You can't always get what you want

Three weeks ago I went to the hairdresser to finally get the fringe I've wanted for so long. I took some photos with me and told her exactly what i wanted, a long Jane Birkin-like fringe. Long story short I ended with something like that (The picture is from a german Burda Magazine):

I was devastated because it looked so ugly. Finally my hair has grown a little and it looks quite good now and I can show you some photos of the outfit I wore today for a family party.

The dress is a 60ies vintage dress i bought in graz while we were on holiday and the jacket isn't vintage but rather secondhand.

I'm currently sewing a dress from a 1969 Burda pattern in a purple paisly fabric.

That's the dress in the Burda Magazine:

It looks very cute and I plan to make a velvet pinafore to match. Aren't pinafores just great? I think the give you an instant 60ies/70ies vibe!

Did you ever had a bad hairdresser experience ?

Velvet pinafore and some sweet treats

It's almost a month since my last post, but I had soo much work and I often worked overtime. I work as a confectioner in a small business. Here a some photos of things I've made over the years.

But i've also made a pinafore from brown velvet from a Burda pattern from 1971. Originally the pattern was for a vest, but i've made a dress (or pinafore) from it.

This is the original pattern.

Sorry for the quality of the photos, but i thing my digital camera is dying! I hope you enjoy the photos anyway.

Some Vintage Treasures

It's been a while since the last post, but me and my boyfriend were on holiday. We also went to a few charityshops and I found two vintage dresses and some records.

This 60ies dress was one of the dresses I bought and i just love it! After the photos i realized i was standing in an ants nest...

I also finally got the opportunity of wearing one of my loveliest dresses. It's a long 70ies maxidress with very wide sleeves and i find it very suprising that it's long enough for me since i'm very tall.

I hope you had a great time while i was on holiday.

Pink and Purple Flowers

Hi everyone!

In the last couple of weeks I couldn't sew very much because it's so hot here. So today I show you a dress I made 2 months ago.

The dress is made from a very light 70ies cotton and the pattern is a Burda pattern from 1968. I decided against the collar and cuffs because I already have so many dresses with collars. The next dress from this pattern is already planned from a coral chiffon.

The original Burda dress:

I just love the sleeves!

Now, here are some pictures of me:

One could think I'm wearing white tights, but that's only my legs...

I hope you like the dress!

Mia

A 60ies pattern in a 70ies fabric

I've sewn this little dress a while ago, but yesterday I finally made pictures. The fabric is a gorgeous polyester knitt from the 70ies. I found it on Dawanda (you could say it's the german etsy), but unfortunately there was only 1 meter available. I picked a pattern from a german Burda from 1968 and made quite a few changes.

 That's the original dress from Burda.

Here's a picture of the fabric. Isn't it lovely?

I really like this dress and most of all the buttons :)

Well, I hope you like it!
Mia

Orange Daisy Dress

This is my first time to show a dress that I've sewn myself on this blog. It's from a lovely light orange cotton with little Daisys on it. I used the Jackie O pattern from the Burdastyle Book "Sewing Vintage modern" and drafted the collar myself. The collar goes all the way back but I forgot to take a picture. Sadly the pictures didn't turn out to well, but I hope next time they will.

Actually the collar is identical but one side looks smaller on the photo.

Hi!

Hello and welcome to 60ies love! My name is Mia and here i will post mostly about the 60ies and 70ies. Occasionally I will post about movies, cooking, beauty etc. I wanted to have a blog for a very long time and finally did it. Also, english is not my first language, but i wanted to improve my english writing skills, so please be nice :).

So feel free to read my blog and leaving a comment would be nice.

Thanks for visiting!