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  1. ShooShooBaby

    It's time to get a summer handbag!

    i love decoupaged containers! i also love clever little lunch-box-style tins used as purses - except they can be really noisy. i love using white or natural-looking vintage wicker purses for summer. but most of all i love my gold metal basket purse, even if it is anachronistic with most of my...
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    fluer, i think that dress looks great on you! what did you do with the sash? tie it in a bow in the back?
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    portland oregon ladies? sewing Q...

    it's once a week for several months, but it seems like they're really going to get into proper techniques for all kinds of stuff. you can also take the classes in smaller units. these classes are uncredited - they're through a continuing ed program. i don't think i found them through the...
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    portland oregon ladies? sewing Q...

    i was thinking about signing up for the sewing series through PCC. the classes are at NE Glisan and 70-somethingth. it's pretty affordable for the amount of classes you attend - i'm not sure if there's still space available though, and you have to register by the 28th! it starts next monday...
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    Sunglasses for women!

    do you or anyone else happen to know when plastic lenses came into play?
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    Sunglasses for women!

    i was thinking about the UV protection of vintage sunglasses too. all 3 pairs i have, have plastic lenses. not that i ever wear any of them, since i destroy a pair of sunglasses in 2.5 seconds on average. and if they last that long, then i lose them! i just got this year's first pair at torrid...
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    1950's mail scam of sorts, but funny.

    yes!!! that's what it was called. it was SOOOOO good.
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    1950's mail scam of sorts, but funny.

    hmm. it definitely could have been called "amish bread". i'm remembering it involved squishing daily in the ziploc bag it came in for a certain period of time. the sourdough thing sounds interesting! i've never made my own bread. i'm a bit helpless in the kitchen!
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    1950's mail scam of sorts, but funny.

    i haven't done a chain letter since high school, but i can remember two that i did then. one was a (new, obviously) panty exchange. i think i got one pair back, which was fine since i sent out one! the other was more odd - it involved some amazingly good cinnamonish bread and starter dough...
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    can me and my newly-found camel hair coat join the $10 club? it has darling pleats on the butt area! i got it at Value Village (along with a job interview - UH OH!). and would there be any interest in a $5 wedgie club? i'm in!
  13. ShooShooBaby

    Portland, Oregon

    i'm out too. my car is non-useable, and the sunday bus schedules are too icky to warrant that far of a trip. have fun everyone!
  14. ShooShooBaby

    Portland, Oregon

    i can probably come on sunday evening. i don't know why i was thinking we were talking about next week - this week i can do it!
  15. ShooShooBaby

    Hmm... fabric for a 1930s dress?

    perhaps they were as thrifty and good at laying out patterns with you and that's the fabric they saved! :)
  16. ShooShooBaby

    HELP! 40s style cardigans

    landgirl, i don't know what the thrifting situation is like in the UK, but i've gotten ALL of my cardigans from thrift stores. i never seem to find ones i like in new stores. some are vintage and some are newer. i have a couple that are waiting in line to receive some vintage buttons, but...
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    Which vintage piece do you wonder about most?

    the item i wonder most about is this salmon-pink dress i have that just SCREAMS WWII. i'm guessing it was made around 1942. it looks homemade, it's extremely well-worn, and it's been mended to high-heaven. it looks like the collar may have been redone at some point too. it's like the...
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    Hmm... fabric for a 1930s dress?

    the print doesn't scream out "30s" to me, but i still think it'll be cute! i haven't been in a hancock fabrics in forever, but my first job ever was there! i made minimum wage, which then was $4.75, and i think i worked like 13 hours a week. this was in 1995, when i turned 16 :)
  20. ShooShooBaby

    What Are You Reading

    i'm always reading multiple things at once too! right now i'm reading: - the way we never were: american families and the nostalgia trap by stephanie coontz - odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in the 21st century, by lillian faderman - the anti 9-5 guide: practical...
  21. ShooShooBaby

    HELP! 40s style cardigans

    i didn't think that either. don't worry if it takes you a while to get the hang of knitting, by the way. i was taught THREE times before it finally stuck!
  22. ShooShooBaby

    Show us what you've made!

    very nice! i need to get sewin'. unfortunately, i finally returned the iron i "borrowed" from work, and need to get my own!
  23. ShooShooBaby

    Should I straighten my hair before pin curling?

    i've always just used bobby pins, 2 on each pincurl, in an X formation. i put a scarf on my head over them, and i've never thought it to be too uncomfortable. i've never used those clips you posted a pic of, i've always been afraid they'd slide out of my hair.

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