More Vintage

I made the center one in 1996, I still have the pattern; funny thing is, the one I made is on the right on my pattern envelope.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/124424130/misses-two-piece-dress-pattern-womens?ref=shop_home_active

http://www.etsy.com/listing/150034462/easy-to-sew-dress-long-knee-short-mini?ref=shop_home_active

I still have this one (or one very much like it--I think there's more detail on the back) , made myself one, Mum latched onto it and I made her another, in lavender cambric--both went in Katrina.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/118580694/misses-easy-to-sew-big-shirt-shirt-tail?ref=shop_home_active

I have a whole lot of these 50s and 60s patterns, but they belonged to my grandmother.  Some years ago I got rid of a boatload of patterns...almost wish I hadn't, but glad I did.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/150744606/vintage-butterick-4174-sewing-pattern?ref=shop_home_active

And the long version of this...was my Nebraska Centennial dress in a blue calico. Mum made prairie sunbonnet to go with it. (watch out, for some reason this site takes forever to load)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/153353724/1960s-empire-waist-dress-pattern?ref=shop_home_active

I made a short one and a long one of this pattern. Somewhere...there are pictures...


I made the one on the right for this one.

Just to bore you...there'll be more...this is fun. LOL

Slice of nostalgia

You know those vintage pattern sites?  Well, here are some patterns I actually had and made things from:

http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/112150

http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/98494

http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/105643

Something like this...if not this very one. http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/108106

I've seen more out on vintage sites.  Funny thing is...none of that was hippie or boho or killer...it was just what we wore.

Might be temporary....

I just did a very freeing thing. I deactivated my Facebook account. Sometime ago, I basically stopped watching the news, it riled me up, made me worry about things over which I have no control, and generally put me in a bad mood. Well, lately, Facebook has been doing the same thing.  And, you know, why should my entire life be on FB? I don't need to know how many migraines someone has, or what they had for dinner, and in some case, I really don't want to know that someone whom I've known and admired for a long time is a raving right-wing loony.

I might go back at some point, might not, and I'll miss certain things...maybe...