Vintage maternity wear

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Maternity Overalls, Jumper and T-Shirt, T-Shirt for Stretch Knits Only: Long or short overalls and jumper have self-lined front and back yokes with buttoned shoulder straps, pleated front and top-stitched inside pockets with side seam opening. Overalls have buttoned side openings. T-shirt has long

Vintage maternity dress

1950s maternity top

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Pregnant Betty Draper

Hey everyone! Sorry for my absence, you know, life and all. To make up for me purposefully missing last week's Catalog Sunday, this week I have a great summer sales one from Sears, 1944! Love the above one! So summer and bright!

60's Maternity

Simplicity 2303 1940s Hospital or Maternity Nightgown womens vintage sewing pattern by mbchills

Now for the era that defines “vintage maternity style” in the minds of many: the 1950s! Unlike during the 1930s and 1940s, fabric conservation and rationing was no longer a big design consideration and, like the other styles of the 1950s, maternity wear became more voluminous and feminine. This post will ride the line of the late 1940s to early 1950s a bit because the maternity fashions were *very* similar. (I think we sometimes forget that fashion doesn't abruptly change just because a new…

Vintage maternity dress

1958 Gres | vintage 1950s maternity dress | 50s motherhood

Cynthia

So far my foray into maternity sewing has been quite interesting -- there are simply *no* good maternity patterns on the market (at least for dresses, skirts, and blouses, which is what I'm looking for). The best pattern I've found so far is actually a modified pattern -- McCall's 5039. It's supposed to be an empire waist dress with gathered bodice, elasticized sleeves and neck, and A-line skirt. But by simply extending the two bodice pieces and adding a casing at the waistline for elastic…

1950s Maternity Separates Pattern Simplicity 1174 Misses Tops Shorts Skirt Womens Vintage Sewing Pattern Bust 30.

Take a look at these vintage snapshots to see the beauty of women during pregnancy.