
As you may know, I entered the Vintage Section of the Simplicity Sewing Challenge last year. You may not know however, that I won it! 😃
I was very, very surprised! There were so many fabulous entries that I thought my top didn’t stand a chance. Some clever people had turned the top into a dress and others had used absolutely gorgeous fabrics with lovely trims, including ric-rac – my favourite!

Winning was enough of a reward for me, I even forgot there were prizes! A years worth of sewing patterns, which equates to 12 patterns, 1 per month. There was a also a bag of trims and other goodies. Plus, I was invited to write a guest post on the Simplicity blog. I was also sent a badge which I am finally proudly displaying on my blog . . . just to the right there somewhere . . .
I had such fun choosing my 12 patterns, especially since Simplicity had just released 12 new vintage reproduction patterns! I could choose from Simplicity, New Look and Burda and my short list started with around 60 patterns! 😀
Gradually, I narrowed down my choices and I think I ended up with quite a good mixture of vintage, modern, tops, skirts, dresses, outerwear and beachwear!

Please excuse the rubbish photo – I just couldn’t get decent light that day!
So I ended up with 6 vintage reproduction or vintage style patterns in a variety of garment types.

Here is a clearer view of my patterns:
- clicking on the photo will open a larger view of the pattern
- clicking on the pattern name or description will open the Simplicity website page for that pattern in a new tab
I’ve made a toile of the Simplicity 1254 coat, and it looks very nice. But when the weather got warmer, I just didn’t fancy working on it any more, but I’ll be back onto it soon.
Right, I’m going to finish this blog post now so I can start working on my entry for this year’s Simplicity Challenge! 😀
I think you should make the playsuit in red polka dots – or maybe orange!
Lovely choices – lots to keep you busy.
Are you going to show us your trims too?
Good luck with this years effort too.
Hi Rosie!
Oh yes, orange polka dots would be right up my alley! 😉
I only had a rubbish photo of the trims so I didn’t include it, but I’ll see if I can get a better photo for you.
Thanks, I think I’ll need a lot of luck this year!