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  1. DonnaP

    Yard/Estate Sale & Thrift Clothing

    Thrift shops around here almost never have clothing from earlier than the 80s. Although it was sobering to realize that for teens today, finding 80s clothing is the same as me getting excited about finding 50s clothing when I was a teen...
  2. DonnaP

    For the seamstresses out there...

    Your lovely acquisition brings up a question for the board--if you have vintage sewing stock, do you use it, or save it? I used some old mother of pearl buttons on a dress I recently made, and it felt kind of strange to be pulling them off the card. They are perfect for the dress, but I did feel...
  3. DonnaP

    For the seamstresses out there...

    *How long have you been sewing? Hand sewing since I was five or so. When I was eleven my mother started letting me use the sewing machine. *How did you learn to sew? From my mother, who learned from her mother. *What was the first project you made that you remember? I made a clumsy...
  4. DonnaP

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Yeah, I think we're gonna keep her.
  5. DonnaP

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Well, she was pretty excited to learn it was electric, but declared she wanted to do it "the old-fashioned way" and shined her black penny loafers :) I'm going to find all of our leather shoes before the novelty wears off.
  7. DonnaP

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    From an estate sale this weekend. Despite the fact that it clearly says Electric Shoe Polisher on the side, I bought this because it had all sorts of shoe shining supplies and was only four dollars, and my daughter said she would happily shine shoes if we bought it. It was only until we were...
  8. DonnaP

    Hanging your laundry on a clothesline

    When we first moved into our house, I was happy that there were already hooks in place on the house and garage so I could hang a clothesline. My husband rather apologetically said he thought laundry hanging in the country was quaint, but in the city it seemed tacky. He admitted he had no...
  9. DonnaP

    Hanging your laundry on a clothesline

    I was reading another post where someone commented that they didn't have a dryer and it got me to thinking about using a clothesline where I live in the US. I have a sunny yard and enjoy using my clothesline in the summer, but it's something I make an effort to do, since it's easier to throw...
  10. DonnaP

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Case Histories with Jason Isaacs, based on three books by Kate Atkinson. Watched in on DVD because I missed it when it was on television last year. I'm also in the middle of a Japanese television show called Ataru, about two police officers working with a young man who appears to be autistic...
  11. DonnaP

    does it ever bother you that vintage clothing is a deceased person's clothing?

    The first time I went to an estate sale I remember feeling very uncomfortable that we were walking around the house and rummaging through the things of someone who had just died. It just seemed sad to me and I didn't buy anything. That was probably about 15 years ago and since then I've grown to...
  13. DonnaP

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    It seems to be fairly common around here, different suburbs will have city wide garage sales and sidewalk sales, local businesses will have maps of all the sales in the area. It's great, you just drive around until you are ready to drop :D
  14. DonnaP

    Families of the Lounge

    My nine year old vintage clothing enthusiast: 1960's Brownie uniform. This is from a couple of years ago. We are now on the hunt for a Junior uniform. Easter 2011. Sewn using a combination of Advance 8142 and McCall's 4205 Scullery maid outfit, made by me
  15. DonnaP

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Last weekend was our city-wide garage sales and I found a number of lovely things: The woman I bought this from said it was a little boy's suit from the 1930's, worn in Czechoslovakia. I think there might have been an undershirt, the shorts have buttonholes, but the top has no buttons, nor...
  16. DonnaP

    How old is your house?

    I don't have pictures right now, but will try and get some to post. It's a feature I've seen in a number of homes in our area--I am in Northeast Ohio. The staircase isn't hidden, but it's a more modest, narrower staircase than the main one from the front room. In our house they are parallel, a...
  17. DonnaP

    How old is your house?

    1903 American Foursquare. There are wood floors downstairs and radiant heat, which I love. I'm not too crazy about the modern bathroom, I wish it had an old huge bathtub. The kitchen was remodeled as well, and while I like the counter space and cupboard room, I hate the pressed wood. I would...
  19. DonnaP

    Vintage for the over 40 crowd

    I'm 45, and I used to have the best vintage wardrobe when I was in my 20's. What discouraged me more than aging was my weight gain, I just felt I wouldn't look good anymore in that sort of clothing. Finding New Vintage Lady's blog was most inspiring (and I think she's stated that she's in her...
  20. DonnaP

    Lace it up - The true Corset thread

    I recently built my own corset using Simplicity 9789 and the advice in this corset building community http://corsetmakers.livejournal.com/. Mine is a Victorian/Civil War era corset. It's made of coutil with steel boning and I'm quite pleased with how it fits. I'm not an hourglass shape at all...
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