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July 3rd. I’ve been invited to join some friends on the 4th for a very casual evening at their house. I recently swapped my “Sailor Betty” dress so I needed to figure out what to wear! My closet may be vast, but wasn’t spitting out anything red/white/blue and casual. Somehow, a red velvet party dress [...]
Mon, July 5 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, friends, holidays, sewing » 7 Comments
Doing a little research for 11 (eleven!) vintage aprons I’m preparing to list, and I came across this ad for mail-order sewing pattern 8149 in a copy of The Pittsburgh Press dated February 26, 1948. I love the shirring at the shoulders, the scalloped button detail on the bodice, and the asymmetrical gathers on the [...]
Wed, June 9 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, sewing » No Comments
Jessica over at kusine.com is hosting a pattern giveaway, and all you have to do to enter is comment on this post and tell everyone what your first machined sewing project was. I’m posting my “reply” here, however, because the sundress pattern is quite fetching but I already have too many unsewn patterns in my [...]
Sat, May 1 2010 » nostalgia, sewing » No Comments
I realize that I have a stash of patterns that so far remain unsewn. However, I recently bought myself some vintage red-white-blue striped fabric that is begging to be made into a summer frock and the patterns I have on hand simply aren’t appropriate for what I have in mind. What do I have in [...]
Fri, April 23 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, collections, fashion, sewing » 3 Comments
Because I have friends who are unusually interested in the contents of my closet. Because those friends were unable to attend Viva this year. And because I received a number of lovely compliments regarding my wardrobe during the course of the weekend, and perhaps some of those people are coincidentally readers of my blog. THURSDAY [...]
Mon, April 12 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, fashion, friends, sewing, vacation » 5 Comments
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