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Show Us Your Purchases!
Looks like they're American. Ball Corp. on Wikipedia.- Lauren
- Post #9,393
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Drafting your own patterns
I really think you could do well with draping. Math isn't my strong point, but I can also do flat patterning because it's mostly just basic math. What it really is is learning the basics but then embellishing them. Before I went to fashion school I was taking a lot of Art and considering...- Lauren
- Post #25
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Learning how to tailor?
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Drafting your own patterns
Thanks, gals! Draping's pretty awesome- if you have a form and learn the basics it's just all about creativity :)- Lauren
- Post #19
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Best FL-er costumes 2009
Fun! I was an aviatrix, and my husband was a depression era bum.- Lauren
- Post #38
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Learning how to tailor?
Mind if I pop in on this, too? I've been sewing most of my life, and I second that dressmaking or sewing and tailoring are two completely different skills. I had wanted to learn tailoring for years and years, and finally last year got to work under the head tailor at my seasonal employer. It... -
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Drafting your own patterns
I also draft my own patterns. I don't do as often from scratch as, say, modifying existing patterns, but when I do draft something up from scratch I prefer draping on the dress form. I've got a Wolf form I invested in quite a long while ago, and it's my baby. Here's a few photos of gowns I've...- Lauren
- Post #15
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
I think that you can use modern professional sewing methods to create vintage garments. A friend found a patent for a overlock machine from the early 1900s, and even though they weren't common, I have a few garments as early as the 30s that are at least partially serged. I also use invisible...- Lauren
- Post #2,023
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Saddle shoes
Funny, I linked a friend to this image today, not even knowing it was in this thread! lol I'm now the proud owner of a pair of payless saddle shoes- well, whenever they get shipped to the store by me, that is. Funny, I forgot all about them having saddle shoes, but I wore almost nothing but...- Lauren
- Post #79
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
That's kind of what I was thinking, too. I was wondering how they got all the looks into one little envelope, and they just made perforations for you to "cut" at certain lines for different looks. Eep! I'm glad the previous owner didn't do it the way instructed! It is kind of neat, though, and...- Lauren
- Post #2,021
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Etsy
No problem :) Oh, I know! It's always cheaper to make something from the stash of doom :) I get requests for custom, but generally they don't follow through once I quote cost. :eek: Is ok- more time to make things I want to make, I guess. Somewhere out there is the market for people who want to...- Lauren
- Post #61
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Etsy
I haven't but generally when I do custom I charge actual cost of materials plus an hourly rate. If you guess how long it took you to make the hat- then add extra for resizing and fabric sourcing if you need to, that would be about it. I always undercut myself by time, though. Someone I worked...- Lauren
- Post #59
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Show us your vintage patterns!
I love absolutely everything about this outfit. *drool*- Lauren
- Post #2,015
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Sewing Lessons & FAQ
Has anyone else here used the earlier 30s Simplicity patterns? The kind with three models on the cover? I'm nearly done with my first blouse from one of this style and I'm finding the pieces and notches don't match up like they should. Usually the other vintage patterns I've used are right...- Lauren
- Post #2,018
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Show Us Your Purchases!
Oh dear! That's an idea. But if we show them do we have to have fabric purchase accountability? :eek:- Lauren
- Post #9,375
- Forum: The Powder Room
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The ones that got away
If it makes you feel better, EvaDress sells a repro of the blouse.- Lauren
- Post #1,486
- Forum: The Powder Room
