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Click! Click! Lately I’ve been trolling vintage pattern web sites, mostly because it’s just so much fun and there is serious style out there that still looks good today. This weekend on Patterns From The Past I found Simplicity 6284 that I actually wore! (you need to scroll down the page to find [...] Click for a Closer View Another coat I wore in high school; this is grey leather with rabbit trim and the closures are a row of five turnbuckles. This is a very Hot Patterns coat, don’t you think? The rabbit fur is in pretty good shape considering its about as low on the [...] Click for a Closer View Coats are something I kind of have an obsession with, at last count I had seven and evidently this is a trait that has been with me for quite a while. My mother came for a visit last week and brought some of the coats I wore in high [...] These patterns bring us up to the 1970′s; my grandmother was born in 1903 and still sewed into the 1980′s but I think she didn’t bother with patterns after the 70′s. She was in her 80′s herself at that point and just stuck with a few tried and true styles. So here we have… Parade – Mid 60′s Patterns were sold [...] My mother came for a visit last week, and she brought two suitcases of patterns that belonged to my grandmother Della Vestcyk. What a treasure trove! Most of them will end up on Ebay, although I did keep a handful. So for the next few days I’ll share with you the ones I kept, and when my mother begins to [...]
Hats. Georgene’s post made me think of them, because I adore that cute little trilby on the right. When I was younger, I loved nothing more than playing with my grandmother’s collection of hats on a rainy afternoon, and every time I see a vintage pattern I long for the chance to wear one. What happened to our relationship [...] Our good friend from Barcelona, Paco Peralta, sent me this photo of the Balenciaga dress that inspired my vintage cashmere coat. My mother sent me these vintage needle booklets for Christmas – aren’t they wonderful? She said in her note that she found them at a “second hand sale” and as soon as I opened them I felt an immediate and powerful connection to the sewist who used them. My favorite tools are always the ones I make myself. I [...] December 25th, 2007 | Category: Embellishment, Inspirations, Organization, Ritual Cloth, Tools, Uncategorized, Vintage Sewing, sewing | 8 comments
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