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Show us your vintage patterns!
Jumping for Joy... My husband and I just got back from Cambridge, Ontario. While we were out shopping, seperately, my husband found a HUGE antiques warehouse and bought me a few vintage patterns. He also found a box in the store full of random scattered patterns. He got the whole box for $20...- MarieAnne
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- Forum: The Powder Room
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
Does anyone have any advice how to sew tulle? I am making a petticoat and I'm not sure what's the best, tidiest way to sew tull for a petticoat. If anyone has a petticoat I'd love to see close up pictures of the seams (where the gathered layers meet the hem of the previous gathered layer.)- MarieAnne
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Show us what you've made!
Sunny - The dress is gorgeous! Thank you so much for the info. I have some 'Retro' patterns from the same company and I was wondering what the ease was.- MarieAnne
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Show Us Your Purchases!
Since I've started sewing I've developped a facination with vintage sewing machines. I was looking online for a long time and then I discovered garage sales and thrift stores. Here is the first vintage sewing machine I bought. It is a Singer 217 (60s or 70s, not sure.) It came with all...- MarieAnne
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Show Us Your Sewing Room!
I set up my sewing room in the basement. It was the only space still available. Here is where I do all my ironing. Here is where I do the sewing. I guess you could call it my sewing dungeon! Lighting is really bad. This is where I keep my stuff. My patterns, my fabric and my...- MarieAnne
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Show us what you've made!
I'm so glad to hear someone else does heirloom sewing. I'm just trying to get started, and after asking a hundred librarians, thousands of search engines, and a handful of seamstresses and fabric store clerks I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one in the world. I had to re-order the...- MarieAnne
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Show us your vintage patterns!
Haha, I have the same dilema. I was going to start allowing myself one pattern a week but then realized that realistically I can't MAKE the patterns at the rate of one a week. I think I will make all my present patterns, until I have one left. Then I will order a pattern while I make my last...- MarieAnne
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Who wrote the book on motherhood?
I had a baby 5 months ago so it's all pretty fresh. Hmmm... On my pregnancy...I felt great and had very little sickness and discomfort. I gained 19lbs. and my blood pressure never rose, I never retained water or got bloated. I was very fortunate; I was also in FANTASTIC shape at the time...- MarieAnne
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Show us what you've made!
Your corset is beautiful! I actually started sewing so I could make corsets. They are so fun to put together. And the maid of honour gown is gorgeous. Is that heirloom sewing? I'm trying to learn to do heirloom sewing so I can make a Christening gown for my daughter; I'm just waiting on...- MarieAnne
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
Ooo...Joie deVive, you know I just remembered I have some non-fusible interfacing kicking around. I bought it because the store had run out of the fusible stuff, but it just wasn't right for the job, (darts were invovled). What a great idea! It will be perfect for this sleeve-head.- MarieAnne
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- Forum: The Powder Room
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
Here is a picture of the instructions. Here is a closeup of this so called stiffening. And this is the blouse.- MarieAnne
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
What I get from the instructions, is that its' a little rectangle of stiff fabric that attaches on the inside and reinforces/stiffens the shoulder seam. I'll take a picture of the instruction sheet so you guys can see. It's pretty weird; I've never seen anything like it.- MarieAnne
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Vintage Pattern WANTED list
That apron is so cute. It looks like it attaches to one of the buttons on the dress. One thing I've noticed with vintage patterns is how creative they get with their buttons. So many simple and different uses I'd never seen or thought of.- MarieAnne
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
I'm working on a blouse that calls for 'stiffening' the shoulder with strips of taffeta (or something else stiff.) Has anyone done this before? What do you use and how do you attach it to the shoulder? It looks like it's supposed to overlap into the sleeve a tiny bit. And how do you attach...- MarieAnne
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Vintage Pattern WANTED list
This dress looks a lot like Butterick 6582. http://www.butterick.com/item/B6582.htm??tab=dresses&page=8 Maybe you can mix the top of the wiggle dress with the bottom of the pouffy dress.- MarieAnne
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Show Us Your Purchases!
Those gloves are gorgeous! I've been thinking of getting some driving gloves (is that what they are called?) but I'm not sure how or with what to wear them.- MarieAnne
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Show us your vintage patterns!
I've seen a number of sewing patterns that were described as being 'house dresses'. Does that mean it's just a simple dress for staying home and doing housework? Wow, times have changed! I'd like to start wearing a 'house dress'; I'm sick of track suits, stretched out tank tops and pyjamas...- MarieAnne
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Show Us Your Purchases!
I love the back of that dress. I have a weakness for dresses with cut-outs (I think that's what they are called.)- MarieAnne
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