tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73932774163401279772024-02-20T22:18:16.800-05:00A Series of (Unfortunate) Vintage Sewing AttemptsBrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-60019305484582341752015-01-25T11:10:00.001-05:002015-01-25T15:10:01.759-05:00Stuck on pantsI've been debating on posting this for a while. I thought that it might just go away and I'd feel weird letting it out there, but it hasn't and I don't know when it will, so I'm posting.<div><br></div><div>My father recently passed away after an 18 month battle with pancreatic cancer. </div><div><br></div><div>I have gained quite a bit of weight this past year so I no longer fit into any of my vintage clothes. Beyond that I am just not interested in wearing skirts and dresses right now. I don't know why. I know that skirts with wool tights are much warmer than pants, but I am just not feeling skirts.</div><div><br></div><div>This left me with a single pair of jeans which were not in good shape, so I did it. I'm not proud of that moment, but I caved and bought a pair of jeans from Walmart. They fit really well and I like the look of them. Though, I feel ashamed because I want to purchase ethically made clothing whenever I do buy clothes. The only problem is that I need to try on clothes before I know what size to get. So any suggestions on a physical store that sells ethically made jeans at reasonable prices. I prefer American made if possible.</div><div><br></div><div>I am thinking of making a pair of vintage pants and seeing if I would feel comfortable wearing them. I have two patterns to consider </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oNKOQXhHcZ_TiO55DVge1GKqFB0mPXsd6YuSPR_FkFup41FLvQ1soBfWwA7z5W9JE4nOSIIHaswuF9ejoPB3KGZKRt0xCxMlyvR76pymgQB15VVMnoynMhZUjFAsVllDv8sHyPI48cI/s640/blogger-image-51007418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oNKOQXhHcZ_TiO55DVge1GKqFB0mPXsd6YuSPR_FkFup41FLvQ1soBfWwA7z5W9JE4nOSIIHaswuF9ejoPB3KGZKRt0xCxMlyvR76pymgQB15VVMnoynMhZUjFAsVllDv8sHyPI48cI/s640/blogger-image-51007418.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oNKOQXhHcZ_TiO55DVge1GKqFB0mPXsd6YuSPR_FkFup41FLvQ1soBfWwA7z5W9JE4nOSIIHaswuF9ejoPB3KGZKRt0xCxMlyvR76pymgQB15VVMnoynMhZUjFAsVllDv8sHyPI48cI/s640/blogger-image-51007418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3Dj-ARzW-4sbDZuVXJ1OsRg8angdepxLCa2FoL-Ci2wzCl6HF1K9GzI0Xczw2iuz0RXWQypKFwn4V9AjSCXn7BJldwp4hwM7X3hR8gdYz6y7D5r890nDRo_J6XIFd0Fwx_1zJwHTMGc/s640/blogger-image-1111313795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3Dj-ARzW-4sbDZuVXJ1OsRg8angdepxLCa2FoL-Ci2wzCl6HF1K9GzI0Xczw2iuz0RXWQypKFwn4V9AjSCXn7BJldwp4hwM7X3hR8gdYz6y7D5r890nDRo_J6XIFd0Fwx_1zJwHTMGc/s640/blogger-image-1111313795.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any experience with either of these patterns? I have never seen pants before. What about fabrics? I love wool but have never sewn with it and do not know which types are good for winter pants. I know I want something fairly heavy weight.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been training for two pancreatic cancer events, a 5k and a triathlon. I do not have much free time for exercise, so I have been doing this during lunch. Which means showering and wet hair at lunch. Hair is the main part of my vintage look and I do not generally have time to even dry it before heading back to work after doing two sport workouts. So does anyone have any wet hairstyles they can recommend. I have been sticking with the ponytail sadly.</div><div><br></div><div>Also any vintage inspired workout gear would be great. I made a Pinterest board for workout clothes, but haven't found anything really practical</div><div><br></div>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-86763571425143960882014-09-19T13:17:00.000-04:002014-09-19T13:17:44.419-04:00Wardrobe Needs Break DownI thought that since I am not getting too much down in the sewing department, that I need to maximize my efforts by looking at the things that get worn the most. That way I would be wearing clothes I was happy with more often.<br />
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So, The three categories that stand out are work, sleeping and lounging at home (not necessarily just lounging though, cooking dinner, doing homework with kids, sewing, etc. is all lumped in that).</div>
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Finding this out, I started a new board on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">Pinterest</a> for <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/loungewear/">loungewear</a>. I have been pinning things that I think would be comfortable and practical for me to wear on the couch watching tv (with my legs up - no skirts) with hubby as well as playing board games and doing homework with the kids. Most of them are suppose to be PJs, but I am planning on going a different direction with that.</div>
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So the plan is for a top to use the<a href="http://veravenus.com/diy-things-to-make-tutorials-patterns/"> free Vera Venus pattern</a> that I have been wanting to do for so long. Luckily it is already in my size.<br />
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I will also need a matching pant. Here are two free options that I found:</div>
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But why am I telling you all this? Because not only did I get extra time around the house to clean, I also was able to sew! Unbelievable right? I spent approximately an hour a day while the kids were having quiet time in their beds (formally nap time, we let them read in their beds to give the youngest time to be able to nap and not feel pressured by the older kids). </div>
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For this project I chose to do a shirtwaist dress with my simplicity 1880 pattern. </div>
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I decided that I was going to get this right. I was very deliberate and careful. Did this mean I didn't make any mistakes? Absolutely not. It just meant that I made fewer and when I did, I carefully unpicked them and redid it.</div>
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I did sew in interfacing this time because of the issues I have had with iron on in the past. It did really well, but I think it was really a bit too heavy ( they only had one type of sew in at Walmart). The fabric turned out heavier than I expected. This will be a good fall dress when paired with a cardigan.</div>
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This project cost less than $15 for fabric, interfacing, zipper, & lace hem tape. I already had the pattern, buttons, thread, and freezer paper (which I used to trace the pattern).</div>
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I am considering doing a matching belt. The pattern comes with a sash style belt. Which do you think would look nicer or do you like it belt-less?<br />
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Also, I had wanted to put on rounded shirted patch pockets. However, when I mentioned it to my husband, he said that it would dress it down (too much to wear it to church). My mother in law went on to say it would look like a house dress. Not that there is anything wrong with house dresses I love them, but I am not at the point of making them because I don't have that much to wear outside of the house yet.<br />
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I am trying to determine if I want to add the pockets and only wear it to the store or possibly to work if I wear a company logo cardigan over it. The only problem is that I do not have much to wear to church which is almost the only place I go outside of my home, work, and the store.</div>
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Oh and I almost forgot. A few things that I am proud of..<br />
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My button holes. My sewing machine does not have a special buttonhole stitch or anything, but it did have directions in the manual on how to use the zigzag stitch to create buttonholes and I think they look pretty dag on good :)<br />
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My invisible zipper. While it is not 100% it is so much better than my last attempt. I think it looks great.<br />
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I have a few vintage suitcases and thought I could easily do this. What I didn't consider is that all of my suitcases are not square. They are thinner on the handle side than the base side so when you stack them they lean. I turned one around backwards to help some, but I could not stack the last round one under the top and have it be able to be open. So it is set to the side. It is the one housing all my patterns. I have each of the other cases filled with my fabric stash, yarn stash, sewing whatnots, etc.</div>
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I have the kids sewing stuff pushed up against mine, so that looks a little messy. I am okay with that though because it is still accessible to them and doesn't look too bad. The knitting basket in front has the stuff that I am currently working on so that it is easy to reach when I do have a few minutes to spare. </div>
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-73950633259130104422014-06-18T09:09:00.002-04:002014-06-18T09:11:17.968-04:00Uninspired for summerI have been a bit uninspired lately.<br />
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I like warm weather and love sundresses<br />
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<a href="http://star-spangledheart.blogspot.com/">The girl with a star-spangled heart</a> is doing a playsuit sew-a-long and I got a pattern and bought fabric. Then before I even cut the fabric, I remembered that I do not get the chance to wear playsuits very often. Occasionally on Saturdays I leave the house and go out. But I spend a lot of time in the summer in the woods with my family and though playsuits are cute, I worry about getting them too dirty.<br />
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Dresses are great for church on Sundays and I do plan on making some really soon, I have fabric and patterns picked out for that.<br />
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The problem is five days of the week I am at work. At work I have to wear a company shirt and am not allowed to wear shorts. <br />
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I do pretty good in the cooler months because I love to layer with cardigans, stockings/tights, over the knee socks, scarves, & accessories. In the summer it is just way too hot to layer.<br />
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So that leaves me with only the option os skirts and capris. Not only that, but the company logo shirts come in really bold colors that I really do not know what to do with besides black/dark grey which I am really bored with.<br />
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I am just struggling trying to figure out what to make in order to go with my company shirts.<br />
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So this is where you come in.... Can you help?<br />
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Here are some that I struggle with: (the colors are much brighter than the pictures show)<br />
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These ones are not as bright, but I still haven't worked out what they will go with:</div>
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-5366557485455104552014-02-18T12:05:00.000-05:002014-02-18T12:05:36.046-05:00Winter wrap up and planning for spring<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still alive. Things have been kind of odd as of late. I have been trying to prioritize things in my life and make lasting changes. I have not however figured out how to fit everything in. I am not talking about being one of those supermoms who make their children's bento lunches every morning in cute shapes and love notes with fresh veggies from the garden, keeping the house immaculate, going to all school and church events, making the children's clothes (before they grow out of them - I did make one of my daughter's a dress during this last hiatus), etc. I am not that delusional, but I would like to figure out how to fit in working out and having a little me time (to sew/knit/read/blog) and a little more cleaning time into my schedule without turning to sleep deprivation. But enough of why it has been so long (since this is an ongoing problem with me, I will try not to post any more about it unless a miracle happens and I get a solution of sorts).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, my fall/winter sewing plan did not go that well. I did however buy a couple of things so that I am able to make it through fall and winter and be able to wear vintage the whole time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall and winter have always been my vintage wardrobe's strong suit because I love layering and skirts are perfect for cold weather because you can have wool leggings with over the knee socks and not look bulky, if you put long johns under your pants, you will be warm, but will be either bulky or feel constricted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - I do not have many warm dresses that fit (and by that I mean none<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">2 - A vast majority of my skirts are grey. I did buy one dark wine colored wool skirt (that is now my favorite), but I was in a hurry washing and ruined another skirt (last year's favorite) on accident because the wine color bled really bad! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">3 - I need more sweaters. I have two nice heavy cardigans that I love and two sweaters. That is not enough for outside of work wear (that is plenty for working because I have to wear company logo shirts)</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">4 - All of my heavy tights (or all of my tights period) are either black or grey (but I do have several textures/patterns) which is good because they match everything, but might want to add a little color.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">So I will need to deal with that before next late fall/winter. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I traced and cut out the pattern for the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Colette Peony dress, but that is as far as it made it sadly. I am not sure that I will get around to making that before spring or not, because since I have been wearing my warmest winter clothes so much this winter, many of them are in need of repairs. Nothing too huge, 1 zipper, 1 ripped lining, 2 needing dyed, and several buttons need sewn back on. So I am planning on working on those before they get packed away so I do not have to worry about that to start next fall (and so that I can wear them until spring decides to show up). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">All I have planned for the rest of winter is to repair those items and look forward to spring. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I am planning a lot and know that I will not get around to making it all, but it is something for me to think about and have a direction for my wardrobe to go and I think that is important. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I have decided is that I should stick to patterns I own and free patterns, that way I will not feel bad about buying patterns and not getting around to using them. I also want to use my fabric stash to start with. I have some decent stuff in there, not really high quality, but I do not think I am really ready for high quality anyway, I will get there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">So here is the plan so far....</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">1. Skirt. I may not fit into many of the skirts I had from last year, so this is probably going to be top priority. I am thinking at least one fitted skirt and a couple of flowy ones. Plus I put away my circle skirt without re-hemming so I have that to look forward too LOL. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I have a couple of fabrics in my stash that are only a yard long, if I can test and make sure I can do a pencil skirt in 1 yard, I will have to decide between these fabrics...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I don't think I have any fabric in my stash for a circle skirt or even a aline though. I have tons of aline skirt patterns, but I will make sure to make one with a waist band. I hate where they decided to get rid of them in the 60s, I have several 60s skirts that I do not feel comfortable in because the lack of a waistband. I don't know what it is but a waistband makes me feel more secure and makes me feel that my figure looks better.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">But I will need some more. The afternoon tea top from last year was out of terrible fabric and it did not make it sadly. Here are some of my choices for blouse patterns.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">As you see I am big on sleeveless. It just is so much more comfortable for me, plus no sewing the sleeves hehe. I would like to do a white eyelet like <a href="http://ragbagsandgladrags.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/second-sorbetto.html">Claire did here</a>, but only making it button down instead of pull over. That would match everything! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">3. Pants. I would love to have at least one pair of pants/capris that were flattering. <a href="http://www.fintage.net/blogi/page/5/">These</a> are adorable. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"> I have quite a few pants patterns, but this one looks promising. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">4. Dresses - The shirt waist dress I made is my favorite summer thing. It is light weight and very versatile because I can wear it by itself, with a cardigan, or with a circle skirt over it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">However, that is the only dress I wear in summer. I would love a collection of summer dresses, but I think that two more are necessary</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I am thinking of using the blue and white searsucker that I have in my stash and <a href="http://elegantmusings.com/2011/07/50s-dress-tutorial-pt-1/">Casey's tutorial</a> where she made this beauty..</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"> The second, if I get around to it (after the other things) would use a sheet set that I have in my fabric stash and I might treat myself to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/122865672/repro-vintage-mail-order-4596-pattern">this pattern</a> unless I find something in my pattern hoard that I have forgotten about (Planning on organizing that soon too, many another post).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">So, that is what I would love to do. I hope to get at least a few things done and show them to you. Wish me luck :)</span></span></span><br />
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I don't normally post on my blog about other bloggers giveaways because I don't write on my blog often and I do not want it to turn into a list of giveaways. But I do post frequently about giveaways on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageAttempt?ref=hl">facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/vintageattempt">twitter</a>. The reason I am posting about this one is because she asked an interesting question... What ten items inspire your vintage journey. I thought the question was a good one and I would like to see what other people have to say about it and it has been a whole since I posted, so I thought why not? So here it is.<br />
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1. Bloggers. If you read my blog, it will probably not surprise you to know that I am a working mother (of 3 young kids). I do not get out much (well besides work), so I do not get time to spend with adults very often and hardly any (if any) that have similar interests as me. This is where the blog world comes in. I read a ton of blogs. It is slightly sad, but it makes me feel like there is someone out there that I can talk to. I can ask about a sewing issue that I have had problems with or opinions on shortening a vintage skirt. I can see what other people are wearing, where they are finding things, and how they are making/altering things. My vintage journey was only and idea/dream until I found the vintage and sewing bloggerverse. Now it has become a reality. You have really inspired me.<br />
As I said I follow a ton of blogs, but I wanted to give a few a shout out (I am sorry that I can not post all of them, but it would really take a whole post).<br />
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They might not all have the exact same aesthetic as me, but they all seem so authentic to who they are and I really love that. BTW, Jessica from Chronically Vintage wrote a <a href="http://www.chronicallyvintage.com/2013/11/i-am-authentic-to-my-soul.html">great post</a> on that the other day and you should check it out too. </div>
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Ok, that was 10 am I done yet? Oh it wasn't suppose to be 10 bloggers, hm.....</div>
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2. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/VintageAttempt">Pinterest</a> - If you have checked out <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/VintageAttempt">my pinterest</a>, you have probably seen that I am really inspired by things posted there. At the time of this posting I have 151 Boards and 6879 pins LOL. Now not all of them are vintage (luckily you can follow someone and unfollow boards, you don't care for like my kids learning techniques), but a vast number of them are. There is just so much there and it is so easy. I check it out in spare moments that I do not have enough time to go somewhere, do something, or even talk to someone. I just look on my phone while waiting in line, while heating something in the microwave, etc. </div>
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Well, that's it. Bloggers and Pinterest those are my two links to the outside world. I was suppose to have 10? Well, I guess I will have to dig into those categories some then...</div>
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3. Actual vintage clothing. Looking at styles, details, colors, it all inspires me. So hard to only pick a few images (and I didn't want to spend too much time). These can all be found on my pinterest boards along with so so so much more.</div>
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3. Vintage Catalogs/Magazines ( again all images for the rest of the post are from my pinterest, go there to find original links ..sorry)</div>
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5. Vintage photos non- celebrity (please excuse if I accidentally got a celebrity shot unknowingly)</div>
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7. Vintage blogger outfits (and other modern ladies wearing vintage). I posted some of my favorites in number 1 with some of my favorite bloggers, but here is a few more...<br />
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8. Vintage inspired sewing creations by talented bloggers and others (I'll try to expand beyond the bloggers already listed in #1)<br />
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9. Movies/ tv shows (modern and vintage)<br />
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10. lastly vintage inspired Sewing patterns and ready to wear (not as proud of this one, but its true)</div>
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So there you have it 10 things that inspire me in my vintage journey. That was an extremely picture heavy post. Hope you don't mind. So, what inspires you?</div>
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I didn't iron it before taking photos, which is always a good idea. I also didn't prep the area where I was taking photos, another great idea. Oh well.<br />
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Ignore the boxes all over the floor of my closet (I am still working on switching summer/fall clothes, the weather is just messing with me and we need both sweaters and shorts).</div>
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I used Simplicity 1880 which I made my yellow shirt waist dress from earlier this year using <a href="http://www.afashionablestitch.com/2012/sewalongs/the-shirt-wrap-dress-sewalong/">A Fashionable Stitch's sew along</a>.</div>
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I used a blue/white cotton seersucker I picked up on sale at Joann's. Yea, not too fall like huh? I didn't think of that at the time obviously.</div>
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I thought things were going to go great with this project since, I had already made it before. So I decided to step up my game and play with my seam finishing. I did bias bound seams which I think look great.</div>
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The only problem is since I bias bound all of my seams before realizing there were some really big issues with my dress, I didn't want to unpick them to fix the problems. So I decided that this is going to be my first housedress (I did wear it out once, just because I was so happy to have finished it).</div>
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Anyway, I might as well show you what I messed up. I have no excuses for any of these mistakes, I guess I was just hurried or distracted with the kids or who knows..</div>
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First off I used the pattern's button guide instead of as directed in the sew along. I don't know what I was thinking! So there is no button in between my bust, which makes it pull slightly (The dressform is not set to my size in the pictures so this looks loose, but it is actually quite fitted). This wouldn't be such a big deal if I had not made my dress out of seersucker where it has these tiny stripes and you can see it bow out slightly between the top two buttons.</div>
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Also, I aligned the center of the skirt with the button placket instead of the center line of the buttons, Oops. </div>
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Then there are the sleeves. I didn't have sleeves in the yellow dress or anything else I have ever made, so this was a first for me. I thought I was doing good sewing them all together and I looked at each one and they looked "okay". The first one was a bit poofier a the top (which I liked better), but no big deal right?</div>
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I set them on top of each other to compare, they are exactly the same size, the holes that they are in are the same size. So why on earth does the one look so much bigger? I took it out and tried again, and it is just a fail. </div>
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Once I decided that I went ahead and added the pocket, because how could I clean without a pocket. Well wearing an apron with a pocket would have worked, but I didn't think of that. Must make an apron now.</div>
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I know, I know ladies did clean in dresses. I just don't feel right wearing them even with an apron. the apron just doesn't feel like it will protect my dress and I am doing some pretty heavy cleaning at times. I have had the idea to wear some of my me-made clothes that were muslins or clothes that had gotten stained or such that I didn't feel are nice enough to wear out. Though, I have ended up wearing my shirtdress muslin out, I can't help it. I am so proud of it (even with the mistakes) and it is so comfortable! And my other muslins were messed up and I didn't end up sewing them up into anything even wearable around the house. They just got cut up into something else. I think it is still a plan though once I start making and getting more clothes.<br />
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As for lounging I would prefer some looser fitting clothes and possibly pants because I like to lay on the couch and sometimes I end up unbuttoning the top of my skirts because I am twisted a little odd and they get tight.<br />
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I do not like changing clothes a bunch when I get home (and having to wash so many things), so if I had comfortable cleaning clothes or night clothes that were comfortable and not too revealing, I would probably lounge in them. So that is a possible solution. once I have some cleaning/night clothes, I will have to test it out and see how I feel about it to see if I need something else.<br />
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That leaves exercise clothes. I like to exercise. I have really enjoyed p90x as well as some other home workout programs, but I also like mountain biking, hiking, etc. I have tried running. I wasn't good at it, but I want to be. One of the things that I don't like about exercising is that I don't feel comfortable in the clothes. For my home workout videos and running, I normally wear yoga pants and athletic top with a built in bra. I do like the material of these clothes, they feel more cottony than the moisture wicking clothes I have seen on the market. But, I don't really like them. They are cling to all of my "problem areas" and I just feel self conscious in them and I don't like that. Mountain biking clothes are even worse, I like the padding because it makes the ride more comfortable, but it feels funny to walk in when not riding, let alone what it looks like LOL. I do like the pockets in the bike shirts because I love pockets. I am okay with my modern hiking clothes for now, they are comfortable and don't make me feel bad. They don't fit my style 100%, but I am okay with that.<br />
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I have been thinking about it for a while, trying to come up with outfits that I think I would feel better working out in. I created a <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/workout-clothing-ideas/">board on Pinterest</a> and asked a few other people online, without any real solutions. Though I think I had a break through the other day. <br />
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While I was on ebay, I ran across a vintage tennis dress. It was so cute. It was white which is great because sweat stain removal methods will not mess up the color. It had little bloomers, so that you don't have to worry about how short it is. Actually, I am not really certain I will feel comfortable in little bloomers, I might need to make some more shorts like bloomers, I will have to test out and see.<br />
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I have looked though my patterns and am thinking about making one for working out in. <br />
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Something I am not sure about though, what fabric do you think it should be made out of? I don't think it should be made out of light weight cotton like my shirtwaist dress because, not only would it make it look more like a dress, but you would be able to see through it more if it got wet. I am thinking something more absorbent, but I am not sure what. <br />
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What are your favorite workout, lounging, and cleaning clothes?Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-14698951978888831922013-08-07T10:55:00.003-04:002013-08-07T10:55:53.582-04:00How do you feel about wearing cliche prints/styles?So, I have been slacking with blogging (as always). If you missed the first post, I will go ahead and tell you again, that it is not in my plan right now to keep up with the blog and post several times a week or anything like that. However, I would like to be posting more.<br />
I have been hung up because I want to post about the projects that I have been sewing, and I haven't been sewing much and what I have sewn, I don't have good pictures of. I am just not a good photographer. :(<br />
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So, this post if just a question post. How do you feel about wearing cliche (overused, expected, etc) rockabilly, pinup, etc. outfits?<br />
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I love vintage and vintage inspired clothing, however, certain prints and styles seem very cliche to me. Not that I do not like the style, but it just seems so over done, that I feel almost like I am "dressing the part." It is weird and I am just not certain how I feel about it.<br />
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My husband loves it (which is why I keep it), but I am just not certain about it. I feel like I am dressing up "rockabilly" (just add a red cardigan, heels, and pomp and pony). It is not that I have anything against dressing rockabilly, I actually love a lot of rockabilly clothing. I don't know it is really hard to explain.<br />
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The most versatile piece that I brought was the yellow shirtwaist dress that I finally finished from <a href="http://www.afashionablestitch.com/2012/sewalongs/the-shirt-wrap-dress-sewalong/">a fashionable stitch's shirt dress sew-along</a>!</div>
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The first day I wore the yellow shirtwaist with the sailboat skirt (and forgot to take a picture because we left so early).</div>
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And I wore it with the circle skirt (<a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-did-it-circle-skirt-is-done.html">I made during Casey's sew-along</a>) over top of it (which is my favorite way ).</div>
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I also wore the circle skirt with the afternoon tea halter top (that I talked about <a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2013/02/afternoon-tea-trial.html">a couple posts ago</a>).</div>
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The halter also matches the sailboat skirt (which I made into an a-line from a vintage gathered skirt and does not have the yellow coloring in it that I thought it did. It is still really cute though), though the colors don't quite look like it in the pictures.</div>
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The white sorbetto (that I <a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2012/06/finished-sorbetto-and-starting-next.html">posted about making earlier</a>) could have been worn with any of the skirts/shorts as well.</div>
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I wore the sorbetto and the pink linen pants to hang around in the beach house, it was very comfortable. The pants are vintage, though they are newer that usually my style. I really like them though they have an elastic waist which I do not love. Is there anyway to edit those to not have the elastic (add a zipper and waistband)? </div>
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So, I didn't get all of the sewing done that I had hoped to, but I kind of expected that. I would have really loved to have replaced that jean shorts outfit with a cute 2 piece play suit that could possibly have mixed and matched with the other pieces. And I would have loved to have made two vintage inspired swimsuits (one of mine is vintage inspired, but the fit isn't too good). But, I am pleased with what I did accomplish and wear.</div>
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-63342678422418862502013-05-20T10:25:00.002-04:002013-05-20T10:27:05.060-04:00Beach countdown has begunSo, it is getting closer and closer to beach time (YAY!!) and I have not accomplished much from my beach sewing list, though if I finish my sailboat skirt this evening, I could have enough me made clothes to last the entire week (minus a bathing suit). I am going to try to keep going and get some great outfits ready to wear. I hope to have a summary post on what I am packing (and then what I wear at the beach).<br />
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I did get a few photos of was the making an Afternoon tea top out of fashion fabric. Actually I was documenting my adventures in a <a href="http://www.thetraintocrazy.com/2010/09/making-life-easier-with-freezer-paper.html">new technique</a> I saw on <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">Pinterest</a> and I wasn't certain if it would work, but it was a success.<br />
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The<a href="http://www.thetraintocrazy.com/2010/09/making-life-easier-with-freezer-paper.html"> new technique</a> I was trying as to trace the pattern onto Freezer paper then iron the freezer paper onto the fabric so there would be no pins or paper weights needed.<br />
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Freezer paper - Step 1: Getting the freezer paper, laying it out over the pattern. It was really easy to see the pattern through the paper, so that was really nice. I taped the pattern pieces with scotch tape to the back of the paper before I traced, just to make sure nothing moved around on me.</div>
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Freezer paper - Step 2: Tracing the pattern. I am not good at free handing so I made sure to use a straight edge, which oddly is a thermometer so that is why that made it into the shots LOL.</div>
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Make sure to write on all the pieces the pattern name, piece number, and any important markings (such as grain line, seam allowance, which direction is up :)<br />
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Freezer paper - Step 3: Iron the fabric (well you should really prewash the fabric first, but I didn't do this because I am having washer problems right now and didn't want to slow progress).<br />
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Freezer paper - Step 4: Cut out freezer paper pattern and iron freezer paper pattern onto fabric.. It looks a little bubbled when you iron it, but it didn't have really big bubbles or anything in it, so I don' think the pattern size/shape was distorted.<br />
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If you are cutting through multiple layers of fabric, you may still want a pin to two if you will be moving the fabric around much so that you don't mess up the side the piece isn't ironed onto. I just picked up the piece a little bit as I cut it so I didn't need to do this. You also wouldn't need to do this if you use a rotary cutter (which I still haven't gotten the hang of yet).<br />
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That is all I have for the freezer paper. It worked fine and it peeled off without any marks on my fabric (though that doesn't mean it will work on all fabrics so test it out for yourself and use your best judgment).<br />
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I did continue to take photos while I was making the top, so I will go ahead and show you those..<br />
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Freezer paper -Step 5 (well not really a freezer paper step, but, just a note to go with): Interfacing: cut this out with the regular pattern piece and not the freezer paper pattern if using iron on interfacing.<br />
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I also decided to keep on taking pictures, because I think that I forgot why I was taking the photos. Anyway, I took some pictures of how I do darts. I honestly do not remember which lovely ladies blog I learned this from and I am sorry for that. This method works well for me, but if you have a better way let me know. I am always interested in experimenting.<br />
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Darts- step 1: trace the darts (I cut on one length of the dart and fold it over, which I didn't get a picture of).<br />
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darts - step 2: I pin the bottom of the dart and fold the fabric in half to split the dart (by holding the other end of the dart together and trying to match the lines by eyeballing it). This is only an approximate at this point</div>
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darts step 3: I stick a pin through at several places on the dart line and make sure it matches the dart line on the other side, adjusting as needed. Once I have everything pinned, it is time to sew.<br />
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darts step 4: I sew from the large side down to the dart point where I sew all the way to the edge and over a little bit. I cut the strings with a little left long. I then take the seam ripper (or a pin) and undo any stitching that went over the edge, so that I just have two straight strings. I then tie a knot right up against the fabric. I do this the way I double knot shoes after tying them. Then I trim the strings.</div>
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darts step 5: ironing. This pattern did not specify which direction the darts should be ironed, so I guessed.<br />
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So that is where most of the pictures stopped. The rest was pretty boring, just sewing all of the pieces together, then adding a visible contrasting zipper (yeah I know Project Runway says they are "out", but when have I ever listened to what is in fashion).<br />
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There was one more interesting thing that happened, after putting in the zipper I was trimming the ends under it. That is when a big uh-oh happened...<br />
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I ended up just moving the seam over a bit, but that made the top a bit snugger than I had hoped for (actually it was a bit snug before this, but this added to the problem). I still found it wearable though. I am going to be wearing it with high waisted skirts so I don't think it will look too bad. </div>
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I have decide on a color scheme for my beach projects. Not everything I will pack will have to fall into this scheme. It is mostly for the separates to make sure that everything is interchangeable as much as possible.</div>
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I mostly started with the skirts that I already have since I knew what it would look like and then went with what colors would go well with them. <br />
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So here are the two skirts I have to start with that the color scheme is based on...<br />
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The circle skirt I made as part of Casey's circle skirt sew along. I think I am going to bind the bottom (or at least re-hem), but besides that it is done.<br />
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The sailboat skirt that I still do not have a picture of and am substituting a photo of my finished inspiration. <br />
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My mother got mine for me at an estate sale mixed into a sewing fabric stash basket. Yes my mother is an enabler in my ever growing fabric stash LOL. It needs shortened (it is ankle length), but I don't want to lose the border print which is what I love most about the skirt.<br />
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The other bottoms will include three shorts (playsuit bottoms, Bermuda, and capris/pedal pushers - I never did figure out which length refers to which. I am looking for right below the knee)<br />
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So the tops that need to match are<br />
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- swimsuit (which seams to be the most difficult to find fabric for).<br />
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- 3 tops (halter neck, sleeveless, short sleeve)<br />
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- playsuit top<br />
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They don't all have to match each one, but I would like each piece to at the very least go with two pieces.<br />
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A more organized and less hurried person would sit down and plan each piece out before even starting to sew. I am just too excited and I want to get sewing while I am still on a roll. So I am going to go ahead and make this first top.<br />
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Since I only know two skirt fabrics so far, I am going to make my top work with both skirts.<br />
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So I am thinking yellow. I am not sure if that is because I love yellow so much and tend to lean towards yellow tops, or because I really like how well this person did on <a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/yellow-stripe-bow-top-2nd-project?image=225360">their version</a> of this same pattern...<br />
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I also like the mint green little bow. Hm... thinking of just copying this completely. I think there might be some blogger etiquette that you are not suppose to just rip someone else's idea off....<br />
I do live in WV and no one will likely ever see/know the both of us....<br />
And I put a <a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/yellow-stripe-bow-top-2nd-project?image=225360">link</a> back to where I got it from....<br />
What do you think still no good?<br />
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-68440909034974975302013-02-25T07:30:00.000-05:002013-02-25T07:30:01.730-05:00Afternoon tea trialSo, I made up my muslin of the afternoon tea top. You thought I would never get around to it did you?<br />
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I made two small adjustments to the pattern. I added straps (which I think I must not have measured exactly because one side looks slightly lopsided) and I made the darts seams.<br />
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Here is how I did the darts.<br />
First I cut the darts out of the pattern paper and then cut straight down to the bottom for the part below the dart.<br />
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Then, when cutting the fabric I made sure to add seam allowance to the new seam I made.<br />
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I made this out of old baby receiving blankets. <br />
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cute little detail that was on one of the blankets and made it into the top :)</div>
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One was not quite large enough so I ended up using two of different patterns but I like the result.<br />
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There are just a few changes that I will make to this pattern when I make it out of my fashion fabric.<br />
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2. I am considering shortening the bust section or maybe just gather it more. I'm not sure yet, but I know it sits a bit to low.<br />
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3. I will shorten the pattern. I put my hand on my natural waist for the photo. Because the shirt is so long it is quite tight around my hips and bottom<br />
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For the swimsuit version, I am considering getting rid of the back facing and just put that part into the bottom back. I will also need to figure out how to add bra cups. I pinned directions for how to do this, so I'll check that out closer to time.<br />
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So, next step... <br />
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I need to decide on a color scheme if all of these tops and bottoms are to be interchangeable. I will need to do that before making the top out of fashion fabric, which will complete one beach wardrobe necessity, a halter top. Then I can move to figuring out the bottoms and making this swim wear. <br />
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Oh, the pattern said this is not suitable for stretchy fabrics. I have seen that other people have used them though, so what considerations do I need to take or should I just scrap this idea and go back to the Burda's Allison swimsuit pattern (that I picked up back when it was free)?Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-55038656000101446252013-02-22T17:30:00.000-05:002013-02-25T09:23:45.835-05:00Beach bound (well not quite yet)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, the groundhog did not see his shadow earlier this month
which is supposed to mean an early spring. The weather, on the other hand, has
not been very spring like so far. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, since I am lacking in the spring and
summer clothes, I thought that I had better get on the ball and get some warm
weather outfits made so that I will have some good things to wear later this
year. I started out by making a list of things that I think I will need for the
year, but got quickly overwhelmed. I am having a hard time staying on a project
to completion without getting burnt out, so I needed a smaller list to work
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That lead me to thinking, what are the most important things
that I will need. Well, since I work a fulltime job that requires a company
logo shirt. I still have several skirts that are not really heavy that could be
used in all seasons. That covers my work-wear. So that leaves weekends and
vacation. I have a couple of tops that would be sufficient for weekends for
now, so I decided to focus on vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are doing a week long family vacation at the beach and
this year it is particularly early (first week of June). I am not sure how much
I can get done by then, but I wanted to make a plan of what I would want to
pack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So here is my proposed packing list (clothing only and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 two piece swimsuit [I have something that will suffice if
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 tops (halter neck, sleeveless, short sleeve)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-3 shorts/pants (Bermuda, short, pedal pushers) – that will
match swimsuits, tops & playsuits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 skirts – that will match swimsuits, tops & playsuits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 Hawaiian print sarong dress (nice enough in case I get to
go out one evening with Hubby)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 sweater for breezy morning strolls on beach [I already
have]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/vintage_beach_packing_list/set?.embedder=2866163&.svc=copypaste&id=73252305" target="_blank"><img alt="Vintage Beach packing list" border="0" height="601" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/VG6jao1RC6qQOSyxCvbbQw/cid/73252305/id/QVC9lVGUSfCHB9TykGIDSA/size/c600x601.jpg" title="Vintage Beach packing list" width="600" /></a></div>
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<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/vintage_beach_packing_list/set?.embedder=2866163&.svc=copypaste&id=73252305" target="_blank">Vintage Beach packing list</a> by <a href="http://btotten.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2866163&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">btotten</a> on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/" target="_blank">Polyvore</a></small></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t think that the whole list is really feasible for me,
but I thought that I would get started on it anyway and accomplish as much as I
can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have created a <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/sewing-beachwear-todo/">board</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">Pinterest</a> for my inspiration and
the patterns that I come up with. I am planning on doing a post for each item as
I get around to thinking about them and making them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, I wanted to start with the bathing suit. I have decided
on this inspiration photo. It isn’t vintage, but it does have a nice vintage
feel to it and I think that is best right now for me at the beach because my
hubby is still warming up to the idea of me wearing vintage stuff at the beach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The place where I pinned it, doesn’t exist any longer, so I
do not know if it is still available to purchase or not, but I don’t know that
I don’t have the money to purchase it (I am going to be buying fabric with gift
cards I got for Christmas). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So when looking for a pattern that I have that would be the
closest match for it, I thought of this pattern which is a free pattern off of
Burda for the top ( adding halter straps and a cute bow like in the second picture)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cheeky panties or the rosy lady shorts extended for the bottoms</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></div>
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NOTE: All free patterns can be found on my <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/sewing-free-patterns-sew-alongs/">free pattern board on Pinterest</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the afternoon
tea top is a shirt pattern and I do need shirts as well, I thought that I might
knock out two birds with this one stone (who is trying to kill birds, why are
they using stones, and are there not enough that it matters you only use one?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I am going to start with muslin in cotton the only changes
that I am going to make are: cutting the darts (adding seam allowance) and add
the halter straps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From there I am going to check fit and whatnot, I will
probably go ahead and make up a shirt, since I will have most of the kinks worked
out of that pattern (hopefully). From there I will work on adding the front
center seam in muslin (just not cutting the front pattern piece on the fold
(but adding seam allowance). From there I will stop working on that and work on
a pair of just the bottoms. Then after figuring out the fit on those, I will
add length to the legs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lastly is the part of trying to figure out a pattern for all
the pieces together and trying that out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I see this as being a long journey ahead, but I am pretty
excited to try it out and get back in the sewing saddle again. Wish me luck…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">BTW- how far ahead of time do you start planning your sewing
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-65030853206438113562013-02-11T08:28:00.001-05:002013-02-11T10:39:43.054-05:00Giveaway Winner AnnouncedDrum roll please.....<br />
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Which means the winner is Tia<a href="http://asewingodyssey.blogspot.com/">.</a> Who looks to like some of my favorites from the batch of patterns. <br />
Congratulations! You don't have an email address listed in your profile so I am not sure how to contact you. Please contact me with you details so I can shop it out to you. I am going to give you a week and if you haven't contacted me, I am going to redraw. I think that is only fair.<br />
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Thank you for everyone who entered and Thanks for everyone who participated in sew grateful week, this really is a great community!<br />
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<br />Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-38603218484420567312013-02-08T09:31:00.002-05:002013-02-08T09:32:14.820-05:00Vintage Butterick PatternsI wrote a <a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2013/02/would-you-share-pattern-so-reproduction.html">post </a>last week or so ago about Vintage Vogue Patterns and how to send in pictures of ones that you have so that they can decide if they want to make reproduction patterns out of them. <br />
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So Laura over at <a href="http://www.lauramaedesigns.com/">Lilac's and Lace</a> followed up with Carolyne at mccall's (and Vogue) to find out more details about why the pattern companies did not keep copies of all the patterns and more information about Butterick and if they needed the patterns for those in order to make reproduction patterns. You should really check out her post where she has the answer to all of her questions <a href="http://www.lauramaedesigns.com/2013/02/harping-on-theme.html">here</a>.<br />
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From what Carolyne said, they do not need Vintage Butterick patterns because they just recreate the ones they want to off of the catalog pictures (which is why the walkaway dress pattern does not fit like the original I suppose). I would bet this is the same thing Simplicity does because their vintage new looks line have modern fits of old patterns (which they don't even list the originals on, what a shame).<br />
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Anyway, I am sharing some of my favorite Butterick designs, so that may be the word will get around and they might choose to make some of them. Besides, I just like showing them. So, here they are....<br />
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-43631126324253657102013-02-06T09:39:00.004-05:002013-02-06T09:40:17.051-05:00Sew Grateful Week: Free patterns & tutorialsOkay, so I am definitely not the person to host a tutorial and I have not created any patterns that I can give you, but I decided to post a round up of some of the free patterns and tutorials that I have found on the web that I think you might like.<br />
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<strong>Free sewing patterns/tutorials to try:</strong><br />
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<a href="http://veravenus.com/2012/08/27/french-knicker-sew-along-announcement/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://sewveravenus.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/fk-sewalong.jpg?w=400&h=296" width="320" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://veravenus.com/2012/08/27/french-knicker-sew-along-announcement/">1940s French Knickers (tap pants) - pattern plus tutorial</a> <br />
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<a href="http://marmaladekiss.blogspot.com/2011/03/high-waisted-pencil-skirt-pattern.html">high waisted pencil skirt</a><br />
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<a href="http://blog.caseybrowndesigns.com/2009/12/how-to-refashion-a-cardigan/">Casey's sweater refashion</a> (I think this is going to be my next project. To get back into the sewing swing)<br />
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<a href="http://tanitisis.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/50s-shrug-now-multisize/#comment-3261">50s shrug (sewing not knitting :)</a><br />
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<a href="http://selfishseamstress.wordpress.com/downloads/">The Audrey Dress</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2012/05/pink-floral-wiggle-dress.html">Adding a drape a waistline of sheath dress tutorial by Gertie</a><br />
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<strong>Knit/Crochet Tutorials:</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5553&lang=us">Knit shrug</a><br />
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<a href="http://zilredloh.com/2012/08/24/striped-jumper/">Striped Jumper</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/persno.html">perky snood</a> (I think this might be a good starting place for me, instead of trying to tackle a whole sweater on my first go, what do you think..any veteran knit/crocheters out there?)<br />
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<a href="http://rhythmofthehome.com/2011/05/summer-cherry-knitting-pattern-children/">Cherry brooch</a><br />
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<a href="http://paperplateandplane.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/floral-stamped-clay-bangles/">Clay bangles</a><br />
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I have a ton of free knitting/crochet/sewing/other patterns and tutorials pinned to Pinterest, if you would like to check out <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">my boards</a><br />
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<br />Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-13957595002791751502013-02-05T08:52:00.000-05:002013-02-11T00:03:16.895-05:00Sew Grateful Giveaway! Now ClosedI know I am a day late, but better late than never I always say (probably because I am always late).<br />
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Anyway, I wanted to post one picture first, to prove that I do actually do my hair and makeup sometimes hehe. I can't believe I posted those pictures the other day without makeup and hair done. <br />
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Anyway, why you all came. The giveaway. It is only open to the US. I know, I am sorry, but it is really expensive to ship oversees and it can't be tracked and makes me all nervious, I found that out in my last giveaway.<br />
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The prizes.... well vintage patterns, since I still have some in my stash (yea, never ebay-ed them, oops). But at least all the pictures are right side up this time (which was a huge effort for the first picture, why does blogger mess witht he picture orientation?)<br />
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I think I will do the same thing with letting you choose up to 5. I tried to have a little variety for everyone.<br />
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Ways to enter... (all links to social media are on the right side bar)<br />
1. Just comment on which patterns you would choose (don't worry about pattern numbers if not in picture - sorry about that. If you will win, I will contact you for the exact patterns desired)<br />
2. Check out some old posts to see if you might be interested in following (following not required). Comment on what you would like to see more of (sewing I know lol)<br />
3. Follow me on twitter (I generally post about giveaways and good things). Comment back her that you did. OR tweet about this giveaway on twitter (with a link back to here). Comment with a link to the tweet<br />
4. Like a series of vintage sewing attempts on facebook. Comment saying you did.<br />
5. Check out my pinterest boards (I am putting this last because you might get lost after this one). Comment with your screen name if you are on pinterest and what types of things you like to pin (sewing, vintage inspired, home making, etc)<br />
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I'll randomly choose ONE winner. The giveaway is now closed.<br />
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One more restriction... If you choose a vogue or mccalls pattern (besides the transfers) please send a picture to vintage vogue (<a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2013/02/would-you-share-pattern-so-reproduction.html">see my last post</a> ) to see if they might want to make a reproduction pattern from it. And scan it if they decide they want to.Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-68916249401790715752013-02-01T10:07:00.001-05:002013-02-08T08:40:52.184-05:00Would you share a pattern so a reproduction could get made?<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I was reading a blog post the other day by <a href="http://blog.pattern-vault.com/">pattern-vault</a> and where she is having a <a href="http://blog.pattern-vault.com/2013/01/28/vintage-vogue-surprise-giveaway/">giveaway</a> for the new vintage vogue pattern </div>
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which I must admit, the way they put it together on the envelope was not all that impressive to me. But the coat is lovely, just look at the original pattern.<br />
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But what I found most interesting about her post was that she said Vintage Vogue had contacted her about getting this pattern from her (pattern-vault that is) because vogue did not have copies of the old patterns.<br />
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I have no clue why they would not have had copies of the old patterns, but it is terrible because there are so many lovely patterns that could be made into reproduction patterns.<br />
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I am not sure how you feel about this, but my immediate reaction was to look through all of the vintage vogue patterns I own to see if I had anything to send to vogue that they might want to make into a reproduction pattern.<br />
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I can see where some might have a problem with this because it could potentially lower the value of the original or if you are planning on making the pattern for yourself (or as a business) then it would not be as unique. <br />
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I don't have a problem with either of those seeing as I live in West Virginia and I have not come across anyone who dresses vintage every day like I do. The very few people that I have seen dressed vintage inspired were wearing modern ready to wear clothes. Even if there was someone who had the same dress pattern, the fabric and option choices would make it so that it is almost impossible for someone to be wearing the same dress.<br />
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So I contacted Pattern-vault on twitter and she gave me the contact for vintage vogue in which to send pictures of the patterns (if they decide they want them, then I can figure out how I am suppose to scan the whole thing or whatever is needed to get it to them).<br />
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One big note- vogue designer patterns are ineligible due to licensing issues<br />
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Here is the email that she provided me (please don't spam her about other things, this could be a really big opportunity for us) Carolyne Cafaro at carolynec[@]mccallpattern[.]<wbr></wbr>com. <br />
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Once I noticed the email address I also pulled out my vintage McCalls patterns too. <br />
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Here is what I had in my stash. I am not sure if I should send them all or just the ones that I think would make great reproduction patterns what do you think?<br />
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Edited to add: Many people have been asking if Butterick does the same thing and Laura from Lilacs & Lace found out. She posted all about it here, so check it out. <a href="http://www.lauramaedesigns.com/2013/02/harping-on-theme.html">http://www.lauramaedesigns.com/2013/02/harping-on-theme.html</a>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-7202274351791828262013-01-31T09:10:00.000-05:002013-01-31T09:10:41.846-05:00Winter Blues or Smitten with warm layers?It seems that many bloggers seem to have the winter blues. I don't. I didn't start dresssing vintage full time until this past fall and there was a reason for that. I love wool clothing and layering. <br />
I love wearing layers, the look of layers on myself, and the look of layers on my hubby (whom I have no pictures for this post), but I will post a few great guy layers from my <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/guy-stuff/">pinterest</a>.<br />
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Now how could one not love that? I guess I just like cold weather (driving in the snow, not so much). In winter, you can always just add on more layers, in the heat of summer; however, you can only take off so much.<br />
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Today was suppose to be rather cold (compared to yesterday's freakishly warm weather), so I thought that I would bundle up. It turned out to only be about 34degrees (Farenhett), but I did take some pictures of my outfit this morning after arriving at work. Please excuse the wonky photos. I still have yet to figure out how to take photos of myself.<br />
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So this is my outer layer, I planned to do my hair and makeup once I arrived at work. This is pre-hair makeup. Yeah, pretty scary :)</div>
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Here is the bottom (I couldn't hold my phone out far enough away for a full body shot)<br />
The coat is a olive wool coat that isn't too heavy (I will break out the heavier coat later this week if the weather goes as predicted). I got it at Gabriel Brothers, so it isn't perfect (the darts are going the wrong direction and the fit is not great on the bottom), but I needed something to wear that was heavier than a heavy cardigan and lighter than my heavy coat (I still need another inbetween weight coat) and this fit the bill. <br />
The gloves and hat were a gift from my sister in law. I am thinking of adding some embrodiery to the gloves just to give them a little something special.<br />
The skirt is a grey wool tweed which is lined, I got it off of eBay and I love it. It is loose enough that I can wear extra layers under when the weather gets really bad.<br />
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This is what was under the coat. The cardigan is an angora/wool blend vintage that I picked up at an estate sale.<br />
The red sweater is a short sleeve company logo sweater. I don't normally wear red, but in this outfit there needed a pop of color and I have to wear company logo tops to work. <br />
The white turtle neck underneith is also short sleeve. It is vintage 80s (yeah, that just feels weird to say) and I picked it up at a thrift store. It has really cute buttons up the back of the neck which can been seen when my hair is pulled up. I think it makes a perfect under layer. I do not particularly like long sleeved under layers, but it is whatever works for you. <br />
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And this is what is under my skirt. The white is my slip, which is pretty important when wearing layers of wool, it really helps witht he static.</div>
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The grey layer are medium weight cotton tights. I tend to wear tights instead of stockings in winter, because I don't like my under layers to be too constricting and my girdles are a little tighter than they should be right now. </div>
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The black layer is over the knee socks, which because I am short, fit about the same height as stockings.</div>
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This is a typical work wear outfit for me in the winter. I might remember and get pictures of a heavier layered outfit as the weather worsens this week.</div>
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Do you love cooler weather or warmer weather? Someone posted on thier blog that vintage clothes makes them think of warm weather with light weight dresses and playsuits, is this the case for you or do you have a fine time dressing in vintage layers like me? What are some of your favorite winter layers (I think I am needing a wool under skirt in case of extreme cold)?</div>
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Well, that is all I have. Layer up and stay warm and remember that spring may be just around the corner (which is terrible for me because I have very few warm weather clothes, more of that in a future post).</div>
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-71242326125812065592012-12-13T10:54:00.000-05:002012-12-20T08:56:02.028-05:00My vintage wearing process & giveaway winner<br />
I want to announce the winner of the vintage pattern giveaway and I would like to update everyone on my wardrobe progress. I did start this blog to document my progress of sewing a wardrobe that fit and felt good to wear. <br />
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While I haven't had very many sewing adventures (and even less successful), I have been obtaining vintage clothing that does fit and flatter ( in my opinion). So much so that I now wear vintage everyday (well everyday I leave the house).<br />
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So how did I go from owning no vintage and vintage inspired clothes to now wearing vintage everyday?<br />
(And I have no pictures of me at all. Which is why i have been reluctant to write blog posts. I am so sorry for this long and picture lacking post)<br />
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Well, I bought a nice vintage dress for my company's Christmas party while I was in Florida on business (there were quite a few vintage shops in St.Petersburg were I was at). It was on sale and was more of a splurge than I had expected, but I was happy with it.<br />
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At the Christmas party I met the wife of a then coworker and she runs estate sales. I went to one even though I knew I didn't have very much money and didn't expect that much because the pictures didn't show that much clothing. <br />
However, my money went really far because the clothing was really inexpensive (some as low at $.50) and on the last day everything was half price. <br />
The clothes were not perfectly my style. They were mostly 70s (the older stuff I did get was too large for me, but I hope to alter), but the skirts had a 40s kind of style to them even though they are a-line and have elastic in the back. I did get some pussybow blouses, though I don't get to wear them very often because I have to wear company logo shirts to work.<br />
I started wearing these to work and them the transformation began. I really liked wearing skirts and though they were not perfect (wearing a belt, even without belt loops, takes away from the elastic look), I started feeling a lot better not having to force myself into jeans every morning.<br />
Then I started to slowly add vintage pieces to my wardrobe that were actual 40s-50s pieces. Some from another estate sale, but most from eBay. I couldn't afford to do it all at once, but a low priced skirt every once in a while wasn't too bad. <br />
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I am now at the point where I have started to phase the 70s skirts out of my wardrobe and am beginning to only wear the older stuff. <br />
My wardrobe is still lacking in some areas though. <br />
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Belts: I attempted buying a belt off eBay and while it is cute and labeled vintage (though it was vintage inspired), I am not digging that it is made in the Far East. I am currently looking for American made belts at thrift shops and things, but haven't had much luck yet. Two of my skirts came with belts, but I accidentally have ruined one by wearing it too tight (apparently I am smaller in the morning and grow throughout the day).<br />
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Shoes. I have bought a few pair of shoes on etsy and eBay, but none of them have fit very well (though I do still wear them occasionally). <br />
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For me, I think I am just going to have to buy shoes in person. I screwed that up once too though. I was at that same vintage shop where I bought my first dress and I saw a lovely pair of crocodile shoes in a case and asked to try them on. The lady handed me one, I looked at it (it was a little worn, but in mostly good shape). It had a dry rotted insole piece added, but it fit pretty well. I spent more than I have ever spent for anything vintage, but was feeling good because I sold a bunch of vintage pieces I wasn't interested in (at extremely low profit to a vintage store). <br />
I got home and was showing them to hubby when I realized that the other shoe, not the one she handed me in the store, was in pretty sad shape. It had been repaired several times and the skin was starting to break off ;(<br />
I have been pleased with some modern shoes that I have, but again I would prefer some nice American made shoes.<br />
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Dresses, well dresses tend to be more expensive then just skirts and blouses, so I haven't committed to many of those. Actually I have only bought one vintage dress and while it is lovely, it doesn't fit. I am trying to decide if I should alter it.<br />
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I do have quite a few dress patterns, so I am hoping to make a few.<br />
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Loungewear: I have some nightgowns, but I need something to fill the gap from when I get home till I get ready for bed. I can't wear my day stuff because I will be cooking and cleaning. I just can't see getting my vintage stuff dirty like that even house dresses are expensive most of the time. I do have one "old lady dress" as my father in law calls it. It is more of a smock than a true dress, but I think it would protect my clothing a bit more than one of those cute aprons. <br />
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Another activity I don't have vintage clothes for... Working out. Admittedly I haven't done much of that lately, but I'd like to get back into it. I don't generally leave the house in workout clothes, but I'd still like to look cute and I'd like to feel like I could go to a gym in the clothes if I wanted to. I have some ideas (and a<a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/workout-clothing-ideas/"> Pinterest board</a>) for making some, but am unsure of working with those types of materials. I figure I will get there eventually.<br />
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Well there you go, that's my story.<br />
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Now for what you have been waiting for, the winner of the vintage patterns of her choice....<br />
Gia of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/OnePerfectDay?ref=top_trail">One Perfect Day</a>. I have already shipped out her selections.<br />
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The other patterns I said I would do on ebay, but I am considering opening an etsy shop to get rid of some of my vintage things because I won't have to keep relisting each week and such. I don't know anything about running an etsy shop, but I am going to look into it. I will keep you updated.Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-80572342599459741482012-12-03T21:27:00.000-05:002012-12-20T08:56:34.511-05:00Giveaway Day (vintage patterns) now closedSo, I am late to the party, but I wanted to participate in <a href="http://sewmamasew.com/">Sew Mama Sew's</a> Giveaway day <br />
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The giveaway starts right now and ends December 7 at 8pm Eastern.<br />
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I am giving away some of the vintage patterns that I picked up recently and am not planning on using (I really hope some of you will have a use for them and love them). <br />
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So, up for grabs are your choice of up to 5 of the following vintage patterns (the rest will be put up for auction on ebay).<br />
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The first of the transfers I have in D, J, H, G, and M (each comes with all the letters, but extras & different sizes of the one it is for)<br />
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The second transfer I have in J, A, and M (each comes with all the letters, but extras & different sizes of the one it is for)<br />
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Giveaway now closed!Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-35205633451479889092012-09-23T18:47:00.001-04:002012-12-03T20:39:45.858-05:00A coat of a different colorI actually listed one of my ebay items (others should start being listed more quickly now).<br />
I am going back on what I said (not to post about any of them), but only because this one has to do with my next big sewing adventure.<br />
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See I bought this coat off of ebay and it is indeed very lovely. It is heavy warm and i love how the mink gives it a feminine elegance. But alas, it doesn't even close to fit. I have been keeping it for years now thinking that I would get profecient enough at sewing one day that I would be comfortable taking it in. I also thought of just taking it to the talor and having them take it in. However, the coat just seems so well made and lovely the way it is. Plus I keep reading about people not being able to find larger vintage clothes. so I have decided to part with it and free up the space that it claims in my closet.<br />
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In that reclaimed space, I would like to replace it with just as lovely a coat because I don't have a vintage coat or even a coat that goes at all with my vintage wardrobe. So, in an effort to be able to wear vintage everyday I will need a coat in order to be prepared for the colder winter my collegies tell me is coming this year.<br />
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In comes <a href="http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2012/09/the-coat-sew-along-is-on.html">Gertie's coat sew-along</a>. It only calls for medium weight fabric, but I think it will fill the void nicely. I am worried that I don't have all of the sewing skills needed to make it, but I love learning and Gertie seems to be a really good teacher. I have already purchased her craftsy class on the starlet suit and am hoping that I can use some of those videos for extra places I need help. I know it covers bound buttonholes for example. If anyone has taken the class and knows what sections would be helpful, i am up for suggestions since I haven't looked at the class at all yet (oops). <br />
So, I am going to do the sew-along, but at my own pace (as I do everything) and hope to come out of it with a nice winter coat and perhaps a wearable muslin.<br />
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Now comes the part where I might lose you. I found this drawing <br />
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and am a big Doctor Who fan. I think that it would be really cool. not to go over the top this time, but just to do a lining like that. But how would I get fabric like that? I know you can do custom printed fabric at <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome">spoonflower</a> and I might go that route. they have an <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/853758">inside the TARDIS print</a> already, but it isn't quite what I am looking for. it is just too, clean, rigid, I don't know (and it won't let me post a picture of it here). <br />
Here is the inside of the TARDIS (from when david Tennant was the Doctor)<br />
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What about painting fabric? I don't have any experience with that. Do they make paint that doesn't make the fabric stiff? Markers, dye, I have no clue. I probably wouldn't bee any good at drawing it, but I might be ok with a bit abstract.<br />
Any ideas on something that might work for the lining?<br />
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So, are any of you planning on doing Gertie's sew-along? What are your plans? <br />
Have you done any of Gertie's craftsy classes? <br />
What about her book, have any of you gotten your copy yet? i have been pining for one, but haven't been able to get it yet. (Hint hint that would be a great gift if any of my family members are reading this).<br />
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And I will finish off this post with some other lovely coats I have found on pinterest<br />
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As you may have noticed, I have taken kind of a break from blogging (not that I was ever very regular at it). It is not that I don't have things that I want to share with you (because I most definitely do). It is just that I am still working on my priorities and way of life as I mentioned in my <a href="http://aseriesofvintagesewingattempts.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-quick-post-from-phone_03.html">new years resolution post</a>. <br />
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It is very important that I take care of myself and my family and I have been striving to do that better each day. I have been struggling with it and haven't gotten things perfect, but I am working with God to walk closer with him and his plan for me each day.<br />
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I have not given up on my blog or posting to it. It has just taken a backseat until I get some other really important things worked out and until I get a good schedule going where I have the time and energy to get the necessary things done in a day that need done. <br />
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Honestly I don't know how some people do it. Take working out for example. How does one who works full time, takes care of children (before and after school until bedtime), takes care of home (which is part of blessing my family), makes time for husband, etc. find the time in her day to workout. I know that working out is important and not just for weight loss or make myself not only feel good about myself, but it actually physically makes me feel better throughout the day, I have more energy and am more relaxed. <br />
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If any of you have any insider tricks on how to fit this into a schedule that starts at 5:15am (with getting kids ready for school) and doesn't end until at least after 9pm (with putting children to bed) mostly later with preparing food for next day and cleaning up, I would <u>love</u> suggestions. I have tried getting up earlier and that is currently what I am thinking the only option is, but I am not very diligent at it. I have thought about doing something during my lunch hour, but I don't know how I would be able to workout, clean up, eat and make it back to work in 1 hour, does anyone do that?<br />
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I have done better (not perfect, but better) at some things on my resolution. <br />
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For one, I caved and have gotten a blue tooth so that I am hands free while driving. Now, that is not being off the phone completely while driving (though I try to do that when the children are in the car), but it is a move in the right direction and I think that is enough for now. I will determine at a later date if this habit needs modified more.<br />
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I have been making healthier meals for my family. Okay, they haven't all been healthy, but I have pretty much stopped doing the fast food thing. I have come up with a menu planning system (which I am still perfecting) which allows up to 2 nights a month of fast food/going out to dinner. The only exceptions I have made is for when my husband meets me for a lunch date. We do not get to go on "dates" much so I let the fast food/restaurant rule slide when he comes to my work. I feel that our relationship is more important.<br />
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I hate that all my weekend time has been/is spent cleaning, so I have been working on getting a good cleaning routine down. The house isn't spotless but I am making strides everyday (and my <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/cleaning-stuff/">cleaning pinterest board</a> is overflowing with ideas to try). Which brings me to a tiny portion of this post that is actually slightly relevant to the blog....<br />
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In cleaning the house, I have determined that I need to purge a lot of things that I do not love, have room for, use, etc. Most of these things I have sent to Goodwill (though a lady at work is going to help me deliver some of the items to a women's and children's shelter in the future). There are some things though that I am not going to donate (vintage clothing, collectibles, etc). I was told that Goodwill does not accept vintage(retro was the word I think was used) clothing and such. I am not exactly sure what they do with it, but I was worried that they might dispose of it and I felt that was terrible. These items deserve homes that appreciate them. I thought of opening an etsy shop, but that requires me putting a value on these objects and I feel very reluctant to do that and it doesn't put a time frame of getting these items out of my home. So I have decided that I am going to put these items on ebay. <br />
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I haven't sold much on<a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/aseriesofvintageattempts"> ebay</a> (back in college I tried and it was a disaster -I was just too naive). I haven't actually started selling these things and I can't tell you how fast they will come out or what not. I am also not going to post every little thing on my blog and make this a selling tool, I don't like that and that is not the purpose for this blog nor will it ever be. But, I wanted to let my readers know about the things that I am selling (I figure they will go for very reasonable prices), so what I did was set up a <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/things-i-am-selling-on-ebay/">pinterest board</a> where I will post pictures of the things I am selling with links back to the ebay postings when I get them up. (Nothing is up yet, I am just preparing now, but expect the selling to start this weekend *crossing fingers*). <br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Things to look for me to sell...</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- original vintage purses/handbags</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- original vintage clothing (dresses, skirts, shirts, sweaters, etc)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- original vintage scarves, jewlery, other accessories</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- original vintage sewing patterns (mostly women's but a few childrens)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- original vintage shoes (& a couple of rockabilly/pinup new pairs)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- collector barbie dolls ( not vintage - unless the 90s is now vintage- I know not really related, but I need to get rid of them too)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- plus random pinup/rockabilly/vintage inspired pieces that are repros (or 80s does 50s)</span><br />
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So that is about all the vintage stuff that I have to post at the moment, I do hope to get back to being able to blog more regularly soon, but until then, I do keep my vintage pinterest boards really active. Now I do pin lots of other things, so if you only want to watch my vintage boards I suggest going to <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">my main page</a> and then just following the boards individually with whatever your interests are. If you would like to follow new boards that I might create, but don't want to follow some of the boards in particular, what you do is select follow all on <a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAttempt/">my main page</a> and then unfollow the boards that you are not interested in. Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393277416340127977.post-62941626790432958102012-06-19T21:38:00.001-04:002012-12-03T20:40:13.732-05:00Finished Sorbetto and starting next project of ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As you know, my sorbetto has some serious issues with the darts. I found<a href="http://portialawrie.blogspot.ca/2011/06/top-draftalong-21-moving-dart.html"> online a tutorial</a> on how to move the darts from the muslin (instead of from the pattern like most tutorials I have seen). </div>
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So, I started to use my trusty seam ripper and take out the darts and seams. I found this to be very difficult due to the material and because like a dummy I had the threads as tight as they go on the sewing machine. So after fussing with it for a few days and losing my seam ripper, I decided to give up on it. Don't look at me like that, the shirt had tons of very visible holes and things in it from the stitches and it was much too tight anyway.</div>
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I decided that I would just cut up this "muslin" and would place it on the cut out pattern to figure out where I would need to move the bust to.</div>
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Because the original pattern I printed got ruined (i don't even remember what happened to it). I decided to print a new one. Yeah I love that part of pdf patterns :)</div>
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Once I printed, measured the check size square, and pieced it all together, i decided that I should remeasure myself since I had obviously grown since I measured last or the muslin would not have fit like spandex. Curiously I did not measure any different. I then looked at the pattern directions again to make sure which size I needed to cut. It was indeed the same as before (which by the way is kind of scary seeing that number which is way bigger than the number I would buy at the store and to think it was so tight).</div>
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Anyway, i cut out the pattern and placed my muslin cut out on it. Now I was expecting it to be smaller, since i did cut off the seams, but it wasn't even close. It was several inches smaller all the way around!</div>
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I have come to the conclusion that perhaps I might have printed it wrong the first time. Oops. And I did screw up the french seams width when i checked after <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11544332573834094941">Annabelle</a> mentioned it in a comment to a previous post. Together it was way off.</div>
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I didn't have anymore of the polyester fabric that I originally used, so i decided that I was going to just go ahead and make the shirt out of a plain white vintage sheet. There was enough fabric that I could use more if I screwed up badly.</div>
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So, I pretty much started over. Cut the fabric, followed the directions for the most part. I did not sew up the darts first, I waited until after I had sewn the shoulders that way i could try it on in a way and move the darts where they needed to be. Funny thing though, the darts were in the correct position. I did still think that the darts were a little long according to . <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patternmaking-Fashion-Design-Joseph-Armstrong/dp/0321034236/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317147532&sr=8-1" style="color: #dd5c2a; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Paternmaking..” by
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So i shorted it slightly.</div>
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I very carefully measured the seams when doing the french seams and was careful to make all seams straight and it was amazing how easy it was. The fabric just glided over the sewing machine going exactly where I wanted it to. It was like someone else was sewing it all together.</div>
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I was having such a pleasant time with it, I decided not to push my luck with the bias tape and did a cheat method of just sandwiching the seam int he middle of the folded over bias tape and sewing it up. Not perfect and it made the join of the bias a little off, but it saved my momentum and I am fine with it. I will save that battle for another day. I also noticed that I might have used the wrong size bias tape. i just bought a pack from Walmart in the right color, when I went they did not have any different sizes in stock. the directions called for a 1/4 inch seam allowance, but i had to sew at 1/8 in order to stay on the bias tape which was just shy of 1/4.</div>
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The only other issue I had was with the hem, the french seams did not want to press up, but I got it worked out.</div>
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I tried it on and it was easy to slip on. My husband thinks it is a little looser than it should be, but I am fine with it since I figure it will be tucked in most of the time.</div>
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i don't have many pictures, but here is what I have. Ignore the wrinkles and purple marker, supposedly it should disappear in 24 hours (it has been over 48 when the photos were taken). I am sure it will come out in the wash though.</div>
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Oh, one more thing before the photos, sorry. I stuffed my dress form (which i have named Mandy - which would have been my sister's name had I been a twin) and now she is just the right size :)</div>
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So now that I finished the first little project on my list I am moving to the next. I originally thought that I would be doing more blouses and then a playsuit and pants. But, after looking over the patterns that I have most of them are vague (or don't have directions at all). And the patterns that I owned were vintage and I am not sure I am ready to tackle that yet.</div>
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That is when I saw that A Fashionable Stitch is doing a shirt waist/ wrap dress duo sew-a-long. Which is great because a shirt waist dress was on my list and I don't have any. It uses a modern pattern, so the directions should be good and if I do it in a reasonable time frame there will be people to help answer some of my questions and problems.</div>
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I started a pinterest board (<a href="http://pinterest.com/VintageAtttempt/dresses-shirt-waist-button-front/">Pinterest Shirt Dress Board</a> ) to come up with all of the ideas I had for the shirt waist dress (I actually started one for the wrap dress too if you are interested).</div>
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These girls look lovely. This is the look I want to basically go for, which will require getting the fit correct and adding those cute little pockets and maybe a belt.</div>
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I bought the pattern at Walmart which I had them price match to JoAnn's sale (which saved me over $8). I found it amusing that the cashier asked what it was and told me that he had never seen a sewing pattern before. Then I thought about it and wondered if much of today's youth was unaware of these type of things.</div>
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I then followed the sew-a-long in figuring out what size I was. Which really surprised me and I am glad that I bought the right size pattern because it was close. I will definitely check that first before buying the pattern in the future!!</div>
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That is as far as I have gotten so far, but hopefully i will have an update before too long. i don't want to get too far behind on the sew-a-long so i will be able to ask questions.</div>
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wish me luck!!</div>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784610736357161420noreply@blogger.com0