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[Lady Day]

This is a suit I just finished from a vintage pattern I got. Its SO Sunday Morning! Now all I need are some pearls, white gloves, a nice blouse, black flats purse and hat.

LD

 

[magneto]

This is a suit I just finished from a vintage pattern I got. Its SO Sunday Morning! Now all I need are some pearls, white gloves, a nice blouse, black flats purse and hat.

LD

What a great summer suit! I love the collar and that shade of green.

 

[Caledonia]

Yes, beautiful! Maybe a lemon yellow blouse would be good.

 

[Caledonia]

Hi and happy 4th of July to everybody that does that! Hope you had a wonderful time. Here's my most bizarre purchase to date. I've only posted the box because the contents just photograph like dish rags. If anybody's really keen I will post the dish rags. I'd be really interested to know if anybody has used this type of thing. I keep taking it out the box but put it back because I don't make pastry very often and I think it will just go to mould. Anyway, inside is a cotton type cloth. You are supposed to coat it liberally with flour and roll it in with your rolling pin, which is encased in the cover (also supplied). The idea is that with use the flour cakes the cloth and pin cover and so in the long run you use less flour (rolling both items up in brown grease paper to preserve them till next time) and the pastry is also supposed to be better. Erm, anybody know if this actually works!

 

[Lady Day]

lol

I LOVE the little woman at the bottom who is so much happier with her better pie crusts!

LD

 

[colleency]

I'd be really interested to know if anybody has used this type of thing. You are supposed to coat it liberally with flour and roll it in with your rolling pin, which is encased in the cover (also supplied). The idea is that with use the flour cakes the cloth and pin cover and so in the long run you use less flour (rolling both items up in brown grease paper to preserve them till next time) and the pastry is also supposed to be better. Erm, anybody know if this actually works!

They sell those here in modern stores. I *think* I may have used one a long time ago, and I *think* it worked, but for me it was just more stuff to have to keep track of. Once you've practiced with pie crust a lot, you really don't need something like that to keep it from sticking. You can look at the piecrust and tell if it needs more flour, etc.

 

[Caledonia]

Ah, that's what I thought. I think I might just keep it for posterity. I make pastry about twice a year, and saving a flour ridden cloth for that long, well, yech!

 

[Etienne]

I have a really good rolling pin with ball bearings that my folks gave me ages ago. It came with the stockingette cover and I have used it many times. But now I prefer to just roll out pastry dough without it--less trouble, for one thing, and as I have gotten more proficient with making pasty, less necessary!

 

[DancingSweetie]

That's a great suit LadyDay!

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Finally figured out how to post images

Took me this long! Here are some things I recently got from ebay:
New old stock silk blouse:

Sam & Libby wedgies (repros)

Fun wool dress with bolero:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Those repro wedgies are very cool.

(I wonder if men and women have differing criteria of "coolness" for ladies' clothing?)

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[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Those repro wedgies are very cool.

(I wonder if men and women have different criteria of "coolness" for ladies clothing?)

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Thanks! They're my new favorite shoes, so comfy!

 

[Caledonia]

Love all three items, but shoes are always a winner. They are very covetable! I adore the dress with bolero look. Good purchase!

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Love all three items, but shoes are always a winner. They are very covetable! I adore the dress with bolero look. Good purchase!

Thanks! I got the shoes for $13 with Buy it Now! The seller is mags_rags.

 

[mysterygal]

:eusa_clap Bella, great blouse! I love the colors, print....everything!
lady day, that's a great outfit also..btw: how long did it take you to learn to sew? I finally got my first sewing machine a week ago, still haven't gotten around to actually using it yet

 

[CherryRed]

Drool!

Miss Bella, I ADORE the blouse and shoes!!! Great buys!

 

[Lady Day]

:eusa_clap lady day, that's a great outfit also..btw: how long did it take you to learn to sew? I finally got my first sewing machine a week ago, still haven't gotten around to actually using it yet

Thanks,
My mother was a profesional seamstress, so I picked up tips and tricks from her. Altho she never really taught me how to sew, she made a lot of my clothes when I was younger and Id always have to come into her sewing room to try things on every twenty minutes so Id see a lot of stuff going on.

If you can sew a straitght stitch, and just double fold your seams (to prevent fraying) then youll be in tip top shape in less than ten minutes.
Those skirts I sewed took me less than 3 hours each. They are basic 6 pannel skirts. The most involved part to sew was the hem, and sewing in the zipper

Good luck, and just create a thread if you need sewing tips.

LD

 

[jitterbugdoll]

Here are a few of my recent finds:

 

[Rosie]

Jitterbugdoll, those shoes, particularly the polka dot ones are TOO CUTE! I really like your romper too. I was thinking of making a dress like the one on the mannequin, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[CherryRed]

Here are a few of my recent finds:

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Ohhhh my lord! I am in heaven! ! What a wonderful set!!