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February 15, 2017

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Ode to the Slip Because a Thong Does Not Cover the Multitude of Sins

Vogue V8888 I grew up during the late fifties early sixties when the rite to passage from girl to young woman was signified by the first girdle with garters and stockings. Up until that point I wore knee high socks, the occasional bobby socks, fishnets, or tights (we called them leotards). Real grown up ladies wore girdles and stockings, not tights, and everyone wore a slip between the unlined dress or skirt. Mine were always white mostly cotton with eyelet trim and satin ribbons for the straps. Some of them were petticoats and others were a straight shift or had a bodice with a gathered skirt. The sixties brought about a change-the Sexual Revolution. No longer did women want to wear the structured garments of the past, they burned their bras and some even ceased to wear panties. Who wanted panty lines when they were wearing their hip hugger jeans or their flirty Polyester dress? So Hanes invited us to “show us your underalls”-- panties and hose all in one. This wonderful

Butterick 5399--The African Mudcloth Jacket

I I purchased this great piece of African Mud cloth when I attended the 2010 American Sewing Expo in Novi, MI. Needless to say it has been sitting in my stash until a few weeks ago when I decided that I would enter the "Lined Jacket" contest on patternreview.com. What is MudCloth you might ask? According to Wikepedia the Mali name is Bògòlanfini or bogolan (" mud cloth ") is a handmade Malian cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud. [1] This is a heavy cotton that has the weight of upholstery fabric and has little or no stretch on the crosswise grain and moderate stretch on the straight grain. I zigzagged each piece as I cut it out to reinforce the hand stitching that gives the fabic its width. I used a denim needle because of the bulk, but beware, since this is hand woven fabric there are large slubs that will break a needle. I made machine worked buttonholes...but did it very carefully. I plan on wearin

One Thousand Patterns and Growing

I have in my possession over 1,000 patterns. When one has been sewing for more than fifty years one would expect to own a few hundred patterns; however, I was somewhat surprised to find that I have accumulated so many. I have a few from the seventies when I was in high school. Simplicity 9483 I have some of my mom's old patterns.... I have not consistently, aggressively, pursued a sewing clientele. It has been a haphazard effort for the most part. So why do I HAVE SO MANY! Of course I have patterns for my daughters that go from the Cabbage Patch Kids, to Barbie, and the American Girls. From Donna Karan to DKNY and back again... DKNY 1989-1990 Donna Karan Collection 2013-2014 Over the years I have tried to purge some of them. Like when I moved from Houston to Orlando I donated a considerable amount of patterns-- mostly from the eighties--to Houston Community College's Fashion Design progra

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