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Sewing Vintage: My Most Popular Posts
I hope everyone had a great holiday season and a very happy new year! I’m looking forward to all that 2010 has in store, but as the year changes over, I thought I would take a moment to look back at the most read posts on vintage sewing on my blog, Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing. I hope you enjoy them!

Tutorials were very popular! Check these out:
• How to make your own vintage-inspired half slip—no pattern required!
• I did a two-part tutorial on sewing a 50s-style full skirt, and lots of readers have made this up in no time. Here’s the first part, where you draft a simple pattern. And here’s part two, where I show you how to whip it up.

• You’ll need a crinoline to make that skirt really shine! Here’s how I make a modern crinoline, which has just enough fullness to give your new skirt some body.

We also had some great discussions on feminism and body image:
• This post on vintage sewing and gender politics inspired a lot of brilliant and impassioned comments.
• My most commented-on post ever is this one, which explored the use of curvy models on pattern envelopes.
• Here’s my first post on sewing and body image, and how the two intersect.

And then there were the clothes, of course!
• Here’s a look at all 14 styles from Vogue’s New Book for Better Sewing (from 1952). Pick your favorite!
• I’ve made 7 of the patterns from the Vogue book, and the posts where I show off the results have been viewed almost more than any others. Here’s the satin sheath dress, the chemise dress, and the portrait-neckline blouse.

And then for a little comic relief:
• I ran a contest for the most awesomely bad pattern ever inspired by a 70s pattern for apron-chaps.
• And here’s something quite random: a discussion on Snuggies. Let the debate continue!