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Hemingway Design launches its new 1950s-style textiles range

HemingwayDesign Fabrics

Following their involvement with G Plan, their wallpaper collections and their prints, Hemingway Design are gradually taking over our homes. They might be taking over the wardrobe of craftier types too as they've recently released a 1950s-style textiles range

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Categories / Books, Crafting and Textiles, Women's Fashion

Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s by Gretchen Hirsch

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We actually missed the original Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing back in 2012, which was a guide to creating your very own mid-20th century clothing and the techniques required. Like the blog that inspired it, the book was a hit – so much so that a second volume is on the way. That is Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s by Gretchen Hirsch.

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