in pants in the 1960s (a significant trend), and includes the popular A-line skirt.

Check out this pattern in my Etsy shop.

And as a side note, yes, wearing scarves back then was popular! ;)

Home Sewing Tips from the 1920s - Adding Scalloped Trim to Frocks!

I have to admit, this tip has to be one of the most versatile of Ruth Wyeth Spear's tips for 1920s home sewer. A scalloped edge on a garment is a favorite no matter what the decade. With Ruth's template you can change a garment to include scalloped edging painlessly. Sweet!

This tip also includes some general guidelines when dressing for shopping and the street - subdued style and moderate colors are the keys. :)

As always, click on the image to enlarge it for printing out the template, and just easier reading.

Home Sewing Tips from the 1920s - Pointed Scallops Are The Chic New Mode!

Evidently pointed scallops are high fashion according to this 1920s home sewing tip from fashion columnist and sewing expert Ruth Wyeth Spears! You learn how to trim any hemline, and add tiers of pointed scallops to any skirt or frock. Pattern and full instructions included! :)

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Fashion from January 1951: Youthful Junior Styles North and South

And  now for a look at a couple of outfits for the junior figure from January 1951 and McCall - a "hurry-up dress for the South" with a pretty scalloped collar, and a versatile North-South date dress. :D

McCall 8355

One of the fastest, easiest, designs you could choose to make! It's a blouse-and-skirt dress, strongly favored by Juniors and designed especially for companion cottons. The skirt in figure A is a lengthwise stripe cut cross-wise - make it with a seamed-on border, or without (as in figure C). Three views, three exciting fabric combinations. Sizes 9-17. 50 cents.

McCall 8354

New and important is the side-flaring peplum. It perks out saucily on either side of a flat smooth center front and center back. Especially flattering for slim-hipped Juniors with not-so-flat tummies. View A, a sunny south design - crisp cotton checks sparked with brisk, white accents. Version B, a north-or-south date dress - just the thing for wool-and-silk faille, heavy crepe. Sizes 9-17. 65 cents.