Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s toys The Big Book of Socks

The Big Book of Socks is chock full of Kathleen Taylor's fun and fabulous designs for knitters of all ages and skill levels

applied mostly by hand to recycled cotton jersey

a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief

Intentional Piecing

The celebrated

Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s toys The Big Book of SocksThe mid 20th century was an amazing time for American womens fashion! Following the war, women started looking to American designers rather than French couture houses for inspiration and to demand clothing they could move in, even play in. In this follow up to Gerties New Book for Better Sewing, Gretchen Gertie Hirsch celebrates the classic casual styles that icons like Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, and Rosie the Riveter made famousthink wide