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Cookie
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 1:25:00 PM
I've always thought a sash like that is so regal and pretty...Princess Grace's wedding dress had one like it. 
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 1:54:00 PM
Cookie: Have you read a book called "The Bombshell Manual of Style" by Lauren Stover? I think you would adore it. Even though the bombshell adventures never do seem to happen to me, I keep hoping. It's a wonderful bathtub book, too. --Karen
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 1:57:00 PM
YES - I adore that book!!! Someone gave it to me as a gift, inscribed "For my favorite bombshell" (blush) It has not left my side since.
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AUTHOR: Gwen
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 2:37:00 PM
Thank you so much for the link to my "How Much Fabric?" Reference Cards - and the reminder link to your advice! It's delightful! :)
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AUTHOR: Packrat
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 3:09:00 PM
Cookie, I got such a laugh out of your hairdo article. No, I'm not your mom, but I probably have some of those old magazines. lol Also, as I type this I'm sitting at one of those little impractical desks. (At least my chair is more comfortable than the one shown in the picture.) Lisa Simeone
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 3:12:00 PM
Cookie, as ever, you are THE BOMB!! (not one of those chignon bombs, though)
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 3:27:00 PM
Bought some of that fabric today, after seeing it on True Up! Expect to see it as a shirt-dress soon...
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AUTHOR: lucitebox
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 6:36:00 PM
Erin--wow! I am stunned by that subway print. Cookie's right--coat lining all the way! val
DATE:Oct 30, 2009 7:22:00 PM
I'm currently considering all of the things I could use that subway fabric for. The pattern has a piece of the 7 line, which is the train I take everywhere. Love it!
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AUTHOR: sixties sewer
DATE:Oct 31, 2009 10:36:00 AM
I want the subway fabric. Cookie
DATE:Oct 31, 2009 12:35:00 PM
<< The pattern has a piece of the 7 line, which is the train I take everywhere. Love it! >>
DATE:Oct 31, 2009 11:13:00 PM
This pattern was my ninth grade formal, made in orchid organza. That was in 1961, by the way, and very Mad Men chic!
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AUTHOR: Charles
DATE:Nov 11, 2009 11:10:00 PM
i love that pattern also! so classic and chic! =D
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Can it be? Yes ... LINKTASTIC FRIDAY RETURNS! On a Monday.
DATE: 6:27 AM
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Labels: COPA, Liberty, linkylinky, Target
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 11:01:00 AM
Poky! Little! Puppy! Fabric! the_lazymilliner
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 11:10:00 AM
I've heard about the Target/Libery collaboration. Cool!
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AUTHOR: Packrat
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 12:03:00 PM
Pretty dress. Sara
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 12:55:00 PM
Liberty+Target=YES!
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AUTHOR: KateR
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 1:45:00 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, Erin! Florence
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 4:27:00 PM
oh my god, I cannot get over that kayak dress! it's incredible!
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AUTHOR: Jenaveve
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 4:29:00 PM
Love the link to the FIDM - thanks so much. There's enough there to keep me busy reading for weeks.
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AUTHOR: Trystan
DATE:Aug 24, 2009 9:13:00 PM
We loves the Gatsby! Omg, does that mean you're in CA now (long-time lurker, first-time cyber stalker ;-). It's a fantastic event, huge, pretty, filled w/a mix of barely period repro outfits & super-fabulous antiques, plus a mansion, period cars, dancing to a live band, & BYO fantastic picnic & champagne. If you go, look for a riff on the bottom-right dress (only pudgier :-)
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AUTHOR: Sheila / Out of the Ashes Collectibles
DATE:Aug 25, 2009 11:14:00 AM
Thanks Erin! I was able to find pictures front and back of about 7 or 8 old patterns I had that didn't have envelopes. I wouldn't subscribe myself but would sure join any group chip in!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 25, 2009 9:45:00 PM
Haven't quilted in years, no grandchildren in immediate future, but I am so getting some of that fabric for little one's quilts!!!!
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AUTHOR: Jessica Cangiano
DATE:Aug 31, 2009 1:42:00 AM
Delightful roundup of links, thank you for sharing. I'm off to click my way through each one of them! Lady with fashion Tips
DATE:Sep 1, 2009 5:27:00 AM
awesome dresses , very much thanks for the links
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Shout-out to My Peeps
DATE: 9:35 AM
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Labels: friends, linkylinky, news
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 12:35:00 PM
Wow! Thanks for the Lucite Box Blog Shrimpton Couture
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 3:18:00 PM
thank you so much for letting people know about the interview! They where so nice to chat with!!
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AUTHOR: lucitebox
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 3:59:00 PM
Hi Erin, Marjie
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 4:08:00 PM
I love the old buildings; they have so much character. Not sure if the one pictured relates to any of these peeps, but it's a great picture.
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AUTHOR: Lisa @ the Vintage Fashion Library
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 6:36:00 PM
Thanks for the shout out, Erin! That article was almost 1/2 a page, and brought me lots of people who'd like to part with many lovely patterns, and even some who preferred to buy. Yay!
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AUTHOR: What-I-Found
DATE:Aug 18, 2009 11:59:00 PM
I loved reading what Cookie had to say, but I was disappointed to see it was a one time thing...I have looked for a regular blog written by Cookie...and there should be one! Nathalie
DATE:Aug 19, 2009 8:59:00 AM
Cookie's comments are always so much fun (and perceptive) and I second the idea of a Cookie blog!
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AUTHOR: Lisa Simeone
DATE:Aug 19, 2009 9:10:00 AM
I could've sworn Cookie had a blog . . . maybe I'm thinking of when he did a long piece on preservation at the National Trust's website? Cookie
DATE:Aug 19, 2009 6:28:00 PM
Thank you, babies! No, I do not have A Blog of One's Own. I am maybe going to convert my bedroom into a sewing room and move my bed into the adjoining dressing room/alcove (that I never go in), as my Mom's going to be with me for the winter (to combat her seasonal depression) (which is actually only aging neediness), and I thought we could work on sewing together and make some children's clothes to sell at flea markets or something. Occupational therapy, basically. She is a good sewist. That situation could be the basis for a good blog. However, I'm not entirely driven to communicate and ORGANIZE in that way...I am just a squatter at OTHER people's blogs! For now.
DATE:Aug 20, 2009 8:05:00 PM
Hey, my hometown! My parents lucitebox
DATE:Aug 21, 2009 12:53:00 PM
You can squat at my blog ANY TIME you want, Cookie. Linda Turske
DATE:Aug 28, 2009 6:44:00 AM
Are you from Mansfield? This is literally just down the street from my son's home....... Small world.....
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Whoa ... is it ... could it be ... Linktastic Monday?
DATE: 7:52 AM
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A quick one,just to get you started on the week! Labels: fauxleros, linkgasm, linkylinky, valentines, yarnbombing
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: lucitebox
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 9:50:00 AM
Cool! I just voted for your blog.
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AUTHOR: Cel Petro
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 10:05:00 AM
Yum. This starts a cold winter week off with some good blog-warmth. Thanks.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 10:21:00 AM
I love the oldest Fauxlero! I wish it was my size! Drat. Can't opne the interveiw or the Lucy dress. I'll try at home
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 12:55:00 PM
I love the aged fauxlero, too! I can see the black and white version in satin, on Irene Mayer Selznick as she hosts some soiree attended by Robert Taylor, Connie Bennet, etc. Gorgeous.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 1:48:00 PM
I can see it on Cookie as she hosts a Dress A Day soiree....
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 4:00:00 PM
You bet! lindaschiffer
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 8:48:00 PM
Hmm, in the -a-day column also goes Skull-A-Day. Fun if a bit, mmm, odd.
kagitsune
DATE:Jan 26, 2009 9:55:00 PM
The giant bus cozy really made me laugh inwardly... it's true... us knitters and crocheters really *DO* seem to need to cover everything withing reach in fiber. x3 But it really is creative and quirky... A new, temporary, non-harming (is that even a word, Erin? ) version of graffiti. I love it. :D
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AUTHOR: patsijean
DATE:Jan 27, 2009 9:35:00 AM
I followed the link to your interview and voted for your blog.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 27, 2009 10:56:00 AM
Love the old fauxlero! The illustration looks like the ones from one of my favorite books, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. If I had that fauxlero, I could Live for a Day too.
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AUTHOR: 50sgal
DATE:Jan 27, 2009 2:18:00 PM
Thanks for the link to the fabric site, it's hard to only buy vintage fabric, if I can find some new vintage inspired they are going in the new sewing room (as soon as I get it done!)
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AUTHOR: daisyfairbanks
DATE:Jan 27, 2009 3:56:00 PM
The "oldest fauxlero" pattern maybe, but the "oldest fauxlero" clothing item may be this: http://tinyurl.com/fauxlerogown
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AUTHOR: wendelah1
DATE:Jan 28, 2009 2:09:00 AM
I love those fabrics. The illustrations were suitable for framing.
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AUTHOR: Shay
DATE:Feb 8, 2009 2:20:00 AM
I have found a 1931 fauxlero! (wait a moment, this dizziness will pass). Check out this Flickr image, the green dress:
Labels: linkylinky, writing
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: mooncalf
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:24:00 AM
Great essay. I especially like: "If it doesn't make you feel like you'd want to have your picture taken in it, don't buy it." I'm going to remember that.
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AUTHOR: the_lazymilliner
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:36:00 AM
I left a comment over there, but just wanted to say...how wonderful. My hats would be my brand, if I only wore them more often.
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AUTHOR: Chantelle
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:41:00 AM
I love it! I also love the comment "If it doesn't make you feel like you'd want to have your picture taken in it, don't buy it." I've never thought of buying things in that way but it's something I'll remember from now on. Lisa Simeone
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:43:00 AM
Brava, Erin! Doris
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:48:00 AM
What a great article! I'm going to look for more of Miss MacLeod's work now.
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AUTHOR: Little Hunting Creek
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 10:54:00 AM
How timely - I have to fly to the main office for a meeting on Tuesday and you've inspired me to choose a whole different wardrobe. lorrwill
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 11:16:00 AM
Oh thank you for your timing!
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 11:32:00 AM
Eric,
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 11:33:00 AM
hmmm, I meant "Erin"!
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AUTHOR: wundermary
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 12:31:00 PM
"Later this week, I'm heading into the office. I plan to wear a bright green fan-printed dress with turquoise trim." Erin
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 12:40:00 PM
Ha! When this was written (a while back) I had put five inches of turquoise trim on the fan dress ... but I didn't like it, ripped it off, and chose a butter-yellow instead. I'll try to post a pic next week. oracle
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 1:02:00 PM
I love your essay. The writing, the content, the way you put it together! All of it. Cookie
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 1:04:00 PM
WAIT A MINUTE! The woman in the illustration has circles of makeup on her cheeks, is wearing a myriad of [clown] colors, and when I open the article, it's a publication called Jugglezine??? Is it safe for recovering former child clowns to read further?!?
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AUTHOR: Lisa
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 1:12:00 PM
That seriously has to be the bes thing I've read recently.
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DATE:Aug 21, 2008 1:23:00 PM
Fabulous article! I enjoyed reading it and emailed it along to several friends.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 2:04:00 PM
Love your writing style! Such a gentle humor, but such a good prod to the reader, as well.
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 2:17:00 PM
Thank you Erin for this article! Sara
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 3:52:00 PM
Fantastic article! Although orange and polka-dots together are not my thing, I always try to incorporate something unique into an outfit. :)
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AUTHOR: Help I need a user name!
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 4:45:00 PM
I love this article. I love your blog, too, and have recently purchased a sewing machine because of it. I will probably do more crafting with it than clothes-sewing. I have experience sewing clothing, but not since the 4th grade when I was in 4-H (and made a quite stunning Little House on the Prairie-Style long dress). Keep up the fun stuff! fröken lila
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 4:53:00 PM
thank you so much for that essay - it was fun and easy to read, and there is so so much truth in it!!
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AUTHOR: Sarah
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 5:27:00 PM
I loved reading your article. It reminds me a lot of my husband, a real estate agent, and how all the people in his office dress the same. To mix things up I started buying him crazy colored shoes. I shop at Nordstrom's Rack where I can find very nice brands at great prices. He has red, many shades of blue, teal, orange, crayon green, etc... People remember him as the one with the colored shoes, and always wait to see which color he will wear next.
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AUTHOR: Joni
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 5:35:00 PM
I work as a chemist, and in my field the rate at which clothes are destroyed seems to be directly proportional to how well one likes them. So I have to save my favorite clothes (I am a diehard for printed cotton skirts) for the weekend. But my personal style touch is a pair of cat-eye glasses... they ALWAYS seem to make people smile. lucitebox
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 6:01:00 PM
I knew the yellow bird dress, too, which is fabulous! Cat
DATE:Aug 21, 2008 6:03:00 PM
Erin, choiceofpies
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 6:05:00 AM
The photo rule is perfect! I'm coming off a few years post-college as a broke office drone; I only bought things out of necessity and my wardrobe got really boring. Now I'm a broke freelancer, so even though I still can't afford much, I don't have to please anyone but myself. I'm going to keep your rule in mind as I slowly try to get the life back in my look.
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AUTHOR: EmilyJ
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 6:34:00 AM
Brilliant essay Erin - and I agree wholeheartedly. I almost have the opposite problem at work; we have a completely casual environment, so it can be very easy to make no effort at all in the morning and turn up in varying jeans and jumper combos. I, however, try and wear as many interesting dress/skirt options as possible. I did find that at the outset people made a lot of 'you look very dressed up' type commments', but they have stopped now, and the comments never outweighed how much better I felt about myself when wearing something I loved!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 7:54:00 AM
Erin - as someone who lived through "little floppy bow and big shouldered suit" hell, I realized that the whole John Morris 'dress for success' thing was a trap. It really purported that if women dressed like that, they really would succeed. Guess what - looking back - all it did was turn women into female versions of men and ultimately, in terms of levels of success, I really don't think it made all that much difference(and to a certain extent made women even more invisible than we were already). So, my attitude is: If it's not going to make a difference anyway, and you can't really 'win' - then choosing things that you love, flatter you, and cover all the appropriate bits in a classy way is the way to go. (total digression here: Just got back from Edinburgh and found a great fabric store in St. Patrick's Sq. - up from the bridge on the Royal Mile): Edinburgh Fabrics. Heavy on fancy brocades, chiffons, etc. etc. but they also have lovely wools, linens and cottons and the prices were, I thought, really good)
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AUTHOR: libby
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 9:50:00 AM
HA! I can't believe what a kick I got out of knowing the green fan-printed dress.
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 11:16:00 AM
Erin--Thanks for reinforcing individuality! Since I got my first office job 10 years ago, I've gradually been establishing a style. It's so much fun to wear cowboy boots or my purple pants (although, not to the State Fair - a bit of a misstep) and just project me through my clothes. Inside, we all know who we are, it just takes guts sometimes to show it.
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AUTHOR: Katherine
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 1:34:00 PM
Erin, I just started reading the blog and can't get enough! Finally someone who seems to like so many of the things I do! Great ads for great places, too. I loved the Jugglezine article and completely agree...except I have to reconcile my psycho adoration of eye-catching colors and styles with my deep fear of being noticed. Alas! But once I've worked through that one I'll be completely on board! You rock--keep up the fabulous work!
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AUTHOR: Chantelle
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 2:28:00 PM
I work in the high-tech industry where almost everyone is male and the dress is ultra-casual. I'm on leave now, but when I was working I always wore a dress/skirt or nice slacks with great shoes. Amy B.
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 4:12:00 PM
Great article! I'm a SAHM so I've got very little audience to brand myself for, but I am determined to wear better than sweats or T-shirts when I go out. wundermary
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 4:14:00 PM
Erin, I was rooting for pale pink or butter yellow, so I'm happy with your choice! I think you should put the pocket placement up to us readers, too. I'd love to see how it is coming along. lorrwill
DATE:Aug 22, 2008 8:03:00 PM
Thanks wundermary! lorrwill
DATE:Aug 23, 2008 4:23:00 PM
Polka-Dot Posse?
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Aug 23, 2008 8:20:00 PM
I vote for Polka Dot Posse
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AUTHOR: Jo
DATE:Aug 24, 2008 10:01:00 AM
Hey, Erin -- someday, could you please talk a wee bit about how you handle those days where you really need to wear a suit? (I know you've mentioned them.) Do you do funky vintage suits, or standard suits with bright tops, or do you really have "blend in" suit days?
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AUTHOR: CoutureCarrie
DATE:Aug 24, 2008 9:53:00 PM
Hey great article, illustration, blog... Love the whole thing!
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AUTHOR: CoutureCarrie
DATE:Aug 24, 2008 9:54:00 PM
Hey great article, illustration, blog... Love the whole thing!
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AUTHOR: The Slapdash Sewist
DATE:Aug 28, 2008 12:43:00 PM
I am soooo with you on this one. I refuse to look like anyone other than myself. I am covered and my level of dress is appropriate (not too casual) but it is not the AnnTaylorBananaRepublic uniform all my peers seem so comfortable in.
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AUTHOR: LaCouturier
DATE:Aug 30, 2008 4:46:00 PM
love the illustration! & great essay. fröken lila
DATE:Aug 31, 2008 4:50:00 PM
i did a feature about you and this essay in my blog today - with links to both your blog and the article, and i also used two pictures from your blog. i do hope that's ok with you? if not, please let me know.
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DATE:Aug 15, 2008 2:12:00 PM
Good Lord! I didn't even notice shoulder-bearing,etc! Shame on me!And double shame on MSN!
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AUTHOR: Lee
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 2:13:00 PM
I have the pieces cut out for that very semi-Duro (view a) in a lovely swiss dot. Someday I might even have time to sew it.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 2:32:00 PM
Those shoulders had to do some heavy bearing up I guess! The job of First Lady must not be ALL glamour as her husband counts on her strong "shoulder-bearing" capabilities to help manage the varied tasks required of the two of them. Wink
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 4:09:00 PM
I just snorted out loud at the Thesaurus shirt. Quick, get in my shopping cart (buggy, wagon)!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 4:25:00 PM
Why in heaven's name would anyone put a big red award right on the boobage area?
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 4:48:00 PM
OMG that Garden Party Skirt is cute! The link is messed up though - I'll try it here: lorrwill
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 5:44:00 PM
Yay! My link made the list and made wink snort. kagitsune
DATE:Aug 15, 2008 8:00:00 PM
I WILL have that Thesaurus tee-shirt. It's the oldest joke in the grammar-queen book, yet one of the most under-rated. And to top it off, our beloved word-helper wears *braces*... x3 And less than $20? What a deal! 8D
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 16, 2008 3:45:00 AM
There's a particular name for wrapping presents in fabric? I always thought it was just a great thing to do when you gave stuff to people who liked fabric.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 16, 2008 6:08:00 AM
Doesn't your American constitution give you the "right to bear arms"? Or is it the "right to bare arms"? Perhaps "the right to arm bears"? That might explain it.
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AUTHOR: jdoogan
DATE:Aug 16, 2008 1:09:00 PM
My favorite was Nancy Reagan's "inaugural gown worth over $10,000 and two hairdressers." Now really, can you put a price on a good hairdresser?
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 16, 2008 4:26:00 PM
I wasn't sold on that pictured dress at all, until I noticed the pom-pom trim. I ADORE pom-pom trim. But I only know one place to get it, and the brand they stock tends to shed rather quickly. Sigh!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Aug 16, 2008 6:04:00 PM
Noticed this in reference to Nancy Reagan; "...the wraithlike former actress..."
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Aug 18, 2008 9:50:00 AM
Maybe celebrity dresses have an odd, weakening effect on the average writer? - like kryptonite on Superman. I went to the Travilla exhibition of Marilyn Monroe dresses yesterday (Fashion Museum, Bath, UK) and couldn't help but drop my jaw at some of the very curious punctuation (of the random, panic type), and the shocking use of "seem" for "seam". Will...have...to...offer-my-services-for- nothing (there, I managed to spit it out - that wasn't so bad) as it was a shame to see these iconic numbers so let down. Eirlys
DATE:Aug 18, 2008 10:01:00 AM
PS The 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend' sequence comes, of course, from the film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. And the gold lame pleated number is from the same film.
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AUTHOR: shannie
DATE:Aug 18, 2008 2:53:00 PM
Hey, I made that semi-duro. I checked the link a couple times to make sure it really was linked to my dress... and it was! I just wore it to a bridal shower yesterday. It was really comfy, but it needed pockets. Erin knows best- always add pockets.
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: The Mother of All Linktastic Thursdays
DATE: 8:58 AM
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Have we actually HAD a linktastic Thursday yet? Nevermind, this will still be the largest one. I have to keep you guys going over the (for US-ians) holiday weekend, since there's no way I'm blogging tomorrow, my FIFTEENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!
!" "A CD by The Crystal Method, or Crystal Gayle!" "Burgers from Krystal!" "Way too much Crystal Light!" But the joke always stops on "crystal meth!" (yes, I know, drug use isn't funny, especially meth, but ...). I think we're just going to go roller-skating, though. 
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----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: belphebe
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:09:00 AM
Happy Anniversary! S.E.W.
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:18:00 AM
Heartiest congratulations to you and your love. Fifteen years together is awesome! Have a great weekend together!
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AUTHOR: lucitebox
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:25:00 AM
Hello and congratulations. The dogs and I are sending warmest wishes to you and your whosband (that's the word I like for husband) on your anniversary! Lia
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:32:00 AM
I'd vote for the Dark Crystal DVD...but that's just because the price range and the humor factor seem to even things out. Jen ~ MOMSPatterns
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:57:00 AM
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! Have a lovely weekend FULL of fireworks! *wink wink*
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AUTHOR: Zegi
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 11:59:00 AM
I think that little dress is begging for a pocket over the chest, in the style of a pair of childrens overalls. Have a great anniversary, stay out of the meth!
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AUTHOR: CEMETARIAN We Dig Memories
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 12:04:00 PM
Happy happy Anniversary........and here's to 21 more then you can play catch-up with me.......LOL...but by then you will be celebrating an entirely different thing.....endurance, patience, just lots of things. L
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 12:12:00 PM
Happy Anniversary! Local Egg
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 1:31:00 PM
A viewing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Drinking Cristal from the Waterford while listening to the Crystal Skulls? Cookie
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 1:32:00 PM
Happy Anniversary! I think you should make some matching outfits (perhaps caftans?) for the day, decorated with Austrian crystals.
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 1:48:00 PM
A very Happy Anniversary to you and your lucky husband!
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 2:11:00 PM
Happy Anniversary to you and your husband! ...and thank you for the wonderful linktastic Thursday! [click, click, follow-up search, click] Oldpatterns
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 2:20:00 PM
wow! You have fast readers. I'm sorry to say the sewing pattern shown above is sold and off to it's new home. I have another walk-away wanna-bee on that same page. I look forward to seeing what you do with the pattern, Erin. Little Hunting Creek
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 2:25:00 PM
Happy Anniversary and Happy Independence Day! Just remind your sweetie that many semi-precious stones are crystals ;), if he's in a semi-precious mood.
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 2:57:00 PM
redesign the front wrap to come a little further toward the center and put patch pockets on left front and right front. Small, rounded corners, trimmed to match the dress.
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AUTHOR: Myra
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 3:00:00 PM
Erin, I have that same slim walkaway dress pattern from ebay several months back. I have not made it yet, not sure how it would look on me. Most of my pattern purchases are would love to make it, but what if it looks terrible and it sits in the filebox. Post a picture when you make it. Happy anniversary!
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AUTHOR: Jonquil
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 4:07:00 PM
I think you could put a secret pocket (the best kind) on the inside of the wraparound just before the belt. baylibrarian
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 6:57:00 PM
I am link-sated--I think it might carry me through till Monday.
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 7:04:00 PM
15 years - you go girl!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 7:15:00 PM
Happy anniversary! :D
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 8:21:00 PM
Happy Anniversary! My hubby and I are celebrating 5 years tomorrow. It's a nice day to have married, isn't it? Pasha
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 9:08:00 PM
Happy Anniversary! Thank you for including my link.
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AUTHOR: Rachel
DATE:Jul 3, 2008 10:04:00 PM
Erin, you're so gracious! Thanks for encouraging people to keep on sending you links. If only more medieval kings were that thoughtful, history would have been much more boring.
DATE:Jul 4, 2008 8:20:00 AM
Put welt pockets under the skirt flaps (I'm assuming they are flaps of course.
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Jul 4, 2008 8:33:00 AM
Congratulations on your anniversary, Erin! We've just celebrated 17 years, by which point the special significance appears to have petered out (from 16 on) and resumes from 20. Still, I'm grateful to have made it to marital No Man's Land.
DATE:Jul 4, 2008 8:38:00 AM
The front of this dress would be too cluttered if you added pockets. The back has more room. Try big rounded patch pockets on the back of the dress, edge them in the same binding as the dress. Nora
DATE:Jul 4, 2008 9:30:00 AM
Congratulations to you and the Mister! Best wishes for the next 15! (My sweetie and I are coming up on 7 years together; we've joked about taking a sabbatical. Instead we're moving together to Detroit, from California; if we survive that I think we can make it to 15...!)
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AUTHOR: denise@thebluegardenia.com
DATE:Jul 4, 2008 1:13:00 PM
First, Erin, congratulations to your lucky hub for the 15th anny! Have a lovefest. Kathleen
DATE:Jul 5, 2008 10:07:00 AM
Can anyone tell me in which issue of Threads Erin has an article? I have the July issue, and can't find one. Perhaps we have a different version in Canada - or am I looking in wrong month? (mentioned by a couple of people in June 30 comments)
DATE:Jul 5, 2008 9:22:00 PM
Patch pockets on the back, like the pockets on a pair of jeans, only made in nice rounded shapes and edged with the same binding as the dress? Theresa
DATE:Jul 5, 2008 10:18:00 PM
anybody know what a pattern means when it says to cut a peice out of stiffening? Would that be interfacing, lining? Any ideas? I would appreciate it.
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AUTHOR: Erin
DATE:Jul 6, 2008 9:38:00 AM
Theresa -- what pattern piece is it? I think stiffening is different if it's a belt rather than a collar, etc.
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AUTHOR: Kathleen
DATE:Jul 6, 2008 9:41:00 AM
Theresa,
DATE:Jul 6, 2008 12:49:00 PM
It's the back yoke and kimono sleeves of a dress
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jul 6, 2008 12:50:00 PM
so rude of me ---Thank you Erin and happy anniversary. And thank you kathleen
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Thursday!
DATE: 8:10 AM
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Labels: Butterick_9262, linkylinky, pockets, Simplicity_3233
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Amy B.
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:09:00 AM
I love the alphabet fabrics. ;) Gaile
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:32:00 AM
I would bet cash money that you could bag it up and show it on your blog and folks here would love to have it. if you're just trying to get rid of it, that is - I've seen more than a few crafters give away bags of scraps to their readers.
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AUTHOR: Doris
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:45:00 AM
Love the pocket tribute...the tomato juice in the pocket? Priceless. Also love that gingko fabric... I don't really have to eat this month, do I?
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:46:00 AM
Fauxlero dress: do the under-bodice in a sheer fabric. Sek-seee!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:46:00 AM
Fauxlero dress: do the under-bodice in a sheer fabric. Sek-seee!
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AUTHOR: Mary
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:47:00 AM
If you are in the San Francisco area, you can donate fabric and all sorts of craft items to SCRAPS http://www.scrap-sf.org/
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:49:00 AM
i like that the alphabet fabric spells "seam". i wonder what other words you could find in a larger piece? i'm sure if i saw someone wearing it i would make them uncomfortable from all my staring! very cute though! Fran
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 10:59:00 AM
Re: Amy
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:03:00 AM
My goo'ness! Those pockets are large enough to fit a baby kangaroo! Love em!
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:10:00 AM
Enter "donate quilt fabric" in Google and you get lots of ideas for that one. I was going to list them, but there are too many. (Or check at a quilt store for clubs who make quilts for various charities.) Cookie
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:14:00 AM
Does the woman on the left have flowers growing out of her big pocket? They could be "walking window boxes"! A very green idea. And to expand on the handy child-in-pocket thought, one pocket could hold a toy doggie, and the other treats. Lugging them around would be good exercise, too. The more I look at it (and this is the inherent evil of the fauxlero), the more I like the blue one, buttoned. It would be a subtly distainful outfit to wear to a wedding you didn't really want to attent...where you don't want to make the full effort. The outfit sort of says, "I'm here, aren't I?"
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AUTHOR: LadyT
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:32:00 AM
I know several artists who specifically take scraps of any fabric that others would throw away and make new items out of them (I make purses). I could give you their emails if you wanted. But it sounds like a local LDS church might be an easier option....less shipping.
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AUTHOR: rboston
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:35:00 AM
If any of the people with wool would willing to email me (msbelle at earthlink dot net)pictures of it, I am on the hunt for wool to make skirts out of. I will most certainly pay for postage and am happy to discuss a per yard price. Penny
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 11:45:00 AM
Love those alphabet prints that keep popping up... I just listed a circa 1940s house dress pattern and on the picture they have used a similar alphabet print, a little softer...Butterick 3895 so these alpha prints have been around for decades it seems!!!! Thank you for a great way to start the day Erin!!!
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AUTHOR: Chantelle
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:06:00 PM
I finally broke down and bought some of the alphabet fabric - I've wanted it for a while and I can't ignore that price :) Fortunately, I don't wear big skirts (they make me look shorter and chubbier than I am) and I'm short so I can usually make a dress with 3m of fabric.
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:11:00 PM
What a great Sesame St. clip. But didn't it look like the girl shoplifted that fruit? Didn't see her paying anyone before sticking it in her pockets. I guess Sesame St. was *really* street-wise back in the day. Heh.
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AUTHOR: MadeByAmanda
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:24:00 PM
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AUTHOR: MadeByAmanda
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:28:00 PM
Anonymous - I thought the same thing. I kept waiting for the line "pockets can help you steal fruit", but they passed up that educational opportunity.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:30:00 PM
I just bought 3 yards of the alphabet fabric (right after I told myself I wouldn't make any more purchases on my debit card!). I've been wanting to make a stunt Duro for the summer for a while now, and now all I need is a white-on-black small-scale number print for the banding. Any ideas?
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:53:00 PM
Schools! If you can find a school helping the Vast Sewing Conspiracy cause, please donate your fabric to them. Ladygrande (Texas Marie)
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 12:54:00 PM
I guess I'm just a strange one...I love the dirigible hostess pattern. Oh, for the days of a slimmer body to wear those skirts! Cookie
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 1:04:00 PM
Chantelle: you're right...I just looked at the 4-Yard-Line collection again at the wiki, and the patterns aren't specifically "dowdy". I was too quick to judge. The 2-piece dresses kind of strike me as having a potential dowd factor, though. But I bet anything can be made to look that way. AND I LOVE 2241 (I think everyone knows that by now.) I wonder how many patterns were in the line?
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AUTHOR: wundermary
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 1:31:00 PM
Ha, I thought the same thing about the girl with the apple! I rememeber being lectured by my Mom never to put anything in my pocket at the store. Jen ~ MOMSPatterns
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 2:53:00 PM
And if my babysitter works out.. I'm having COFFEE WITH ERIN in the morning! Hopefully she'll allow me to share any photos I capture to prove that we're both real people and not men in drag ;) Cookie
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 3:30:00 PM
COFFEE WITH ERIN?? This could be a fabulous book, like "Mornings with Maurey" or whatever that title was. Try to build this into a series, and take notes! Yum!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 3:30:00 PM
Well, I'm glad at least three of you have already performed a citizen's arrest on that young lady with the pilfered fruit! How lovely to wallow in a bit of Sesame Street again. Thank you! AlwaysMod
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 3:33:00 PM
Thank you for the mention! If anyone would like to send us the problems they're having with Firefox and our blog we'll look into it. Works fine for us in Firefox, so we're not sure.... thanks again!
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 4:38:00 PM
Bee Fabric at Hart's: Myra
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 5:11:00 PM
Another suggestion for the scraps is to contact any church closest to you to see if they have a quilting group or even the local quilt shop for a project Linus group/volunteer as they make small quilts for the preemies. I do like the fauxlero shown, but some are too much...
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 5:38:00 PM
My friend was wearing a fauxlero shirt today. i nearly died of the giggles and had to go into a long explaination. I've been seeing a lotof fauxleros in the stores...the fashion industry conspiracy is eaves dropping on us!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 6:51:00 PM
I think that fauxlero dress is also a mood dress. Open and freindly / Closed and aloof. But definately a dirigible hostess pattern. baylibrarian
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 7:17:00 PM
Those pockets are so big they would scare small children--imagine being eyeball to pocket with one of those monsters...
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AUTHOR: lulu
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 8:09:00 PM
re fabric scraps: maybe a senior center or retirement home? A friend of mine just donated a bunch of fabric from her mother's estate to a local retirement home (after checking first to see if they wanted it). At my grandmother's retirement community (not the one my friend donated to) there's a quilting club, and some very talented quilters/artists.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 19, 2008 9:28:00 PM
Regarding the Marimekko site not playing nice with Firefox: get the IE Tab plugin. It embeds Internet Explorer in Firefox. I generally open links in new tabs, so as not to disturb the pages that are working. If you have a tab open that's being balky, click the little Firefox symbol all the way down in the right hand corner of the browser. It allows you to switch the mode for the tab.
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AUTHOR: Chantelle
DATE:Jun 20, 2008 1:00:00 AM
cookie, I think you're right; the 2-piece 4 yard line dresses could be dowdy. Personally, I prefer the 1-piece dresses anyway as the others seem to be a boxy sort of jacket or top atop a pencil skirt. That silhouette looks sort of shapeless. Hana
DATE:Jun 20, 2008 1:43:00 AM
I think I need to start a special funding, too. The new Marimekko prints are gorgeous, and, as chance wanted it, there happens to be a shop with Marimekko stuff on the street where I live when I'm at university... so maybe some of them will arrive there! Oh no. But I've always wanted SOMETHING Marimekko anyway... so it can very well be a gingko print.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 20, 2008 5:38:00 AM
Hmm
DATE:Jun 20, 2008 5:32:00 PM
There is a quilt guild in LaGrange and a Project Linus in Northbrook. I'm sure they would love your scraps. (I would, too, but am trying to contain the habit.)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 20, 2008 7:11:00 PM
I think that first dress would make an awesome pocketed wedding dress. Who needs the bridesmaid to hold the groom's ring and the bouquet? Just stick it in your pocket.
DATE:Nov 6, 2008 7:24:00 PM
I love that sesame street clip on pockets. It is my very favotite. Whenever it was on, my mom would sing along or when she put overalls on me or put her hands in her pockets.
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Friday: Helpfulness Edition
DATE: 8:03 AM
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I don't mean to bother you, but I can't seem to find info and if anyone would know, it would be you or your readers... No matter what I do, my skirts always turn around on me. I walk, they shift, I run, they shift, I sit still, they shift. Circle skirts, straight skirts, etc, and always counter clockwise if looking from above. I used to think it was interference from my purse, but it happens even if I don't carry one. I figure I must walk unevenly or something, but do you know any way to get it to stay put? I've tried pinning them to my bike shorts (works for circles, but not straight skirts - the skirt still turns below the pin line). Any ideas?
Labels: linkylinky, ModesRoyale_1594, Simplicity_2222
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Penny
DATE:May 30, 2008 9:17:00 AM
There are several kimono pattern designs available to choose from . McCall's 4953 costume kimono, as well as Simplicity 4080 which is a Geisha costume pattern. Have one 1950s kimono robe with monogram pattern. Pacifica has several authentic Hawaiin garments for the reader searching for a halter dress pattern.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 9:18:00 AM
Um, a waist stay for Laura? It's entire reason for being is to stop skirt/dress shiftiness. Canine Diamond
DATE:May 30, 2008 9:21:00 AM
Unless it's a particularly complicated pattern, missing pieces don't faze me. If it's something basic, like a sleeve or skirt panel, I just borrow one from another pattern (similar age/style) and tweak it to fit. If it's a more important piece like a bodice panel, I have no qualms about at least attempting to reproduce it through a combination of borrowed pieces and pure winging-it. Jenny
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:16:00 AM
For Kate:
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:17:00 AM
For the skirt twisting problem - I think they make a rubbery substance that comes in strips, like elastic, that can be sewn inside the waistband and stays. Alternatively, a strip of the wider elastic that is kind of rubbery sewn inside the waistband would probably do the same thing. Lydia
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:19:00 AM
That Modes Royale pattern stopped me in my tracks. WANT. It's even my size! *whimper*
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:34:00 AM
wearing a slip always helps me with twisty problems. it cuts down on the friction between your legs and the skirt fabric especially when wearing tights?
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AUTHOR: melissa
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:34:00 AM
Kate - Simplicity 3780 is a great 1950s halterneck dress that's a reissue of an original vintage pattern. I recently sewed it up into a Porsche dress and it's a really great pattern, especially if your bust is proportionately larger than the rest of you because with the gathered cups you can just fuse a bigger size up top onto a smaller size everywhere else! Highly recommended.
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AUTHOR: Mia
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:38:00 AM
for Laura- Julia
DATE:May 30, 2008 11:05:00 AM
Laura, suggestion #1 - stop wearing skirts - wear dresses, they are unlikely to turn around on you unless there is something you haven't told us. Suggestion #2 - try a nylon slip with the skirt. Are you sure you are wearing the correct size? Jillian
DATE:May 30, 2008 11:08:00 AM
Laura - I agree with Mia. I have a high right hip and it causes a lot of my skirts to twist unless I make pattern alterations before sewing up my skirts. I think I read about this in one my sewing books but I can't remember which one right now...maybe it was Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 11:32:00 AM
For Kate: Scissorhappy sells a reproduction of a 1950-60's Hawaiian-style halter pattern with a sarong skirt, see here: http://www.scissorhappy.com/catalog/item/1744458/1174446.htm bellystitch
DATE:May 30, 2008 11:32:00 AM
You can buy summer kimono patterns at www.fabrictales.com. The patterns are Japanese but the sewing instructions are in diagram form so they aren't difficult at all to follow. I can get confused when the directions are in English and even I have managed to use them.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 11:52:00 AM
Skirt twirling: they used to make (OMG I'm old) a sort of elastic with rubberized strand on one side that you sew on the inside to the waistband. It clings to your slip or blouse or whatever is between you and the band and helps the skirt stay in place. Like the stuff they put in the band of thigh-high stockings.
DATE:May 30, 2008 12:01:00 PM
My thoughts almost exactly regarding the dress with the pockets and buttons. That long side pocket could hold just about anything....maybe a samurai sword or witches wand or ....the imagination runs wild with the possibilities of this dress. Chantelle
DATE:May 30, 2008 12:33:00 PM
Incomplete patterns: They don't bother me too much because I also have to make alterations to make things fit. I can draft a facing or skirt piece.
DATE:May 30, 2008 12:39:00 PM
Erin, I suggest that Kate, and anyone else who would like that dress, hop on over to http://www.evadress.com/50s-02.html, where Xandra has what appears to be that exact pattern, only it's MULTI-SIZED! It's $18, and well worth it.
DATE:May 30, 2008 12:43:00 PM
I'm A Nidiot; the pattern that's wanted is, I think, the last pattern on Page 2 of the 50s section of evadress.com; I forgot that there are several similar ones on that page, but the one that's exactly the same is the very last one on Page 2.
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:May 30, 2008 1:29:00 PM
Wow, that asymmetrical "gangster moll" dress could really do a number on drunks in a bar; they'd be seeing double trying to figure out why it makes the room seem to tilt. I LOVE that shirtdress with the stripes reversed on the bodice. Very, very extra cute.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 1:31:00 PM
I really wanted to see a prom dress on a bowling pin, but I got 404.
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AUTHOR: Oldpatterns
DATE:May 30, 2008 2:00:00 PM
try http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2146/2487852243_70a65b1b3b.jpg Ai
DATE:May 30, 2008 2:16:00 PM
The bowling pin link seems to have an extra "/ < b r > /" (without that many spaces). Try this link
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AUTHOR: vespabelle
DATE:May 30, 2008 2:25:00 PM
John Marshall's book Make Your Own Japanese Clothes is a very good resource for making kimonos. It is very clearly written with good instructions and illustrations. peanut
DATE:May 30, 2008 3:04:00 PM
There are some free kimono patterns available from Nani Iro's website (http://www.kokka.co.jp/so-ing/sewing/index.html - click on the pictures for the instructions, scroll to the bottom for the men's version). I haven't actually tried making a kimono up yet (mostly due to a lack of large enough pieces of fabric) but I have made one or two of the other patterns and the drafting out isn't as scary as it looks at first - I use freezer paper, a tape measure and a couple of straight edges. All the numbers are in centimetres. The actual instructions are in Japanese but if you know what a kimono is supposed to look like you should be able to figure it out. :)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 3:08:00 PM
Kimono Cookie
DATE:May 30, 2008 4:04:00 PM
Do you guys like my neck longer?
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AUTHOR: Chantelle
DATE:May 30, 2008 5:22:00 PM
I like your neck a bit shorter, cookie. Otherwise it looks like your head belongs on a giraffe :)
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:May 30, 2008 6:45:00 PM
Thank you, chantelle. I see now that you are right. Have gone back to original format. (Interestingly, this pic is from a 1960's pattern, but with the details cropped out the haircut looks more 1930's to me.) HAVE A NICE WEEKEND, ALL!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 7:36:00 PM
I want to second the motion for the "Make Your Own Japanese Clothes" book, it is excellent. I used the instructions to draft up a pattern for a kimono-inspired blouse and it came out beautifully.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 30, 2008 10:36:00 PM
For the Hawaiian style dress Simplicity has an out of print pattern 4559 that you could order from the website.
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AUTHOR: jessicajlee
DATE:May 31, 2008 8:40:00 AM
For Kate: if you can't find a good pattern, have you considered drafting one yourself? I made a dress just like that this year using the bodice pattern piece from another dress and just made up the rest, and it turned out okay. That may work...
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AUTHOR: wundermary
DATE:May 31, 2008 11:59:00 AM
Ha, I love the prom dress for a bowling pin! I've got a duck ball and pin on display in my sewing room, they may get dressed.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 1, 2008 4:55:00 AM
Many people have the twisting problem with skirts - probably because almost nobody is symmetrical. One leg longer than the other, one hip fuller - any variation can cause a skirt to start swiveling around your body.
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AUTHOR: Ari
DATE:Jun 1, 2008 4:23:00 PM
For the halter dress, try McCall's 5580. It's not a vintage pattern, but it's a 1950s style and one of the options has that style of halter neck. The bodice is quite a bit more structured, though, but it could be worth a try. Jonquil
DATE:Jun 1, 2008 8:25:00 PM
But, alas, I am very frustrated -- I've been to two fabric stores and can't find that fabric locally. equilter.com is sold out and fabrics.com doesn't carry it. Help!
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AUTHOR: Binkle
DATE:Jun 2, 2008 4:58:00 PM
Thanks all for the Skirt help! It sounds like it's just cause of my wonky shape combined with waistbands not being tight enough. : ) I'll try a combo of different suggestions and see what works!
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AUTHOR: Maux
DATE:Jun 3, 2008 1:21:00 PM
Threads Oct/Nov 2002 had a Kimono Coat tutorial that might be useful.
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AUTHOR: Maux
DATE:Jun 3, 2008 1:21:00 PM
Threads Oct/Nov 2002 had a Kimono Coat tutorial that might be useful.
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AUTHOR: Kate
DATE:Jun 4, 2008 2:38:00 PM
Thanks to everybody who has offered comments on finding a suitable Hawaiian dress pattern! What a helpful bunch of dress-lovers you all are. After looking at LOTS of patterns and taking all ideas into consideration, I have purchased several and plan to piece them together into a semi-original copy cat design. Wish me luck. My next step is to find some fabulous fabric, something with a vintage luau feel, but not tooooo obvious. Thank you again! :)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jun 4, 2008 9:22:00 PM
So I clicked and re-read the crows and megaphones post. There I discovered what started me on my quest to find fabric with elephants in propeller beanies!
Labels: Butterick_7787, linkylinky
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DATE:May 16, 2008 9:19:00 AM
YAY! Linktastic Friday! So many fun links so little time. Thanks!
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AUTHOR: Charles
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:26:00 AM
Whoops! The "Dorothea's Closet" link has a stray space in it I think, and blogger is trying to prefix it with "www.blogger.com".
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AUTHOR: Erin
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:29:00 AM
arrgh, blogger's not letting me fix it, either. Jenlyn
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:35:00 AM
Ooo, I love the pattern Mindi sent. It has the same design as a basic wrap-dress but for some reason I like it so much better.
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AUTHOR: Sarah
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:41:00 AM
kaboodle=awesome!! it's a wishlist (or just a bookmarking site) that works across all sites. mine has housewares from all over the world -- yours could have patterns from all your favorite vintage sites!! No, I am not a shill, I just love kaboodle. I switched my daughter's list to it before Xmas and now we're all on it.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:42:00 AM
Oh, my god, I WANT that pattern! Can anyone tell me where I can find Butterick 7787(bust 32)?
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AUTHOR: Becky
DATE:May 16, 2008 10:36:00 AM
i entered the kaboodle contest with a homemade dress!! as always, you, my dear, are fantastic! now everyone go vote! or post your own! Eirlys
DATE:May 16, 2008 10:51:00 AM
Wow! Back with a bang!
DATE:May 16, 2008 11:03:00 AM
That pattern Mindi sent - would you ever need another pattern ever? It can be made so many ways!
DATE:May 16, 2008 11:24:00 AM
Saving most of this till later, but love "THIS THREAD IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS".
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AUTHOR: Shrimpton Couture
DATE:May 16, 2008 11:47:00 AM
Thank for letting your readers know about my sale Erin and I just want to point out that I did not ask you to do it! LOL (come on its fun to prod some people a bit - oh you know who you are that is bugging our darling Erin) wundermary
DATE:May 16, 2008 11:59:00 AM
Oh, I don't think the "fake bolero" dress is obvious, I think it is really nice! It's the sort of design that could look sophisticated or fun, depending upon your fabric / trim / button choices. I am imagining it in a small print with a matching single color trim and some fun buttons.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 16, 2008 12:12:00 PM
As a veteran of 8 prom/formal gowns for my daughters, the black prom dress story was just a hoot. I do have to say that I loved the photo of the young lady with her 'swain' in his kilt..very very classy.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 16, 2008 12:48:00 PM
Oh, yes, I'm with Toby! I loved the Prom Dress story, with the lovely girl and her dashing swain - and mom's tarantulas. I did my level best to comment over there and say so, but I have no idea how well that worked out. But it doesn't hurt to say "thank you" here, either, so - thank you for linking!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Sandra
DATE:May 16, 2008 1:16:00 PM
The Marie Claire/Kaboodle contest sounds like a lot of fun. I'm planning on taking a pic this weekend in my favorite muted, floral dress.
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AUTHOR: Oddiferous
DATE:May 16, 2008 1:32:00 PM
I waste at least half an hour of company time clicking links on Linktastic Fridays! Canine Diamond
DATE:May 16, 2008 1:52:00 PM
I love that "fake bolero" dress. Am I the only one out there who could go for more implied-eroticism and less literal-eroticism in clothes these days?
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AUTHOR: anthrokeight
DATE:May 16, 2008 2:17:00 PM
I know we are so over the 7/10 split uproar. crescentaluna
DATE:May 16, 2008 2:45:00 PM
Re. yesterday, I think a lot of us just liked to have a chance to shout out for a blog we love (even when common sense told us to just shut up already). Cookie
DATE:May 16, 2008 5:57:00 PM
Sign me, Francesca Bentley. (I think Ms. Bentley sounds like a starlet who married a studio head, now wears all black, and has had about 6 facelifts.)
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AUTHOR: CatMacGregor
DATE:May 16, 2008 6:00:00 PM
Okay, I really love both of those patterns so if anyone knows where to find the 7787 and mindi one, please let me know!!
DATE:May 16, 2008 6:33:00 PM
I liked seeing another girl wearing a custom-sewn dress! I loved making mine- it was so much more fun to wear one i made for myself exactly the way i wanted! and im only 15!
DATE:May 16, 2008 6:38:00 PM
So, re yesterday, I missed something. How do I find out my Sewing Conspiracy Drag Name? I want one, really I do!!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 16, 2008 9:18:00 PM
Forget the pigeons- I can't live without the deer sweater at Dorothea's closet!
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AUTHOR: What-I-Found
DATE:May 16, 2008 10:48:00 PM
A gloomy day was much improved by the Prom Dress story...made me get all misty and thinking of my (far away) kids. But smiling. So thank you so very much.
DATE:May 17, 2008 8:27:00 AM
Erin, I've been a faithful reader for a long time, although this is the first time to leave a comment! anthrokeight
DATE:May 17, 2008 8:27:00 AM
vast sewing conspiracy drag name = Joni
DATE:May 17, 2008 8:48:00 AM
I'm nursing a baby right now, so that fake-bolero dress would actually come in really handy... the unreliable narrator
DATE:May 17, 2008 9:04:00 AM
My dear woman who reads so uncannily into the minds of dresses: the unreliable narrator
DATE:May 17, 2008 9:05:00 AM
Oh and PS, my sewing conspiracy drag name is, apparently, Sugar Dent. Not bad for a brunette!
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AUTHOR: real-vintage.com
DATE:May 17, 2008 10:42:00 AM
I'm confused and this seems to be the best place to ask this....a Liberty print has to be made by Liberty, no? I have a Laeta Ramage 60s blouse with a yellow floral print that also has a Liberty label in it. In researching Liberty prints I'm finding all kinds of dresses and pieces done in a wee floral print but very few are saying it has a Liberty label. Jenlyn
DATE:May 17, 2008 10:47:00 AM
oo, oo, I'm Spring Montrose... yeah :p
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:May 17, 2008 10:49:00 AM
Ok I picked Dixie Hoyt as my conspiracy name because jen
DATE:May 18, 2008 11:49:00 AM
i entered that contest on kaboodle with a dress i made: jen
DATE:May 18, 2008 12:47:00 PM
oh! i just entered another dress I made (you can enter multiple times) to kaboodle's contest, this time one from a vintage pattern. Cookie
DATE:May 18, 2008 1:36:00 PM
I think the Sewing Conspiracy Drag Name is derived from your FIRST pet's name followed by the name of your CHILHOOD street. Though just as we alter patterns, you could go with later day pet or street names if that suits you. But begin at the beginning. (Most Sincerely, Francesca Bentley)
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:May 18, 2008 1:39:00 PM
Dammit...how do you correct posts? I meant "CHILDHOOD", not "CHILHOOD", which sounds rather urban.
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:May 18, 2008 2:58:00 PM
lol cookie! Super Kawaii Mama
DATE:May 18, 2008 5:29:00 PM
Some wonderful links there, now I have all my relaxing time for today planned out. Also, I wanted to thank you and your wonderful community of commenters, for giving me some great advice on vintage pattern sizing. I have quite a collection of vintage patterns but never knew how to figure out my size accurately. kagitsune
DATE:May 18, 2008 7:10:00 PM
The Gazette Du Bon Ton link made me a very, very happy girl. Early 20's illustrations/fashion FTW!! 8D
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AUTHOR: Kelly
DATE:May 19, 2008 4:26:00 AM
Loved all the links Erin.. I went to all and looked around. :):) Wonderful stuff. Diane
DATE:May 19, 2008 10:30:00 AM
OMG! I have that very pattern and the Singer sewing machine too. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something.
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:May 19, 2008 11:44:00 AM
Oh dear, Cookie, by your first model my drag name would have to be "Angharad Spencer" - sounds like an old lady who does flower arranging at church (a wonderful, laudable activity, but probably not drag-compatible). By fudging the order of the pets/streets, I can manage "Blackie Ormerod", which is getting closer, in a film noir-ish way. Cookie
DATE:May 19, 2008 12:41:00 PM
I love both Anghard Spencer (I see braids across her head, like that lady in the old Folgers coffee commercials) and Blackie Ormerod (who I suspect of spying)! Thanks for the Liberty history :) Either Amelia or Desdemona mentions "yards of lawn" in OTHELLO. Until I found this site and tidbits like yours, I thought she was talking about her garden.
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AUTHOR: kittenfemme
DATE:May 19, 2008 4:54:00 PM
In the Great Sewing Conspiracy I'm apparently Ariel Middleway. It's got a certain je ne sais qois about it. I think I'll keep it. the unreliable narrator
DATE:May 20, 2008 6:59:00 AM
Ooooh ooooh ooooh I want to know Jen's pattern too! It is a cute yellow dress, we love it, sigh.
DATE:May 20, 2008 3:37:00 PM
i would be Sam Rutherford on my first go... but if i move on theres Pippin Decou.. much better!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:May 21, 2008 6:43:00 PM
Well--now that I know how I think I'll go with a later pet and be Kitty Whittier. It's so not me, but a fun image anyway!
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Monday!
DATE: 6:58 AM
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Oh, yes. The links are too good, and just keep coming. You all spoil me, you know? so are his books).
Labels: linkylinky
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Allison
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 6:54:00 AM
Here's the non-admin link for the Dress A Day flickr group: Lee
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 7:53:00 AM
Great dress, Eva! Now that I am finishing my *third* dress, I know all about the "it's Ms. Dressaday's fault" excuse. I use it often.
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 7:57:00 AM
Ooh, one resounding "yes" for London, Erin!
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 8:30:00 AM
Thanks for the link, those liberty print converse will be mine mwaa aaa aaa.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 8:33:00 AM
Hooray, I'm in London and my friend Hannah and I are great fans of dressaday so if you'd like tea chums we're there! Caroline
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 9:23:00 AM
I would love to meet at the V&A, or the Liberty Tea Room, or wherever there is tea, buns and pretty things to look at! melissa
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 9:30:00 AM
Erin, I'm so there if you come to London again! I'd like to put in another order for a dressaday tape measure, though, pretty please. I'm too distraught to go into details, but you can safely advertise that they do in fact float. *sob*
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AUTHOR: tea
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 9:48:00 AM
Wow! That's awesome that you and Simon Winchester are close enough pals that he sends you e-mail.
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DATE:Apr 21, 2008 10:09:00 AM
Wah!!!! Me wanna go. Sadly I'm still barely able to make it to the library, so not exactly possible. You'll just have to have a sticky bun on my behalf. wundermary
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 10:17:00 AM
Oh, no hope of meeting up in London, but I hope everyone has a grand time! cpeep
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 10:21:00 AM
Ha ha, I WENT to the University of Rhode Island but did they get my patterns? No, YOU did. Marianne
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 10:52:00 AM
That southern belle dress would be perfect if you were taking a class on how to dance the Virginia Reel. I don't know if such classes exist, except in my imagination, but I could see buying that dress just for that purpose.
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AUTHOR: Canine Diamond
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 11:13:00 AM
I'm afraid I hate angel sleeves, or whatever those things are called. I hate them even more when they're elbow-length. I think they're one of the ultimate you-must-be-stick-thin-to-pull-this-off dress components. Cassie Louise
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 11:17:00 AM
Do let me know if you are coming to the V&A in May - I'd love to meet up with everyone!
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 12:19:00 PM
You know, I didn't even notice that the dress had "belles" all over it until I read it! Guess I fell for the subliminal thing! Yeah, I'm not crazy about the sleeves either... although I guess you could wrap them around yourself if you got cold! You know, like a wrap of some sort... or if you forgot a coat!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 1:48:00 PM
Eva's dress is lovely. I wouldn't have been confident using babycord for that number (all I can think of when faced with babycord is toddler pinafore dresses) but that works just beautifully.
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 2:34:00 PM
I thought they were bells, not belles. Ah well. :)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 2:42:00 PM
Sounds like my idea of a perfect day - trip to the V&A, fabric-shopping and tea (which of course means cakes .... mmmm!) So should such an event come to fruition ... count me in!
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 5:33:00 PM
I think Marianne has it quite right about the dress ( although I do think its kinda cute in a odd sort of way). The dress would be perfect for afternoon "beeya" and pork skin here in the culturaly retarded state of Virginia. Do you think it might be too -too to don at a DUI trial? Actually, your defense lawyer could use it to hypnotize the judge if you twirl in it. Just a thought.
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 8:20:00 PM
The picture is a great Kentucky Derby dress. All it needs is an audacious hat. Shrimpton Couture
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 9:21:00 PM
Hi everyone! Minou
DATE:Apr 21, 2008 9:40:00 PM
My mom use to design in LA (plus size coats/sweaters)in the 1980's....that dress reminds me of some of her partners creations! Those are HUGE sleeves! PostMuse
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 5:31:00 AM
Simon Winchester is a fabulous historian who also weaves a fascinating narrative. We went all the way to UK and had in mind a visit to the Geological Society in London to see William Smith's "map that changed the world." Back then it was only on view once a week. Tuesdays. In the afternoon. The one Tuesday we were in London, it was only to catch the flight home and we were heading to the airport when the map was on view. Next time...
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AUTHOR: Helen
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 7:40:00 AM
So so so so so in love with the idea of a London meetup. Have put the deets in my diary and will wait for more news. I wonder if it's worth trying to reserve somewhere for us all at the V&A? I'm thinking the numbers are going to get pretty special...Sadly you'll be missing the Viktor & Rolf exhibition by a mere three weeks, but better luck next time. Eirlys
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 8:02:00 AM
Oh yes, Londongirl, Patisserie Valerie is a legend! Think you may be right about the burgeoning numbers, Helen. Perhaps the Albert Hall's free?!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 8:19:00 AM
Oh, forgot to mention that the lowly, unfashionable Bath thoroughfare inhabited by Georgian tradespeople, dressmakers etc (and, briefly, by Jane Austen when down on her luck) is one "Trim Street"! - a good place to pare down seams or refine novels, you might think.
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AUTHOR: India
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 9:44:00 AM
Oh, Erin, don't you want to arrive in London a few days earlier—say, Monday or Tuesday, May 19 or 20—which is when I'll be there? The V&A just won't be any fun for me knowing that it will be much more fun a few days later. Waaah!
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AUTHOR: VeganD
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 10:07:00 AM
*Sigh* I would love to go to London. I would love to go to London to see this exhibit. And I would love to go to London to see this exhibit with other people who love vintage fashion as much as I do! Please let me know if you have any extra plane tickets to London you'd like to give away. Preferably out of Newark, but I'm not picky. I'll take LaGuardia, JFK, Philly or Baltimore. ;-)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 10:22:00 AM
Ooh yay! I'd love to be part of a London meet-up!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 10:59:00 AM
Isn't there some enterprising tour operator out there who can organise the Dress-A-Day Holiday-Of-A-Lifetime? - with Erin's permission. It would have to include at least one dress exhibition (be sure not to lose the group but to follow Erin closely, she holding her red umbrella aloft) and cheerful sew-along in the hotel conference suite (a Walkaway?), all sponsored by Bernina, possibly. Only partly joking here...
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AUTHOR: MoRachelMo
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 5:18:00 PM
I liked that dress at first glance because I thought those were skeletons, not belles. I guess those horizontal lines looked like ribs. Do you read Andrei Cordescu? If they had been skeletons, that dress would be perfect for a late lunch at the Bayou Babylon Cafe'.
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AUTHOR: Oldpatterns
DATE:Apr 22, 2008 11:25:00 PM
I have had the pleasure of visiting COPA (Commercial Pattern Archive). What an amazing collection. The curator of the collection is extremely knowledgeable. What an amazing collection!
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AUTHOR: birthdaycake
DATE:Apr 23, 2008 5:08:00 AM
I would LOVE to meet up with other dress fans at the V&A! I'm going to see the Supremes exhibition this weekend, I can't wait. My boyfriend isn't quite as enthusiastic. V&A have nice tea and cakes, and you can sit outside in the big courtyard if the weather is nice (ha). birthdaycake
DATE:Apr 23, 2008 5:10:00 AM
er, except I've just realised the exhibition doesn't start for a fortnight...oh well. I'll have to go fabric shopping this weekend instead.
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AUTHOR: Alyssa
DATE:Apr 23, 2008 7:01:00 AM
Hooray! I go to URI and have worked for the COPA!
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Tuesday, All-Pockets Edition
DATE: 9:44 AM
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Labels: linkylinky, pockets, Simplicity_3301, Simplicity_4561
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: wundermary
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 11:12:00 AM
I think the girl on the pattern creeps you out because she looks like an evil extra from The Lottery. Put a rock in her hand and she'll be good to go. I'm sure she'd put her gloves in those giant pockets first, to avoid soiling them.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 12:01:00 PM
Oh my goodness, those Winkee things... I see the point but they really just look like the front panel of some underwear.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 12:04:00 PM
I think it's that the feet are too small for the skirt..or that they could be hiding small children in those pockets!
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 12:42:00 PM
Winkee - I thought it was a bra in a pair of knickers! I can see advantages, modesty being the main one, but also it means having no added extra layer of a vest (ok cami) and fewer shoulder straps. Not sure about the dots though... Sue
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 12:52:00 PM
Thank you, Erin! I've been waiting with bated breath for a pocket link extravaganza! I can rest easy knowing the knowledge has been mined and gathered for all of my near future pocket endeavors! Thanks again!
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AUTHOR: bettyninja
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 1:54:00 PM
Great pocket links! Very helpful I will hold on to these for when I finally get a chance to try them
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 2:25:00 PM
I think the big pockets on pattern 2 could hold a medium sized embroidery hoop, or a fire extinguisher. But really, with pockets that deep, wouldn't it be awkward fishing for things, such as change for the subway? (I am compassionate, though, and am working on some "support song" lyrics: Bless the beasts and the pockets, for in this world they have no voice...)
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AUTHOR: Jonquil
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 3:25:00 PM
I covet the exquisite bolero in number one Sooooo much. Hmm.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 4:08:00 PM
I just won the B38 dress on ebay...you said "easy" which sold me!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 4:15:00 PM
I think the winkies are a fantastic idea. of course, rather than buying them I'll make one or two, and use tiny snaps. what is up with the winkie-dot, that seems overly complicated.
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AUTHOR: karooble
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 6:52:00 PM
Whew. It's a shame that the only monogram available on that dress is 'BBW.' I know it's for 'Built By Wendy,' but it's also a very well-known anagram for 'Big Beautiful Woman.' Lorem Ipsum
DATE:Apr 15, 2008 7:42:00 PM
Robots yesterday, a Creepy Doll today... tomorrow had better be a Half-pony Half-monkey Monster to please us!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Apr 16, 2008 8:29:00 AM
For anyone else who has ever wondered how Lucy Locket managed to lose her pocket, just about everything you'd want to know is revealed here at the 'Pockets of History' project: http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/pocketsofhistory.html
Labels: linkylinky
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DATE:Apr 11, 2008 9:20:00 AM
That Dollar Store wedding dress would be an awesome challenge for Project Runway.
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AUTHOR: paphos-sk
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 9:43:00 AM
I had an LMHO* moment: wundermary
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 10:34:00 AM
Ha, my husband absolutely loves cold war era propaganda and suggested that this should read something more like this: propriatrix
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 11:23:00 AM
Love the cheap/recycled-stuff sewing projects....It's what I do all day....it's really ALL I want to do all day....A very fun link-tastic Friday!
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 11:35:00 AM
I had a 1950's Betty Crocker cookbook that gave fashion tips for housework, too. The philosophy was the same; never let them see you sweat. You're advised to affix a mirror inside a kitchen cabinet door, above a small shelf for perfume and a few cosmetics. (Betty, like that sewing manual, stresses that a clean housedress is a MUST for cooking...all the better to catch the flying flour?) There's something so sinister about all this advise, as if the Fifties housewife were brewing up a secret batch of crack cocaine in her kitchen, and the police could ring the doorbell any second.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 11:53:00 AM
I believe the One Yard Line skirt and blouse would have to tap out at a certain size. What is the limit?
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 12:19:00 PM
Re. the RAF map dress, as part of an exhibition on camouflage, the Imperial War Museum in London had a stunning couture evening gown made out of such maps (don't know whether it's a regular fixture or whether it was there for that exhibition only). It gave me the idea to make a shirt (cheaper and easier than a couture gown!). I've managed to get hold of two maps already (thank you ebay), but because of their size, I need one more before I can get going. And because they're printed on both sides, the challenge is to make it reversible!
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AUTHOR: Becky O.
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 1:16:00 PM
At first glance I thought the dress pattern on ebay was a nursing dress. "Very cool" I thought until I realized that the era this pattern was made in wasn't really promoting that. Dilly
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 3:20:00 PM
Woo! I'm so excited about being mentioned on Dress A Day! Cookie
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 4:30:00 PM
PS: Lee's first dress looks great; very impressive. Congrats, Lee! I think the all the sea greens and blues make up a beautiful pallet, too.
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Apr 11, 2008 11:51:00 PM
The vintage advice = Stepford Wives.
DATE:Apr 12, 2008 2:56:00 AM
The vintage sewing pattern wiki is great! I draw my own patterns and the wiki is a great source of inspiration. I love the "random page"-button.
DATE:Apr 12, 2008 9:52:00 AM
zoom in on the shoe pic and then you can save it
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AUTHOR: Eva
DATE:Apr 12, 2008 3:59:00 PM
OT, but I just want to let you know, Erin, that without you this: christel
DATE:Apr 13, 2008 12:57:00 PM
What a wonderful linktastic Friday!! Lots of fun stuff there. 
Labels: Claire_McCardell, Duro, linkylinky, shweshwe
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: karooble
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 10:56:00 AM
That StyleShake site is ridiculously expensive. A plain cotton dress costs at least $200. They're mad!
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AUTHOR: Jen
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:36:00 AM
I'm EST! In SUNNY, breezy, beautiful days Florida :D Cracheru
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:48:00 AM
Hey Girl, Erin
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:52:00 AM
Fixed! Thanks for letting me know ...
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AUTHOR: geogrrl
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:58:00 AM
While these two patterns aren't exactly like the Claire McCardell pattern, they're similar, as well as cheaper and readily available from Butterick's retro collection: Maddy
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:59:00 AM
I love the pleats on that pink picnic dress, and the single button closure. Megamegamega cute.
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 1:07:00 PM
I'm somewhat thrown off by the illustrations on the vintage fashion patterns! I mean, in the first Claire McCardle link -- the one with the halter style neckline -- that "woman's" waist is smaller than her NECK! I'm scared.
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 1:14:00 PM
I love the polka dot dress from sugardale.
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AUTHOR: Sugardale
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 8:38:00 PM
I love Claire McCardell. She was big on functionality, which is a big plus with me. She's cool. lorrwill
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 9:06:00 PM
Hey sugardale, the dress, the shoes, everything looks so perfect together. tres kewl.
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 10:46:00 PM
Geogrrl - I made Both of those Butterick patterns. 4919 as easier, i had a hard time understanding the directions for the neck on the other. i did the wiggle version. I really love wearing bot h dresses. I did 4919 in cotton - I think if I did it again I would use jersey knit because the waist has wide ties that wrap to the back. 4919 was the 4th dress I made.
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AUTHOR: geogrrl
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:15:00 PM
Theresa, thanks for the reviews of the patterns. I have both (which is how I knew about them) and haven't yet gotten around to making them up. I was wondering if 4919 would suit a rustle-y fabric because of the big sweeping skirt, but I think something softer like a jersey would look fabulous in that pattern. Мода 2008
DATE:Mar 21, 2008 11:25:00 PM
It is rumpled?
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AUTHOR: Meg
DATE:Mar 22, 2008 9:19:00 AM
Snap Crackle Pop! That's the most expensive pattern I've ever seen. Ouch!
DATE:Mar 22, 2008 3:17:00 PM
Don't you all have a problem catching those pockets on doorknobs and other things that just reach out and grab any detail on a shirt, pants, or dress at about hip heighth? I love pockets but they catch on everything! Or am I just clumsy? geogrrl
DATE:Mar 22, 2008 3:56:00 PM
Nope, can't say that pockets have ever been a problem in that respect.
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Mar 22, 2008 5:48:00 PM
Ooh Nora, I just LOVE that alphabet fabric! Made my day. Thanks on behalf of all old typewriters fans out there.
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 23, 2008 9:20:00 AM
geogrrl - as long as the rustly fabric isn't stiff and is one color and the "wrong" side looks nearly as nice as the right side -- it should be fine. On the other , with the tricky neckline, just buy a little extra fabric just in case you have to gut 2 or 6 times...then again it could have been my own inexperience.:)
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AUTHOR: Canuck
DATE:Mar 23, 2008 12:39:00 PM
Erin: Theresa
DATE:Mar 24, 2008 7:49:00 AM
Canuck - O my gosh! I wasted so much time on that site today! I loved it. Especially the one where you get to dress the model.
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AUTHOR: Canuck
DATE:Mar 26, 2008 12:54:00 PM
Glad to be of service :)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Mar 27, 2008 12:38:00 AM
Just wanted to tell you how coming over to dressaday always makes me smile! Thanks for puttin' up such fabrictastic, patternistic energy on the internets.
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Friday No. 4
DATE: 8:42 AM
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Labels: linkylinky, Vogue_5161
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DATE:Mar 14, 2008 9:41:00 AM
The Uzbekistan fashion blog is legit and interesting. Now I know how to say important things like "gladiator sandals" and "Jessica Alba" in Russian, which somehow never came up in my college classes.
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AUTHOR: Thoughts on Life and Millinery.
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 10:42:00 AM
Oh Erin! We love St. Pat's day, AND Scottish people and the color green.
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 10:44:00 AM
I went to the FIT museum last Friday, and have been recommending it ever since. The Madame Gres exhibit was fantastic, as was the other one, about the "exotic" in fashion.
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:10:00 AM
Oh. My. God. I was skipping, tra la la la la, through the Cornell exhibits, tra la la la la, and found this:
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:22:00 AM
I'm relieved that pattern bracelet is sold out. Because I *really* don't need to be spending any extra money right now...
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:29:00 AM
*And not to take away anything from Uncle Henry and his accomplishment, I wonder if his wife, my Aunt Sis, who was ALSO a professor at Cornell at the time, had anything to do with "encouraging" his establishing the Infant Care and Resource Center ... that and four kids ...
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:43:00 AM
I have a friend who was one of those "rented" babies in PA in the '60s. Apparently, by the time she got to her adoptive parents she refused to be put down, ever, because the young ladies in the cottage had carried her everywhere.
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AUTHOR: Erin
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:49:00 AM
I'm a non-Irish Erin who doesn't hate St. Patrick's Day, but since I married an Irish fellow (several generations removed from nationality but still 110% ethnic Irish) I had to learn to like it. I already liked green in clothing and disdained dying food, drink, and rivers green (sorry Chicago) so I had a good start. Now I know more about Irish history--and best of all, Irish music!--than I thought possible for one non-Irish person to know. Éire go brách, baby. [I'm pretty sure I'm actually more genetically Scottish than Irish, myself, with a name like Stevenson, but I don't have a way to verify that.]
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 11:59:00 AM
That video of 2000 fashion from the 1930's is AWESOME. Some of those things really do look like amazing combinations of the two decades, too. And the cordless phone on the guy's jumpsuit! Rockin'. katana
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 2:12:00 PM
where is the link about renting orphans? i am thinking of fostering cats, and this seems like some sort of strange sign from... dressaday?
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AUTHOR: Erin
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 2:24:00 PM
Here you go: Lisa
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 2:44:00 PM
I actually bought that bracelet. It arrived today, and even my hubby said it's cute. That must mean something. It's adorable! Sheryl
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 3:27:00 PM
Loved the video! And I do believe that I've seen those "canti-levered" shoes they predicted in some recent fashion shows!
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DATE:Mar 14, 2008 5:47:00 PM
I have squandered an entire day checking out South by Southwest, but in return I have discovered the exact sound of "curling Victorian wallpaper" (what an apt description for Stephanie Dosen's dreary music) and an orchestral prodigy to watch (Brooke Waggoner). After the six word SXSW reviews this week and Liana's paperdolls last week, I think I'll just clear my calendar for Linktastic Fridays from now on! a side order of style
DATE:Mar 14, 2008 10:09:00 PM
i do wholeheartedly love the dice measuring tape. if i ever get back into sewing, i want dice measuring tape.
DATE:Mar 15, 2008 7:42:00 AM
I've checked out the Uzbeck Blog, and it really looks genuine (It's in Russian, though! - I knew my degree would come in useful one day.) If you want to post there, you'll need a cyrillic keyboard!
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AUTHOR: Meg
DATE:Mar 15, 2008 10:47:00 AM
Lady, that comment on the dice tape measure is so darned funny, especially if you're me----constantly goofing it up.
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AUTHOR: guileless
DATE:Mar 16, 2008 11:21:00 PM
what a cool pattern-theme bracelet! which begs the question, how shall i wear that, while sewing, and not have it come down over my wrist and poke its nose into my work? Terry
DATE:Mar 17, 2008 2:03:00 PM
Erin, great batch of links. As far as your feelings on St. Patrick's day, isn't the root word for "Scottish" Latin for "Irish". Eirlys
DATE:Mar 17, 2008 6:14:00 PM
Just remembered that I recently saw listed on a famous auction site a piece of fabric with "poker dots". lianaleslie
DATE:Mar 18, 2008 5:42:00 AM
I loved that movie about the fashions of the future, thanks for the link! I loved it so much I had to draw a paperdoll of the convertible dress. Thanks for the inspiration!
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Friday No. 4
DATE: 8:02 AM
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Labels: linkylinky, Simplicity_2070
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: the_lazymilliner
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 9:09:00 AM
That last dress with IKE...would that be for Ike Eisenhower?
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 9:12:00 AM
I wonder when we'll see an Obama '08 dress.
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DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:03:00 AM
I love the denims dress. Only problem would be - "which pocket did I put my ticket in?".
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AUTHOR: Lisa
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:06:00 AM
I saw a Mitt Romney paper dress one ebay a few months ago, and it went for big bucks. It was from Mitt's father's campaign in the 60s. I wonder what it'd go for now?
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:21:00 AM
I was looking at a Country living mag the other day while getting my hair cut and there was a company shown in there who makes packaging with vintage patterns printed on them. I forgot to write down the company name for you. I'll see if I can find it. It came with a box and a bow.
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:23:00 AM
Oh Erin I sent you the IKE dress last year!
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AUTHOR: Deirdre
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:31:00 AM
Oh I hope it was me who turned you on to UNIFORM Studio -- Martha's amazing!
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AUTHOR: Cookie
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:41:00 AM
I like that the shirtwaist pattern details note: "Suitable for nurse's uniform." If I were a nurse, I'd be a damn SEXY nurse and make that uniform in the version with the sheer overlay/see-through bodice. Then when my boss called me in, I'd have the pattern details in my purse as a defense. barbie2be
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:42:00 AM
shoe rack? awesome. Susan W.
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:55:00 AM
Erin, I can never get the search widget on your blog to find anything you've written about. Maybe that's deliberate, lol! But I was reminded of it when you said you thought you'd posted about something, but couldn't find it.
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DATE:Mar 7, 2008 12:04:00 PM
Erin, you were mentioned in an interview with "They Might be Giants" in yesterday's Houston Chronicle! Too cool! :-)
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AUTHOR: Hoardmeister
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 12:10:00 PM
Dahling, Born Too Late always has the BEST things! I'm so glad you included that pattern! Divine!
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AUTHOR: Jonquil
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 12:10:00 PM
I bought the shoe wheel. It works quite well, but it was a stone bitch to assemble -- worse than IKEA.
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AUTHOR: Diane
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 12:27:00 PM
Love the denim dress (lots of pockets for dear Erin) but that would be one heavy dress to drag around.
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 12:33:00 PM
The PerkyPotholders blog has a picture of the Deluxe Librarian Action Figure set and the Librarian Tattoos! Eirlys
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 1:25:00 PM
True, I'm far away in the UK, Erin, but (in my defence) I THINK my American parents may have voted for Ike, way back when. Theresa
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 1:39:00 PM
Speaking of shirtwaist dresses - Target is packed with them!
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AUTHOR: Liana
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 2:46:00 PM
Thank you for linking to my paperdoll blog! It's been great fun to reload my stats page today...
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AUTHOR: Sugardale
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 3:34:00 PM
So what is the deal with the crossword tournament? Do you compete in them? Becky O.
DATE:Mar 7, 2008 10:28:00 PM
Ooh, I love Peggy Anne's shop!
DATE:Mar 8, 2008 1:52:00 AM
I love the bodice of the "Ike" dress. Anyone know of a comparable pattern? Eirlys
DATE:Mar 8, 2008 3:59:00 AM
Went through every single of those other links, Erin, and they were a marvel of the modern world: linktastic indeed! That eco-designer is such a find; I'll have to fight you for the jeans dress, though. Thoughts on Life and Millinery.
DATE:Mar 8, 2008 1:47:00 PM
Oh Erin...if only ALA would "discover" you, ask you to be a keynote speaker, and award you the title of "Honorary Librarian" so you could really and truly say you are ALSO a librarian. Marissa Fischer
DATE:Mar 8, 2008 7:18:00 PM
the paper dolls are so so cool and I've been searching for a dress to make since I'm in "need" of a new one with fabric waiting to be formed, I might base it off of that good old 1,485$ number (I just wonder if that would suit my body)
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AUTHOR: Lorie
DATE:Mar 9, 2008 9:35:00 AM
Oh I so Love that IKE dress. Its beautiful! The price though...ouch!
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AUTHOR: A Soldier's Girl
DATE:Mar 9, 2008 10:25:00 AM
Erin, I'm making my first dress ever, to wear to a friend's wedding, but I'm terrified. I've narrowed the choices down to two patterns, Simplicity 3823 or 3526, and I've got pretty fabric for both, but can you point me in a direction of any "Your First Dress" posts? Grace
DATE:Mar 10, 2008 7:59:00 PM
Your links are fantastic, of course! As is your hilarious description of the aesthetic of UNIFORM Studio. Not that I don't also really like her aesthetic, though it's definitely not mine!
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 10, 2008 11:08:00 PM
Anonymous was looking for a pattern with a bodice like the ike dress - Vogue 2960 http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V2960.htm?tab=vintage_vogue&page=1
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AUTHOR: Kimberly Ann
DATE:Mar 11, 2008 10:37:00 AM
So glad I found your blog. I'll be adding it to my favorites. That Ike dress is amazing!
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AUTHOR: Eirlys
DATE:Mar 11, 2008 12:04:00 PM
Nice find, Theresa! Only snag is that the Ike dress (see close-ups) has interesting gathers up the front/side bodice. But that's being ultra-picky.
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Mar 11, 2008 12:11:00 PM
Thanks Eirlys - yeah I know but sometimes you have to compromise.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Mar 11, 2008 12:46:00 PM
V2960 is nice too, but it is specifically the way the bodice is gathered vertically in lieu of darts that appeals to me about the Ike dress. Eirlys
DATE:Mar 11, 2008 3:17:00 PM
You're so right, Theresa! I really summoned up all the begrudgingness at my disposal there. I can't guess how long it took to locate such a deliciously close pattern match. Respect!
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AUTHOR: a side order of style
DATE:Mar 12, 2008 9:11:00 AM
that`d be QUITE the wad of money for that dress, but it`s super cute :) Theresa
DATE:Mar 12, 2008 9:57:00 AM
Eirly's not as long as you would think. ;) I have the image of every vintage reproduction pattern on the market by Simplicity, Butterick and Vogue committed to memory. My experience to far is the simplicity patterns are the easiest.(McCalls doesn't do retro) As soon as I saw the query for a similar dress I immediately thought of the Vogue dress. Then I jsut had to go to the site and re-find it. I have a somewhat obsessive personality.
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AUTHOR: PhantomMinuet
DATE:Mar 13, 2008 3:39:00 PM
I love the paper doll blog. Thanks so much for the link.
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Linktastic Friday No. 3
DATE: 6:27 AM
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Labels: linkylinky
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Jen
DATE:Feb 29, 2008 9:07:00 AM
Who votes for Jane BonBon to be on Project Runway and WIN? I do! I do! karooble
DATE:Feb 29, 2008 9:42:00 AM
Wow! Jane's garments are -gorgeous-. I'll have to save up for some custom versions of some of those dresses, I think. :)
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AUTHOR: Kate
DATE:Feb 29, 2008 10:15:00 AM
I knew you'd love that tape measure lamp! I saw it too and thought of you. Wouldn't it be cool in alternating colors, like stripes?
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DATE:Feb 29, 2008 10:30:00 AM
I think we need to file the skirt with the uterus pocket with the knitted uterus at knitty.com. Chicknits has "the most sarcastic hair" - I think this skirt definitely wins for "most sarcastic pocket."
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AUTHOR: Hoardmeister
DATE:Feb 29, 2008 12:08:00 PM
Dahling, thank you SO much for mentioning the write-up in the Style Section of The New York Times. The old Gray Lady was much improved by my presence, methinks. Although they did airbrush my cleavage and Bucky's, er, ah, little black oboe.
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AUTHOR: rtisan
DATE:Feb 29, 2008 7:27:00 PM
very clever and cool looking lamp!
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AUTHOR: Nancy
DATE:Mar 1, 2008 1:52:00 AM
I love the paper dolls! They look like real people! She has a waist! and hips! and thighs! and boobies! She looks like me! Yay! Meg
DATE:Mar 1, 2008 9:22:00 AM
I'm seriously thankful to you and Cel for that wonderful link. Right up my alley.
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AUTHOR: Sarah
DATE:Mar 1, 2008 3:22:00 PM
I'm really enjoying the Sarah A Gordon book online - thanks!
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AUTHOR: AmandaMay
DATE:Mar 2, 2008 2:43:00 PM
Love that lamp. So cool. In the spirit of linking, you might be interested in seeing the wedding dress my friend is knitting - lorrwill
DATE:Mar 2, 2008 3:25:00 PM
Thank you so much for the Good4Girls link! Keyka
DATE:Mar 2, 2008 10:19:00 PM
That lamp and Jane Bon Bon are both fabulous! The uterus skirt is too funny.
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Mar 3, 2008 1:02:00 AM
Here you go, something to coordinate with the skirt:
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DATE:Feb 22, 2008 8:26:00 AM
There must be something in the air; the Thoughtful Dresser discussed the use of semi-colons yesterday.
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AUTHOR: Canine Diamond
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 9:13:00 AM
I couldn't get the pocket-licious pattern link to work. Marissa
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 9:32:00 AM
Love the semi-colon shirt. I assume you saw this NYT story about semi-colons
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 9:37:00 AM
A brief, grammatical question: why wouldn't the sentence on the semi-colon shirt be divided into two sentences? dory
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 9:47:00 AM
I made some buttons that read Mrs. Mordecai
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 9:48:00 AM
Hooray for semi-colons! Let's all use some today; they are shamefully under-used.
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 10:07:00 AM
Wow. That Invisible Magnet blog is fantastic! I'm not fond of perfume in the slightest (and am among those who never wear it and gag when I smell others wearing it and am thankful that my fella doesn't wear it), but those ladies write a really good argument for it. After reading through it, I'm beginning to feel swayed. Libby
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 10:44:00 AM
Hi Erin,
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 11:49:00 AM
Really like the vintage pattern light switch plates. When in North Dakota, at an antique store (where I got the neatest 50's alligator handbag), they not only had used old patterns but also calendar pictures, note cards, stationery and all kinds of neat paper products to make switch plate covers, Christmas cards (kind of using your idea, Erin, of the pattern people talking to each other), dinner place cards, recipe cards - neat stuff. They also photocopied them onto fabric for use as aprons, hankies, collar corners and other things I don't remember. It was such a nice way of bringing those beautiful designs back into our lives.
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AUTHOR: the_lazymilliner
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:19:00 PM
I like the newspaper-print fabric, but I don't care for the dress; however, the fabric would look astounding in a full-skirt 1950s dress.
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AUTHOR: Heelcandy
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:32:00 PM
The semicolon t-shirt had me laughing up a storm. Great find Erin. =).
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:32:00 PM
Where can I get that fantastic dress shown in the photo?
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AUTHOR: Nancy
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:47:00 PM
I love the idea of perpetual monochromatic dressing. The people featured in the story seem so focused and dedicated. I think it is akin to wearing one perfume for you entire life, or a certain hairdo, or style of clothing.
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:50:00 PM
Anonymous -- click on the image, they're usually links.
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AUTHOR: Nancy
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:52:00 PM
Hehe, I just realized I could use a semicolon in my last comment! I think it would go something like this: Erin
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 12:55:00 PM
Libby, depending on your browser (and if you're not using Firefox, I really recommend that you start) you can do a "Command-click" on any link and it will open in a new tab. Try it and see ...
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DATE:Feb 22, 2008 1:20:00 PM
Either my grandma or my cousin (who's 12 years older than myself) made me a skirt and t-shirt out of a newspaper print jersey when I was about eight or so. It was right smack dab in the middle of the 80s. I loved it because it had splotches of neary flourescent pink on it. I don't recall if it was french print or not. I think I had a few things out of newsprint. I recall that I would occasionally try to read the clothing items but most of the articles were cut off in seams or hems.
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 1:20:00 PM
I've probably been aware of the kilts longer than most people, because there was a guy at the university who was just mad to get one. Boy, he got wierd looks when he wore it to class, but why not? Bettsi McComb
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 1:38:00 PM
First, I love a man in a kilt- sexy, sexy, sexy! Housefrau
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 4:58:00 PM
Not just an Alice in Wonderland reference, but a reference to one of the more delightful, often ignored, bits of the book--Oh, oh! Sandy's Fancy Pants Antiques and Collectibles
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 5:06:00 PM
Fabulous blog and fabulous dress. I cannot believe this was done in the 1980s and on fabric. Wow. Sandy
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AUTHOR: Eve
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 5:26:00 PM
I think it's funny you should link to "Fashion is Spinach" shortly after my daughter mentions its existence on her blog http://spinached.blogspot.com/2008/02/crisis.html Libby
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 6:36:00 PM
Oooo, I do; ooo, it does!
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 6:51:00 PM
Hi, Erin.
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 8:48:00 PM
Thanks for the tip anonymous! A little pricy but beautiful work.
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AUTHOR: Canaan
DATE:Feb 22, 2008 10:35:00 PM
I am a semi-colon lover myself. What a useful piece of punctuation but so under appreciated. Nora
DATE:Feb 23, 2008 10:20:00 AM
Great links! I spent WAY too much time following them around. And I'm with stephanie on the perfume thing - those Invisible Magnet girls do make a compelling argument. Though I solemnly swear if I do start wearing scents to remember LESS IS MORE. Miss Kitty
DATE:Feb 23, 2008 2:19:00 PM
The semicolon shirts are AWESOME! I'm getting one ASAP to wear to my classes. My students are going to learn to use semicolons properly, even if it's the last thing they do.
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AUTHOR: Elle
DATE:Feb 23, 2008 5:08:00 PM
You pocket link led me to another pattern with an interesting pocket treatment: http://cemetarian.com/images/Advance_5638_50.jpg
DATE:Feb 24, 2008 8:43:00 AM
"Spelling" -- cute! Clearly someone has an elementary school-aged kid at home!
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AUTHOR: Lizzie
DATE:Feb 24, 2008 7:45:00 PM
Several years ago I went into my classroom (fifth grade) and all the kids were acting a bit excited, chattery and just plain agitated. Something was up, but I usually just ignored such days, as the cause of the excitement rarely involved me, the teacher. But after an hour or so, and it didn't die down, I finally asked the group what was up. They looked a bit sheepish, but finally admitted that they were very disappointed that I was not wearing blue. I had worn blue very single day of school, but that day I was wearing a brown tweed dress. It was the 97th day of school! I never realized how much blue I was wearing, but obviously everyone else did.
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AUTHOR: jen
DATE:Feb 25, 2008 2:06:00 AM
i'm all about the semi-colon; a dorky thing to say, but true, nevertheless.
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AUTHOR: R.A.Williams
DATE:Feb 26, 2008 12:24:00 AM
it's true. i actually considered a semi-colon in my blog today and decided against it, for the simple fact that i thought others might think it wierd hahaha.
DATE:Feb 26, 2008 1:24:00 PM
Love the idea of wearing one color - I already sort of do that with all shades of blue. But the people profiled were a bit over the top for my style!
DATE:Apr 25, 2010 11:36:00 PM
It's really funny -- the artist Sunny Shultz is my mom, and I was Google-searching her and I'm like, "Wha--? She's on a blog?"
Labels: linkylinky
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: the_lazymilliner
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 9:59:00 AM
Aw right, Laura! It's so nice to see a fellow SewRetro Yahoogroups user get some well-deserved attention.... Christy
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 9:59:00 AM
Oh gravy. How am I going to make time for all these fab links?
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AUTHOR: alilizbeth
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 10:01:00 AM
I **love** the alternate walk-away dress. Having made one of the originals (from the reprinted pattern), I have to say that the one thing I dislike about it is the neckline -- and this new version fixes that with an ultra-cute collar. I love to sew, have never sewn vintage before, but it might be time to start ...
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 10:36:00 AM
I love link linky Friday!
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AUTHOR: Tea
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 10:38:00 AM
Fabric that shows you what the ladies on the pattern envelopes are really thinking: enc
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 11:40:00 AM
Linktastic Fridays sound great to me!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 12:07:00 PM
*gasping* I had that crotch-pocket dress in 1975! I was but 4 years old and my mother made it for me as a back-to-preschool jumper. Navy fabric with yellow-red-green pockets. Crotch pocket or no, it was one of my favorites. Thanks for the link!
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AUTHOR: Lydia
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 12:44:00 PM
Wow, Laura, congratulations for the great coverage! I don't often have hair envy, but wow. Yeah. Gorgeous hair.
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 1:37:00 PM
So, can we get vthe *answers* to the Home-Ec quiz next Friday?
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 1:54:00 PM
Amy G., I had the crotch-pocket dress as a little kid, too! Mine was navy with red yellow and white pockets I think. I was possibly two. I don't remember the dress except from photos, but my mother says I grabbed it off the rack and wouldn't let go. oracle
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 2:14:00 PM
Thumbs up for linktastic Fridays from me!
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AUTHOR: Sandy
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 2:30:00 PM
I love the idea of Linktastic Friday!!
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AUTHOR: colleen
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 3:30:00 PM
Oooh, there's a pattern from Born Too Late wending its way to me as I write. Thanks for the linkage.
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AUTHOR: Vicki
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 3:53:00 PM
Today's post inspired me to take the plunge, buy the wrap dress pattern, and start planning to take up sewing. I hope a real neophyte such as myself can handle it. At least I can use my mom's machine. This is one of my most favorite blogsites.
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AUTHOR: Melissa
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 4:08:00 PM
great idea to let us all in on the links! yay!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 7:00:00 PM
Hi, I've been reading your site for a while now but am now just getting around to commenting. I love your blog and all the great links! Lisa
DATE:Feb 15, 2008 9:00:00 PM
I have a copy of the walkaway dress AND an original ad, too. It's fun to see it put together, being worn by a model.
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AUTHOR: Laura in IA
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 3:24:00 AM
You forget that dresses in the 1970s were about crotch length! That makes the pockets just about right.
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AUTHOR: Meg
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 9:37:00 AM
Many thanks for scheduling a link day!
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AUTHOR: Christina
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 1:51:00 PM
That's so funny, your comment about Mizrahi. My problem with his dresses is that they are too short waisted for me and thus make me look stumpy. I was hoping the move would encourage a longer bodice.
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AUTHOR: Hoardmeister
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 6:42:00 PM
DAHLING - thank you EVER so for the mention of the Specialist Auctions VBOE. Not only have I done quite a bit of shopping myself, I have some marvelous things at my little shop there, Bodaciously Yours Vintage, while I take a short hiatus from (ugh) Ebay. Take a look, vintage lovers, we have dozens of listings!
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AUTHOR: Hoardmeister
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 6:42:00 PM
DAHLING - thank you EVER so for the mention of the Specialist Auctions VBOE. Not only have I done quite a bit of shopping myself, I have some marvelous things at my little shop there, Bodaciously Yours Vintage, while I take a short hiatus from (ugh) Ebay. Take a look, vintage lovers, we have dozens of listings!
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AUTHOR: Hoardmeister
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 6:43:00 PM
Excuse me for repeating myself!
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AUTHOR: lorrwill
DATE:Feb 16, 2008 8:50:00 PM
Why is angry door girl angry that upside down kissing guy is kissing someone else? Not only does she have better taste in clothes, she probably likes to kiss like normal people, too. Good riddance, I say. jennifer
DATE:Feb 17, 2008 12:17:00 AM
fabric and pattern quiz-- Sugardale
DATE:Feb 18, 2008 4:22:00 PM
So a site for really great photos: shorpy.com. Jezebella
DATE:Feb 26, 2008 2:07:00 PM
Okay, so you don't like the crotch pocket, but can you love a UTERUS pocket? Because I'm kind of loving this one: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9073693
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: Spoiled for Choice
DATE: 8:57 AM
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I'm so sorry I didn't post yesterday -- there were some internet-connectivity issues, and then there were some "I have to give a talk downtown" issues (compounded by the snow issues), and then there were the "back from a long weekend" issues. I guess I "have issues." (Except for issues of the magazine, which are the only issues I want to have. THOSE are still at the printer!)
Labels: Anne_Fogarty, art, linkylinky, novelty_prints, pockets, polka_dots, wedding
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Jill B
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 9:41:00 AM
DRAT!! I am loving that Anne Fogarty dress, but I couldn't fit that waist line even if I had nothing but water and rice for a month.
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AUTHOR: julia
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 11:05:00 AM
*Ahem*...I do not believe that pocket is for your keys and cell phone! Looks like a drop box sort of pocket for envelopes and loose bills.
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AUTHOR: Nora
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 12:03:00 PM
Gray with orange and pink polkadots!!!?!?!?! That dress is killing me. But I'm with jill b on the waist line - especially since just looking at that dress makes me want to eat cupcakes with sprinkles on them, out of sheer sprinkly joy.
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AUTHOR: sixties sewer
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 12:04:00 PM
The Fogarty dress....sigh! I don't think I ever had a waist that small, even when I was young. Outstanding!
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 1:15:00 PM
I love the wedding dress, its so simple but still cute and modern. I received a pearl necklace for x-mas and it would fit in perfectly with the dress. I am so happy that you posted this......I have the necklace, need a dress and a future husband!!!! JK
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AUTHOR: enc
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 1:31:00 PM
I feel like the luckiest bloggee (read: reader) in blogdom. That polka-dot dress is divine. And I don't ever use that word.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 2:40:00 PM
Well, that wedding dress would be very useful if you are the sort of person who has the sort of family that gives checks at weddings. Now, I've heard of some customs where the money gets actually pinned to the dress. But this would be so much handier.
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AUTHOR: Kai Jones
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 3:39:00 PM
I thought you'd like the dress. I love the asymmetry of the large, voluminous, decorated pocket against the simple lines and fabric of the rest of the dress. I'd want to wear a huge jeweled bangle on the opposite wrist with no other jewelry, or very simple earrings. And purple or green faille shoes. (Red would be too expected.)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 4:01:00 PM
Since Erin has "issues," I have to share the funny kid story about issues. My nephew gave his son (6 yrs) instructions on how to do something & told him to let him know if he had any issues. Another great nephew responded, "Don't say issues! We don't like issues!" He's only 4 and knows about issues! jeannie crockett
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 5:39:00 PM
I'm pretty certain that is a skunk! But an adorable dress. jeannie crockett
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 5:40:00 PM
And this is the link: lorrwill
DATE:Jan 23, 2008 9:55:00 PM
sigh. The rice and water thing would get me to that waistline. The bust would then be 4 sizes too big. Anna
DATE:Jan 24, 2008 5:46:00 AM
I did a google search for acorn fabric ... check out this Japanese squirrel print that looks A LOT like the one used for the vintage sundress: Canine Diamond
DATE:Jan 24, 2008 8:06:00 AM
Oh. My. God. Jen
DATE:Jan 24, 2008 8:48:00 AM
What a treat! Dresses, dresses, and more dresses! Especially the paper ones, after last night's episode of "Project Runway." Amazing what a creative eye and more time (than the PR competetitors have) can accomplish. real-vintage.com
DATE:Jan 24, 2008 12:03:00 PM
Thanks for the mention on the squirrel dress! Its one of the cutest prints I've ever seen....that etsy one is similar! Strangely, the ones on my dress have yellow eyes....guess its a colorway thing. floribunda
DATE:Jan 27, 2008 10:32:00 AM
the dresses are great, but wow! -- Verbatim! I subscribed to that magazine a million years ago, like in the early 80's, and had totally forgotten about it. thanks for the reminder and the link so I can check it out again.
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AUTHOR: bec
DATE:Jan 29, 2008 9:28:00 PM
The wedding dress...I just found it's twin in my closet this weekend...it's in black, but has the exact same pocket. Anyone have an idea of era or designer? Mine is missing her tag too. http://fisherfolkfarm.blogspot.com/2008/01/if-its-not-houses-its-dresses.html
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AUTHOR: Rebecca
DATE:Jan 30, 2008 10:39:00 AM
and again - great dresses.... the pocket, though --- i'm just not sure what to think about it!
Believe me, I've had a full life. I've been places, and I've done stuff. But there's been gaps. I've never seen a snake. I've never seen a peanut-butter sandwich. I've never seen an airplane. I've been told about them, but I haven't seen them. I've never seen snow. I have trouble even believing in it. As cold as ice cubes, but teeny-weeny and somehow fluffy? And it falls from the sky slowly, like feathers? And piles up like sand dunes, so high you have to shovel it away just so people can walk? I just don't buy it.
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DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:08:00 AM
I'm about a third of the way through my holiday sewing, but heck, it's only Thursday. I had one pattern that didn't have all of the sizes on all of the pieces (that was tricky) and a couple of things that required very creative lay-outs (as my friend Jamie used to say, "I could get a lot more out of a piece of fabric before I learned about grain."). Only two aprons, a corduroy jumper, two pairs flannel pants, a Christmas dress with circular ruffles, a tiny skirt and two sets of PJs to go.
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:23:00 AM
I like the idea of a drabble giving voice to a dress that knows she came from a pattern. Could be very existential. Go for it, Erin! Please? --Karen
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:26:00 AM
I vote for the pattern. It might be interesting to hear what that pattern you posted a couple of days ago(?)thinks. The one with all the notations on the envelope.
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AUTHOR: Viviene
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:34:00 AM
A pattern of course. How about a plus size pattern? :)
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DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:36:00 AM
Oh, a pattern drabble would be a great addition! P.L. Frog
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:37:00 AM
That polka dot dress is fantastic, not for London in December, no, but for the right weather? Oh, my yes.
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 9:44:00 AM
Totally cheating. But I say go for it anyway. Love your blog.
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AUTHOR: Susan W.
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 10:14:00 AM
A pattern would probably use "baby talk," wouldn't it -- since it's a dress in embryo? Girlyshoes
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 10:34:00 AM
I think that a pattern would speak in a very wistful voice: that of the wallflower who just knows, that given the chance, could be the best dancer on the floor...if only someone could see their hidden potential.
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AUTHOR: Charles
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 10:54:00 AM
Here's another vote in favor of a drabble from a pattern. I would envision a voice filled with hopes and dreams ... unless it is a vintage pattern still unused. Then a hint of wistfulness or nostalgia. Never depression, a good pattern could never set into illness of that sort! Lisa Laree
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 11:05:00 AM
Oh! I immediately saw/heard a pattern talking to fabric...but which one was attempting to seduce the other into a union was not clear ;) Maria O
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 11:58:00 AM
While you're at it, wouldn't the McCardell dress recently on eBay, #110204259723 make a fine choice too?
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AUTHOR: Lynn
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 12:14:00 PM
If a dress speaks from real experience, then a pattern would reasonably do so. But then, couldn't a pattern have premonitory dreams? Dreams of a future as a dress? And then, could a pattern have psychotic episodes which stem from belonging to a sewist with a large stash (too many different ways of becoming . . . ?)
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 12:27:00 PM
Pattern drabble? Yes please! Especially if you give voice to the oh-so-superior line drawn ladies wearing the two-dimensional dresses. They have so many issues that they deserve to air their grievances.
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AUTHOR: Zoltar Panaflex
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 2:14:00 PM
If my opinion sways you: I think you should have the freedom to get your inspiration from any source. Write about what moves you - that's what it's all about. Shannon
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 2:56:00 PM
Voice of the pattern! I bet most of the dresses think you can't remember before you were made, but maybe some do--they remember existing just as a drawing on an envelope, cloth on the bolt, and a cloud of notions, all yearning and willing and scheming to come together...I think that could be a cool story.
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DATE:Dec 20, 2007 3:32:00 PM
Voice of the pattern. Kind of like a parent/child or teacher/student relationship (pattern/dress) where the offspring has gone away or is nothing like the pattern thought it might be...for good or bad. That'd be timely also, what with the raised tensions often found at the holiday season!
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AUTHOR: Kate
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 3:52:00 PM
Good luck with the holiday sewing, yay!!
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AUTHOR: Theresa
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 6:44:00 PM
I too was thinking the pattern would be somewhat of a voice form the womb - a voice of what is yet to be.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Dec 20, 2007 7:06:00 PM
As you're the Drabbler, you can set the rules. It could always be in the voice of one of the snooty looking illustrated females on the cover.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Dec 21, 2007 5:12:00 AM
Either way, but a pattern's opinion would be different. :) There's the elegant evening dress that was too complicated to start, the pattern that was wonderful but no one gave her a chance because the cover sketch looked horrid, and the crumbling, elderly one who's passed on her legacy not just with a completed dress, but with a new pattern copied from herself.
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AUTHOR: Lydia
DATE:Dec 21, 2007 9:31:00 AM
Happy sewing! I'm envious. I don't see much sewing in my future at the moment. *sigh*
DATE:Dec 21, 2007 4:08:00 PM
dress/pattern debate?!? Happy sewing!
DATE:Dec 31, 2007 12:27:00 AM
I liked the dress, should look good on a well endowed woman
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----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Becky O.
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 10:24:00 AM
Rostichery has a great blog, thanks! Selvedge
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 10:30:00 AM
Erin, that is why you sew. The chances of me finding a currently advertised dress in my size is infinitesimal. Because I am not one of the industry standard sizes. Sometimes the atractor is the particular fabric, so that leaves the dress undone, and sometimes my grasp is greater than my reach. But based on what you have shown, this you can make. Search for an appropiate fabric.. you may not find the silk of yore, but perhaps a rayon or cotton of today.
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 10:32:00 AM
Unfortunately I have one of those binding feet (doesn't that sound vaguely ancient chinese torture!) and it is NOT easy to operate! It looked so great when the lady in the shop did it, but when I tried it myself at home I just made a big mess. And she did say that it's a bit fiddly to do a complete circle - that is have the binding meet itself. Susan Marie
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 10:51:00 AM
Oh, cruel temptress! I share in your anguish over the beautiful dress. If I could dream up a perfect dress, it might just look like that. Sigh.
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AUTHOR: Claire Wain
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 11:04:00 AM
I'm with xstpenguin - those binding feet are not as easy to use as they look! (I have the slightly scarier-looking one.) I like to bind just about everything, but I hardly ever use my binding foot, as it's just too much of a pain. Same for my ruffler foot - I just make two rows of gathering stitches, and pull!
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 11:38:00 AM
That first video shows a binding foot for a serger (note the instructions to set the machine to chain stitch). The second more scary video shows the exact binding foot that I own (the machine in the video is a Pfaff). Canine Diamond
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 11:53:00 AM
It occurs to me that, since I'm already fairly spatially able, my time might be best spent, after all, learning pattern-drafting. Then I could stop mourning all the patterns I'll never find in my size (why, oh, why did all women in the 1940's have 32-inch busts??) or that I cannot afford. The Mad Tatter
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 12:30:00 PM
The caption below the dress says it all: "For the girl who knows clothes" indeed!
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 12:39:00 PM
Why in heaven's name, after viewing such a beautiful dress and petty lady, do we all walk around in penitient rags and call it 'fashion'? And overpay happily for substandard and even expetremely poor quality; not to mention lack of fabric altogether??? Hollister? Macy's? YUK!!
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 12:40:00 PM
And I have lost the senase of what proofreading can do for a post...
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AUTHOR: Thoughts on Life and Millinery.
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 12:47:00 PM
I remember the dresses in the Modess sanitary napkin ads from the 1960.
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 1:13:00 PM
Um, that bodice looks quite a bit like the bodice of the Clair McCardell dress pattern featured as one of the first posts on this blog. The skirt is different. The only difference in the bodice I can see is that this pattern has some little pleats at the shoulder, and the Clair McCardell pattern didn't. Joni
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 2:36:00 PM
Love the shirred midriff band and the coy expression of the model. She's definitely "a girl who knows clothes" and one can't help but wonder if she knows something else as well.
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DATE:Sep 21, 2007 3:14:00 PM
Gotta love R&K before they went cheap and flimsy. "For the girl who knows clothes" was their slogan. I'd love to see a close-up on that model's makeup. It's exquisite.
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AUTHOR: Karen
DATE:Sep 21, 2007 3:20:00 PM
That bodice is to die for. I am so in love with that design of fitting the bust from the shoulders, though I haven't had a success on that yet. Bought two vintage dresses on ebay like that, both looked awful on me for various reasons (one might get de-and re-constructed), and I haven't found the right pattern to attempt it. Some day...
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DATE:Sep 21, 2007 3:40:00 PM
I have a distinctive green box – well, two actually – of vintage Singer presser feet, buried beneath a fabric stash. Gail
DATE:Sep 22, 2007 8:06:00 AM
That lovely dress is the essence of feminine dressing. Who decided we shouldn't dress in that lovely manner? Think how much skinnier many of us would be if we had had to maintain waistlines instead of being able to cop-out under shapelesss sacks! As a large lady who has been losing weight, I'm happy to say that after 35# gone, I can now see a waistline and the one fitted skirt I own will stay on my waistline instead of up under my boobs. Perhaps soon I too can wear a lovely vintage style dress that I admire so well. In the meantime I am working on learning how to adjust my patterns for better fit and discussing with hubby (who has a good eye for these things) which patterns will look better on me. jenny
DATE:Sep 22, 2007 10:13:00 AM
Well, I know what look my next quest in vintage patterns will be...
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AUTHOR: Bettsi McComb
DATE:Sep 22, 2007 1:15:00 PM
Exquisitely painful is exactly the term I would use. I see an image like that and it just squeezes my heart somewhere. This is how women should look. What happened to us? Where's my midriff? Why don't we have dresses like this anymore? Thank you for bringing these images back into the light!
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AUTHOR: Joni
DATE:Sep 22, 2007 3:12:00 PM
Adrienne, I think "theboobs" is a perfectly legitimate word. Perhaps our dictionary editor can back me up on this one... ;-)
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DATE:Sep 22, 2007 9:21:00 PM
HAHAHAHA!!!!
DATE:Sep 23, 2007 10:53:00 AM
R&K had a store on Broadway here in new york until the late 1980's.( perhaps a bit later) The clothing was so awful,it used to stop us in our stracks as we walked past the store. We simply called it "The Ugly Clothes Store". It is nice to see that they had a more elegant past.
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AUTHOR: a happier girl
DATE:Sep 24, 2007 4:03:00 PM
I love how very Grace Kelly it is. Simple but elegant.
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DATE:Sep 28, 2007 7:30:00 AM
This looks like a Vermeer painting. SO classic and beautiful.
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AUTHOR: Erin
TITLE: A pitiful excuse for a post
DATE: 10:15 AM
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Just links today, no Actual Content. Expect Actual Content to resume next week. I've had what looks to be a hard-drive failure (and of course I do backups on Fridays, so I've lost a week of Very Hard Work, including a new "Secret Lives" ...). Any of you who have intercessory powers with the spirits of computing, would you use them to plead for me? Luckily I have backup computers all over the house (that's only a slight exaggeration) so I am not cut off from the Internet ... Labels: linkylinky
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DATE:Sep 7, 2007 8:00:00 AM
i posted a link to a pic of this bag a week or so ago- k.
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 8:33:00 AM
The TED talk was great! Got me all fired up; now I don't want to get back to work editing this (paper) dictionary. goosefairy
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 9:02:00 AM
Ack. I tracked down a picture of the bag. Looks like Vuitton barfed all the bags into a pile and they stuck. It's awful.
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 9:08:00 AM
That was a great presentation! It has inspired me to continue to make up words and not apologize a lick. I am also going to create very ugly purses and sell them for exorbitant amounts of money. Apparently, all you have to do is tell people they can't buy one and they rush for their wallets. I'll make it out of corduroy so I can say it's vintage-inspired.
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AUTHOR: Lisa
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 9:20:00 AM
Erin, loved your talk at TED. It was entertaining and eye-opening at the same time. Lisa
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 9:21:00 AM
Oh, and about the purse problem. Why not just make your own? Check out the one I just made on my blog.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 9:57:00 AM
I loved the TED talk. And I agree with monkeygrrl -- I'm going to unabashedly make up words (or rather, make words work for me) just like always. Thanks for sharing!
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AUTHOR: Tea
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:02:00 AM
I liked Lisa's Fashion 101 -- very funny -- but I have to disagree about the long skirts. They look horrible on people, like me, who have larger hips than anything else. Knee length, A-line works best for a pear build because the rest of the normal-sized leg shows, proving that it isn't *all* chunk, all the way down.
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:04:00 AM
http://www.purseblog.com/brands/louis-vuitton/louis-vuitton-tribute-patchwork-bag/
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:23:00 AM
Shall we offer on your behalf some of the famous Computer Error Haikus?
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:23:00 AM
Loved the Fashion 101. I'm thinking of printing it and posting in the women's room at work. If I see someone dressing like a character in an Austin Powers movie one more time, I'm going to scream.
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AUTHOR: raven
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:43:00 AM
That bag. Wow. It looks like a second grade home ec project. Don't get me wrong, I like patchwork, I like patches, but that is scary.
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 10:57:00 AM
Loved the TED talk, Erin! Though I admit there are still abominations out there I can't abide, such as "irregardless" (aaaaargh!), and "impact" used as a verb. I know the pan is big, but it ain't big enough for those! (And thanks for the fashion plug.) Valerie
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 11:37:00 AM
I stumbled over your TED link last week and immediately told a half-dozen people about it. You did a great job -- intelligent, pertinent and very witty!
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AUTHOR: Jonquil
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 11:40:00 AM
6. Go Easy On Ethnic Dress. Dressing in a bright little folkloric vest from Provence will not make you look like you’ve just been to the most beautiful region of France.
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 12:02:00 PM
Wonderfully entertaining and informative talk, Erin..kudos! The dimensionality (did I just invent that word? )has always been missing from "paper" dictionaries...perhaps we need human dictionaries..speaking definers of words. Remember Farhrenheit 451? Books committed to memory because they couldn't be printed on a page. I would never want to live in a world without books, but what a difference between spoken and written language. The inflections, tone, all nuances that can't be printed.
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 12:43:00 PM
The TED presentation was great! India
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 12:49:00 PM
1. Have you tried putting the hard drive in the freezer? Sara
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 12:51:00 PM
Erin, Can I be you? You're so dang cool. Thanks for sharing your coolness (whether dresses or dictionaries) with us. Sara
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AUTHOR: Gail
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 4:57:00 PM
Thanks for the link to the bag--horribilities!!!! The first 2 pictures were bad enough and then showing it on a woman's arm and seeing how monster sized it is--yuck. Those purses will snag and grab at everything. I wonder how many expensive outfits will be ruined by these purses.
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AUTHOR: Tracy
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 5:00:00 PM
Thanx for the link to your TED talk! Your enthusiasm is infectious. I shall continue to boldly use my made up words, although the real reason I make up words is because my vocabulary is somewhat limited. :-)
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AUTHOR: Kate
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 7:17:00 PM
Yech! What an UGLY bag! Isn't it funny how the luxury goods industry has created a problem for themselves by overselling so-called luxury items? Greedy, I guess. Guess we home sewing non-ultrarich have the edge since the only truly exclusive item is a custom made one. Ha Ha Ha! Steff
DATE:Sep 7, 2007 11:06:00 PM
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AUTHOR: Kate
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 1:22:00 AM
Erin, Finally got to watch your TED talk and it was delightful! You are incandescent and an inspiring speaker. Love knowing about TED too. Isabella
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 2:23:00 AM
That was a wonderful talk! As a person who works with dictionaries every day, I can't thank you enough for all your work in "spreading the word".
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 12:46:00 PM
on the LV bag for that much money it should turn into an emergency shleter or have Mary Poppin Bag qualities.
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AUTHOR: Kristine
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 4:38:00 PM
TED talk was wonderful and witty. But more importantly, what pattern did you use for the Duro dress? Loved the shoes too, I admire anyone who can wear ankle strap shoes. I have "cankles" and, sadly, can't do ankle straps. Andrea
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 4:58:00 PM
Okay, I seriously doubt that the "anonymous buyer" in the Washington area will be able to remain anonymous for all that long carrying such an attention whore of a handbag around. But perhaps he or she will simply build a shrine to it and hide it away at home. Or maybe it was more of a humanitarian act to remove it from circulation?
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AUTHOR: amelie
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 5:17:00 PM
that was a very saronsifying video! it certainly gave me a taste of lexicography, unused words, and your charming wit; let me just say that you are positively delightful. ^_^
DATE:Sep 8, 2007 7:31:00 PM
OK, so I ama geek too and I watcher the whole thing (and I REALLY HATE watching videos online!)....You rock! I loved that words you used, and really want to go and read a dictionary now!
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DATE:Sep 9, 2007 10:42:00 AM
WOW!THAT was an amazing talk-and could you please tell me what sinicdocally means?????And also, I have about three yards of very thick dark grey velvet and I want to make a dress-have any good ideas??
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AUTHOR:
DATE:Sep 9, 2007 10:42:00 AM
WOW!THAT was an amazing talk-and could you please tell me what sinicdocally means?????And also, I have about three yards of very thick dark grey velvet and I want to make a dress-have any good ideas??
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AUTHOR: AmandaMay
DATE:Sep 9, 2007 5:48:00 PM
The little dress paintings are wonderful! You should check out the ball gowns being created here for a "bloglandia ball"! eb and friends are making some beautiful paper dresses.
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AUTHOR: theredvelvetshoe
DATE:Sep 9, 2007 9:10:00 PM
Ok, I just clicked on the link to your speech at TED and I am so excited to hear it that I had to stop it to come here and say a big THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING THE AMAZING DICTIONARY!!! I have one on every floor of our home and keep a pencil beside each one so I can check off a word when I have finished committing(sp?how ironic I am too tired to check) it to memory. . .I still keep a "Running Dictionary" which my Linguistics teacher started in 9th grade . . .I just love that there are people dedicated to preserving the written word and the English Language. . .and by the way I just loved your dress!!!!!!Which I guess is why you linked your speech to A DRESS A DAY??
DATE:Sep 11, 2007 2:39:00 AM
Hi erin, thank you for this wonderful website.
