Saturday, March 26, 2016

Underwear and Lingerie - A Lingerie Sewing E-book


 If you're interested in learning to sew your own lingerie, you should try Underwear and Lingerie, a comprehensive vintage lingerie sewing manual. You'll find everything you need to know about sewing all types of lingerie.
This is an incredibly hard to find pair of books that give each and every detail on how to sew every type of lingerie that was available in the 1920's through 1940's.

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The book is 102 pages of photographs, lovely drawings, instruction and embellishment lessons for sewing beautiful, delicate and serviceable lingerie.
 

Contents:
Part 1:
Advantages of Making Underwear
Chemises
Brassieres
Panties, bloomers and shorts.

Part 2:
Costume Slips
Petticoats
Nightgowns
Pajamas
Negligees and Bathrobes
Bed Jackets
Hand work and lingerie trimming.
The tutorials available under each of these sections include:
lace applique, sewing a placket, scalloped hems, elastic waist, yoke facing, ribbon facings, bra back closures, bindings, straps, fabric choices, etc.



FAQ:

Q. Does this e-book include sewing patterns?

A. This e-book doesn't contain any sewing patterns or diagrams to make your own patterns. It is more a guidebook on how to sew up the lingerie pattern that you already have. When this booklet was written, there were very few lingerie patterns to be found, and the ones you could find were rather difficult with minimal to no instructions. 

If you're looking for actual lingerie sewing patterns, we do have a very large selection in our lingerie pattern section.


Q. Do you have any patterns that you recommend using with this e-book?

A. If you have a lingerie sewing pattern from the 1920's to 1950's, then this book will likely come in handy. However, if you want patterns that you can directly reference along with the illustrations in the book, here are a few that we would suggest:
For Chemises & Teddies: Depew #2024.


For Brassieres and Tap Pants: Depew #2023.


For Slips: Depew #2006.


For Pajamas: Depew #2035.


Please feel free to comment below with any questions you might have!

Welcome to the Mrs. Depew Patterns Blog!



Well, hello there! Welcome to the Mrs. Depew Patterns Blog! We've started this blog to provide a forum of sorts for you to find out more about our sewing patterns & E-books, ask questions, get answers, leave feedback and suggestions, request sizes and more! Each post will be devoted to one Mrs. Depew sewing pattern or E-book and will include as much info as we can give you, common questions we get about the pattern and the answers we give. You can leave a comment to ask a question and we can both answer you and add your query to our FAQ at the same time.
So sit back, grab your scissors, and enjoy some pretty sewing eye candy!

Happy sewing!

Mrs. Depew