The Midvale Cottage Post

The pattern: Simplicity 2444, 1940s Now is the time we start thinking seriously of summer and great vintage summer fashion. This pattern i...

I am a bit late, but not too late, to post my pattern of the week! This week's eyesome pattern is from 1951 and Woman's Day magazin...

Neutral colors are huge this winter season, so these two Mod fashions from London designer Gerald McCann and the late 1960s seem especially ...

Today let's take a peek at winter fashion from 1966. Gayle Kirkpatrick was a hot "In" designer from the mid-60s to the late 1...

What an intriguing idea is illustrated in this page from the Spring 1946 Originator! Pockets with graduated folds or bands accent a skirt, a...

I seem to be in "blouse" mode. :) I spotted these fine separates in the shop window of Brooks Brothers in downtown Seattle. I love...

In my recent post of high school back-to-school fashion from the late 1940s was this lovely skirt and matching shawl or stole. While ...

This suit by Givenchy from 1955 has a back-dipping silhouette, with a distinctive semi-detached band that hangs free from the jacket at cent...

We can hardly look at back-to-school fashion for high school and college and NOT look at elementary school! Whether you call it elementary...

This is a great concept, and one that I see from time to time in vintage patterns from other decades. A jacket has the hemline or neckline c...

On the left, a crepe frock with a slim skirt, slim sleeves, and a colorful lightly gathered inset across the bust. In the center, a pretty...

A doff of the sun hat to this fabulous high-waisted skirt with front-crossing suspenders - with its matching bolero, it's1938 summer fas...

In this wonderful tip, Ruth Wyeth Spears explains how to add an inverted pleat (the latest fashion trend - in the 1920s, that is!) to your s...

Are the holidays over yet? Nope, and I can only hope you all are having the most wonderful season. It's been busy, busy, busy for me, wi...

St Andrew's Day is coming up at the end of this month (November 30th to be precise), so I've decided to use the whole month of Novem...

Sewn without a pattern, this refashion begins with a skirt that has a fringed edge and ends with a jaunty tweed jerkin. And what is a jerk...

This light, pink damask-style fabric with a floral motif was tucked in a pattern from 1947 - the damask foral motif doesn't show up too ...

This fine A-line flared skirt goes from mini to maxi length and has fun details. The pattern is McCall's 4589, with view B circled - the...