I’ve been reading Tom and Lorenzo’s fabulous analyses of the Mad Men wardrobe. Naturally, getting a closer look at the designs only makes me want to replicate them all the more! Sheila, from Out of the Ashes Collectibles is having a 15% off sale that ends Sunday night so I thought I’d mosey over there to . . . → Read More: Evoking Mad Men
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Photo courtesy of CheapKnittingPatterns.com Our eagle-eyed readers are at it again. Kathy, from Homestead Happenings, writes, I have been searching online for a pattern for your grandmother’s pincushion. I just had to believe that if you had one and I remembered one, there surely must be more info. I had no success until tonight when, in exasperation, . . . → Read More: Crochet Pin Cushion Pattern After two months and lots and lots of concerned letters from listeners, I was finally able to record and post a podcast! Click here to listen via direct download Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here for subscription information for other players First things first, though. Here is a photo taken of Alice and me when we were at . . . → Read More: Podcast: The Basic Block  9 comments - (Comments are closed)  Design School, Podcast, Vintage Patterns  Basic block, Patternmaking
The temperatures are hugging the triple digits around here yet my mind has been wandering to fall fashions (and I haven’t even spotted the fall fashion bible known as Vogue, yet!). I remember when I was a young woman, I would eagerly await the college issue and read it cover to cover (do they even still . . . → Read More: Fall Fantasies Simplicity 1407 from 1955 (yes, that is a smile from Mr. McFann) The Prodigal Sewer has returned. As you’ll find out in the podcast, I spend a good chunk of time explaining how I’ve been trying to find myself–I’d see glimpses but it wasn’t until recently that everything seemed to fall into place. It still has . . . → Read More: Podcast: Color Harmony and Balance 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Musing, Podcast, Vintage Patterns color pallette, Simplicity 1407
I’ve been under the weather the past few days (read here for details). I have a podcast “in the can;” I need to scan the illustrations and upload them before I post it. However, I wanted to let everyone know about a fun (not-a)contest going on at Apron Memories. EllynAnne Geisel has just published “The Kitchen Linens . . . → Read More: Apron Memories Giveaway Simplicity 8473 Quick note because I’m falling asleep at the keyboard but I wanted to check in with you all today…. In my podcast the other day, I mentioned buying some tan twill to make some work shirts for My Honey. I noticed last week that a work shirt I had made for him out of corduroy, . . . → Read More: One Pattern Found; The Other is Still MIA In this podcast I bring you up to date about my sewing projects and I begin lessons from the 1963 McCall’s Sewing Book about how to “Build a New You!” Click here to listen Click here to listen via iTunes Here is me wearing my outfit (My Honey decided he needed better lighting-hence the light on the stool): Don’t I . . . → Read More: Podcast: Building a New You and Friday Finds: Lingerie Supply Sources I’ve basically given up on modern patterns. The designs are “blah” at best because they are geared for women who want to finish an entire 30-piece wardrobe in 15 minutes or less. Here then are two of my favorite vintage pattern sources (more sources in subsequent posts). As an aside, I am not listing Ebay because . . . → Read More: Friday Finds~ Two Favorite Vintage Pattern Sources |
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