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  1. swinggal

    Make your own vintage inspired hats

    Interesting. Makes me wonder if LD got a dodgey pattern as she and I have both had issues using the same pattern. Anyhoo, cant wait to see your hat Tenuki. I have bought a few $3 wool 80s felt coats from thrift stores to make mine :) Recycling AND getting quality materials at the same time :)...
  2. swinggal

    An abundance of patterns

    Australian Home Journal mags are awesome. I have many 30s and 40s ones at home and you always got 2 to 3 FREE patterns included. The Tissue paper patterns were slotted inside the pages of the mag and whatever is on the cover is what you get as a pattern. So, the Home Journals are not just...
  3. swinggal

    Make your own vintage inspired hats

    Right, started making the hat I wanted from the VPLL hat pattern that Lady Day sent me. I am making hat A (see below), which is different to the one LD made and yep...the brim does NOT fit the crown for this one either...but unlike LD's mine was too big! Now I know it says it's really...
  4. swinggal

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    $30 in 1965 is about $220 now.
  5. swinggal

    Best repro/retro patterns for vintage styles

    I'm going to make this dress soon in a satin backed crepe. Will see how I go ;)
  7. swinggal

    Hat Wearers: You're Just Trying to Be Don Draper. Stop It.

    Oh don't worry, I told him he was lame and remind him often of his previous scorn of my long term 'hat' wearing buddies. Fashion slave... ;)
  8. swinggal

    The ones that got away

    Haha...ooooh yeah. If I ever come a across something similar I'll let you know DPD. Sometimes I find really cool dress clips and buckles under 'Art Deco dress'. Typed something in incorrectly one and had a cool result :)
  9. swinggal

    Best repro/retro patterns for vintage styles

    I'm glad to hear I am not the only one then. I actually saw some of the original Vogue patterns that they have based the new repro ones from on ebay the other day. I'd like to see what the original instructions and pattern were like and if there are differences.
  10. swinggal

    Can you help me date this item??

    Pillbox hats have been around since medi-evil times. Typically is a small cap with sides that are straight up and down with no brim. It also has a history of being worn in the military. Jackie Kennedy really made it a 60s icon. When I hear 'pillbox hat' I immediately think late 50s, early 60s...
  11. swinggal

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I never said he misses Betty either, just the life he once had.
  13. swinggal

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    2 Moscow Mules made with fresh lime and Grey Goose vodka. Yum.
  14. swinggal

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    'Me and Orson Wells'. Saw at one of our Art Deco cinemas here.
  15. swinggal

    Show us your hair do's....

    Lovely! Looks great!
  16. swinggal

    Hat Wearers: You're Just Trying to Be Don Draper. Stop It.

    Such a lame article. Why can't people accept that not everyone needs to be like everyone else in this world. I am me, I wear what I want and couldn't give a giant rats clack what people say. The average person is too scared to do anything that isn't accepted in current fashion. I'm not...
  17. swinggal

    Best repro/retro patterns for vintage styles

    Vogue patterns..uggh. They seem so complicated and it seemed to me that essential instructions were missing. My dressmaker friend couldn't even work some of the stuff out and we had to improvise. Even now, it still not right due to adjustments I had to make. I made this one. It's a lovely...
  19. swinggal

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I think Don doesn't care about much right now, including how he looks or his office. He's too focussed on the loss of Betty and how alone he feels. At least in the past he actually tried to 'seduce' the women he cheated with. Now he's just becoming a lecherous drunk. I think Roger is more in...
  20. swinggal

    Basic Black&White Camera

    Thanks JJ :)
  21. swinggal

    Your favourite smell

    - the earth when it rains on a hot day or after a dry spell...absolutely magical, especially where I grew up which is very much inland - gunpowder or matches, weird I know - violets - a man who wears great aftershave and it mingles with his own personal smell
  22. swinggal

    The ones that got away

    Oh the pain!!!!
  23. swinggal

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Good lord Dianne, that is stunning. I'm always perusing ebay for 30s stuff and didn't see that one. Lucky you!

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