A fine Facebook friend of mine alerted me to a number of websites selling vintage sewing patterns. She wants to be a mod, and I want to be Rockabilly, so it’s perfect – no fighting over patterns. So any of you out there, steer clear of the Fifties, dammit! No really, it’s a big enough [...]
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vintage sewing patterns
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fifties, retro, sewing on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
second hand lovin’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged op shop, sewing, vintage on November 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Oh, everyone, have a look at what I found at the op shop on Saturday. It’s a Vintage Singer 201K. I had a bit of a fight with a collector because I got to it first. It’s beeeeeeutiful. Check it out! A bird in 1939 using MY SEWING MACHINE. How’s that?? Apparently, according to this [...]
firsts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book review, finished, sewing on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rain, so much sudden rain. Grey, wet world. Today heralded the first gumboots day of the year, and the first gloves day. Today also marked my first adventure into the world of following someone else’s instructions while making a softie, instead of just cobbling together some random shit from out of my own head. Inspiration [...]
step one, learn to sew. Step two, ??
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sewing on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RMIT runs 10 week classes in sewing, and i thought it about time i actually knew how to DO that thing I like to do. I mean, I make clothes, but it’s mostly borne of guesswork, and making patterns from existing items of clothes. Did anyone say, run before you can walk? My first clothing [...]
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