Comments on: My Circa 1972 Sewing Project http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project Sewing = Fashion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Inkstain http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2682 Inkstain Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:47:19 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2682 Yes, Butterick used to be a high quality Vogue for the trendy. I made a wonderful jacket that was part jeans jacket, but with Victorian puffed sleeves and velvet cuffs. I sold this in a yard sale for $50 to a Berkeley fashion queen who said, "I've wanted the jacket off your back all year." And a hippie frock I made earned me, "Are you an actress" at a party in San Francisco. How boring the Big4 are now, so safe and suburban, as if everyone works for an insurance house..or wants to. Yes, Butterick used to be a high quality Vogue for the trendy. I made a wonderful jacket that was part jeans jacket, but with Victorian puffed sleeves and velvet cuffs. I sold this in a yard sale for $50 to a Berkeley fashion queen who said, “I’ve wanted the jacket off your back all year.” And a hippie frock I made earned me, “Are you an actress” at a party in San Francisco.
How boring the Big4 are now, so safe and suburban, as if everyone works for an insurance house..or wants to.

]]> By: Digs http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2388 Digs Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:39:38 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2388 What a talented and patient teen you were - the disconnected but well executed motifs are a hoot. The big question, of course, is, do you STILL embroider? What a talented and patient teen you were – the disconnected but well executed motifs are a hoot. The big question, of course, is, do you STILL embroider?

]]> By: marianne isaacs http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2387 marianne isaacs Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:29:18 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2387 Oh I had one of these too and my mother kept it for many years and then sadly it got lost . Mine was a babydoll yoke and butterfly sleeves made out of muslin and embroidered with big clocks on the pockets . I loved that top and was also 14 when I made it. Werent we clever compared to most 14 year old of today?? Oh I had one of these too and my mother kept it for many years and then sadly it got lost . Mine was a babydoll yoke and butterfly sleeves made out of muslin and embroidered with big clocks on the pockets . I loved that top and was also 14 when I made it. Werent we clever compared to most 14 year old of today??

]]> By: Bunny http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2364 Bunny Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:24:01 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2364 This is darling and you are so lucky to have it in your posession. It is so fresh and uninhibited in its design. Love it. This is darling and you are so lucky to have it in your posession. It is so fresh and uninhibited in its design. Love it.

]]> By: Erika Mulvenna http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2361 Erika Mulvenna Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:51:32 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2361 That's awesome! How fun is that? I have NO IDEA what happened to my first "real" sewing project...although I still have the pattern; it was a long prairie skirt with a big ruffle along the bottom from 1980. That’s awesome! How fun is that? I have NO IDEA what happened to my first “real” sewing project…although I still have the pattern; it was a long prairie skirt with a big ruffle along the bottom from 1980.

]]> By: Gigi http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2356 Gigi Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:46:44 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2356 I LOVE it - but then you knew I would! I LOVE it – but then you knew I would!

]]> By: Gwensews http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2353 Gwensews Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:52:41 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2353 You were a budding, young artist! With an imagination and a vision! You were a budding, young artist! With an imagination and a vision!

]]> By: Lois K http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2350 Lois K Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:26 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2350 Some of my very early sewing projects were embroidered gingham aprons for my grandmother and a great aunt. When my aunt died a number of years ago the apron found its way back to me - with my name pinned to it. I love having it (it is much more painstakingly finished than I would bother with now) and think it is sweet that she must have immediately put it aside for a future me. Lois K Some of my very early sewing projects were embroidered gingham aprons for my grandmother and a great aunt. When my aunt died a number of years ago the apron found its way back to me – with my name pinned to it. I love having it (it is much more painstakingly finished than I would bother with now) and think it is sweet that she must have immediately put it aside for a future me.

Lois K

]]> By: June http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2349 June Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:16:09 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2349 I love it! I, too, was a 70s embroiderer- covered my jeans with flowers. My daughter was asking me the other day how I did it, thinking, I guess, of MACHINE embroidery...I told her with a needle and emb. yarn....LOL. I wish I had hung onto some of my early projects like others have. I bought corduroy the other day for the first time in over 30 years- my first and only experience with it was when I was about 15. I had no idea that there was a nap layout on the pattern. Heck, I didn't even know what nap was! So, you guessed it, half of my mini-skirt was right, half was wrong...I do know better now. Maybe. LOL Thanks for sharing!! June Vertical Attitude I love it! I, too, was a 70s embroiderer- covered my jeans with flowers. My daughter was asking me the other day how I did it, thinking, I guess, of MACHINE embroidery…I told her with a needle and emb. yarn….LOL. I wish I had hung onto some of my early projects like others have. I bought corduroy the other day for the first time in over 30 years- my first and only experience with it was when I was about 15. I had no idea that there was a nap layout on the pattern. Heck, I didn’t even know what nap was! So, you guessed it, half of my mini-skirt was right, half was wrong…I do know better now. Maybe. LOL Thanks for sharing!!

June
Vertical Attitude

]]> By: JustGail http://coudremode.com/my-circa-1972-sewing-project/comment-page-1#comment-2348 JustGail Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:50:27 +0000 http://coudremode.com/?p=2934#comment-2348 Wonderful! I think the only sewing projects I still(?) have from my Home-Ec days are a pencil case I added embroidery to, and a tye-dye pillow. Any clothes that I made, I've long-ago out grown and passed on. You did a nice job on the embroidery! Wonderful! I think the only sewing projects I still(?) have from my Home-Ec days are a pencil case I added embroidery to, and a tye-dye pillow. Any clothes that I made, I’ve long-ago out grown and passed on. You did a nice job on the embroidery!

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