Thanks, Mom!

Jen (who was Macojero on eBay) has opened up her new pattern site, Mom's Patterns, and to celebrate she's offering us a "virtual hot dog" at her grand opening! Use the code hotdog on her site and get 10% off.

Now, as you know, it is my solemn responsibility as a blogger (it's in the Blogger's Code, which I recite to myself each time I begin a post) to test out discounts before I make them public, just to make sure that everything is working as advertised. So I browsed around the new site and very shortly found a pattern I couldn't live without:




And, yes, I am planning on making this up with two different fabrics; maybe a dark maroon/light magenta combo or perhaps in gray and black ... and yes, the discount works fine. (Don't forget to enter it on the page where you choose your payment method).

Thanks, Mom!

Comments

[Jen ~ MOMSPatterns]

Yay and thank you Erin!! Just one *wee* clarification, I'm still macojero on ebay and have patterns, patterns, everywhere! Happy to combine shipping between the two stores, too! :)HUGE thanks to my very favorite blog and Hello to everyone in dressadayland!

[Gidget Bananas]

Oooh, very nice pre-mod mod dress.

[Anonymous]

wonderful site... treated myself to a pattern :)

[Nadia]

I just bought off her ebay site and the patterns come fast too -- and I live in Canada! Cheap, fast and pretty. What more could a girl ask for?

[Patricia]

Wonderful. I found the link yesterday at Sew Retro and because I have no willpower I bought three patterns. Good to hear that the service is quick to Canada. I am eagerly awaiting their arrival.

[PastorAmes]

I love the vintage patterns and have a ton of them, leftovers from my Mother. Do you have any hints or tips that you use when you sew them? I've made a few, but they invariably turn out the wrong size, and use a lot of fabric.

[Jen ~ MOMSPatterns]

Thank you everyone who came or is coming to visit me! I ship items every day the mail runs and will be adding *hopefully* 50 or so new vintage patterns every week.Thank you, Erin & Dressaday Fans!

[La BellaDonna]

Orangemami, are you double-checking your measurements against the pattern's measurements, or are you assuming that if you wear a 14 pattern now, you wear a 14 vintage pattern? Pattern measurements changed about 3 times, officially, between the 1930's and the 1970's, NOT counting the "Today's Fit" patterns - and those sizes are different from your off-the-rack size, as well. My apologies if you already know this stuff, but many folks don't seem to, or don't remember it in the heat of the moment. Next question: are the patterns always the wrong size by the same amount, that is, are they consistently wrong? The best fast test for the amount of fit you need is to lay the vintage pieces on top of corresponding modern pattern pieces that DO fit you: so, a modern one-piece front with darts which fits you, would go underneath the vintage one-piece front with darts. You could see immediately if it needed to be wider, or longer, etc.; do the same thing with the back, the sleeve, and the skirt. It will take only a few minutes to see if you need to make alterations to the pattern so that it fits you properly.* You also have the option of pin-fitting the pattern: pin the pieces together, as if you were making a paper dress, and try it on. You should be able to tell quickly if it will be too small, as is. Better a few minutes flinging the paper around, than to actually make up the entire garment and find out it doesn't fit!*This has the advantage of showing you immediately whether, and where, a pattern fits or does not fit.

[Sarina]

Wow, I love your website and I actually have this pattern, and was going to email you a scan of the envelope because I thought you might like it! This is my favourite vintage pattern (that I own) and I got it for $0.20.

[Floridaprincess]

I have bought a few patterns from Jen. I just bought one 3 weeks ago from her. She, has great customer service.