Making a 1950's Dress // With a 1950's Sewing Machine!

I was recently in the market for a "new" sewing machine, and while I did pick up a modern machine as well, a quick jaunt onto craigslist lead to discovering a Singer 99K from 1955 for sale. Later that day, it was mine, and I was taking apart the tensioner to clean it with the help of several great sewing machine restoration YouTube channels!

Of course the first project on this vintage sewing machine just had to be a mid 1950's dress to match the era of the machine!

Andy Tube 99K restoration playlist:    • This is "Cute" a Singer Model 99K - "...  

Archive TV commercial: https://archive.org/details/1954Comme...

99K manual: http://needlebar.org/main/sident/99.pdf

1950's Pattern 1:   / 155303887232449226  

1950's Pattern 2: https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wi...

Singer ad from thumbnail: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/30715...

Where I get my pattern drafting paper: http://atlaslevy.com/Paper_c_13.html (not sponsored)


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Bianca Esposito
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Highlands Ranch, CO 80163

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