60 minutes to make a VINTAGE dress with NO PATTERN? Let's test it!

I do enjoy a good marketing gimmick, today's find is the "Sew Without a Pattern" book that claims each garment only takes ONE HOUR to make. So dive in with me to take on the #onehourdresschallenge and see if I can REALLY make one of these 1960's dresses in one hour or less!
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#vintagesewing #sewingchallenge

[@StephanieCanada]

Would YOU take on this challenge?

[@tinkthestrange]

Worst thing about sewing is math. Also why do they teach us mostly useless math in school? Teach us sewing math and taxes math!

[@angeliccow]

One of the things I love most about your videos is how real they are. No curated tea cups and completely dust free sewing space with rainbow folded fabric stash. Your sewing room looks like a sewing room with random piles and stacks, bits of thread and fabric from projects past and present where they last fell. This is what sewing actually looks like.

[@TheFaintdreams]

Bobbin Chicken should be an Olympic sport ! 😹

[@JanealJohnson]

I was measuring my granddaughter the other day. With each number I told her it was the perfect number for her.

[@carollowe3704]

been sewing for 45 years. wedding, costumes, etc. make your own pattern of anything. take something you have and love how it fits. lay it out. trace it. give a seam allowance. viola! (pleats and gathers need extra. just measure the width of the pleat and add it to the pattern piece. gathers are however loose you want.) most of all, have fun. :)

[@annettebroomhall8617]

Love your content and this one doesn't disappoint. Have noticed that when you sew, you hunch over your machine and look uncomfortable. Try propping the back of the machine up around a couple of inches with something stable so you are looking directly at the needle plate. I started doing this years ago and now have a permanent holder and can sew for hours without problems with my neck or back. Experiment with the height until it is just right for you. Large erasers or old phone books work well as they absorb bounce.

[@mrcanada1104]

To be fair, she did have to deal with my constant distractions. But she got excellent tacos because of them, so…. Push?!? 😂❤❤

[@cheskydivision]

Memories of the 70’s. The dresses made from a piece of fabric or a bed sheet. It was pretty much a sheet folded in half and a hole made for the head and a belt tied around the waist. Imagine mrs roper from 3’s company.

[@amber_kitty8782]

Those pieces came out so cute!!! I never trust anything that says "sew in [amount of time]!" I was surprised the blouse made it though. I love those fabric choices!

[@dianejohnson9904]

Actually very cute, minus the pockets. I’d wear it. The pink shirt looks perfect for a nightgown. I love that you took on this challenge. Now that you made the outer garment, you could easily tweak it to perfection if you wanted to make it again.

[@audreydeneui192]

This is extremely inane, but I absolutely LOVE that blue kitty measuring tape!

[@jacquieskipper4907]

I had a book in the 1970's all about making clothes from squares and rectangles. Reminds me of that.

[@jessicabennett9915]

I love Rectangular Construction! I'm involved in the SCA and make all of my Norse outfits this way based on body measurements. Yes, there's math involved, but I've written a handout and have a video here on YT on how to take your measurements and do the math to figure out your pattern pieces. I can make a dress or tunic from measurements to finished garment in 3-4 hours.

[@_AtomicAngie_]

I have never felt more seen than when you were like “I shall write this down” when it came to the measurements. I would think that I would have learned by now to write the measurements needed but it never fails and I try to remember them in my head. Four measurements in and I am muttering curse words and searching for a pen and paper 😂

[@gadgetgirl02]

What I found interesting is that of the three styles seen in the video (the pink dress, the floral/white dress, and the caftan on the book cover), they're all centuries-old styles. From the peek you gave us of the table of contents, it looks like the rest of the book's looks are also similarly century-bounding.

[@lorettatollefson7010]

Bobbin chicken. I love it! I was playing spool of thread chicken while I was watching this, so that phrase really hit my funny bone!

[@lesleyallerby1295]

Useful info I've used from Peggy Sagers - darts are a girl's best friend, put in the right place they take pounds off. She also sews every fabric with a straight stitch of 3 or 3.5 and I've found that works great. Interesting video and can see why people embraced ready made patterns.

[@haveaballcrafting8686]

I would put a non-stretchy strip inside those straps so it looks the same but can’t head south. I also like to make my peasant top gathering cord have ribbon or cord at each end with a short length of elastic between - all elastic makes a neckhole that suddenly expands to expose way too much, all ribbon feels nasty, but having about 10cm of elastic in there gives you movement without getting cut. Hope you can make both of these into love-to-wear items with a bit of tweaking!

[@kittyhunt9245]

From 1965 to 1973. The first dress I made in high school as a jumper in black and white hounds tooth check. Then with front pleat in multiple colors as maternity dress and top.