Summer wear guide

Summer wear guide

Classic knit fit as well as Flare gown

I used this black as well as white ensemble last Friday for a morning full of work meetings as well as an afternoon getaway to see the Oscar de la Renta display at the De young museum right here in San Francisco.  This traditional knit fit as well as flare gown is as comfy as

Drabble #14

everything about her is crisp. There’s me, the crisp white uniform, and her crisp white cap (both heavily starched). Crisp instructions, with crisp sharp consonants. Crisp movements, nothing wasted. A crisp nod to the doctor on his rounds. If you hugged her, she’d crackle like a piece of cellophane wrapping. At least, that’s what I

“What’s the Story?” week, part 1

So all this week I think I’ll be publishing pattern images that evoke (at least for me) sophisticated and possibly impossible backstories. this one is from Your Pattern shop — check it out: Is it just me, or is Anjelica Huston about THIS close from punching out Joan Crawford in this picture? Or maybe she’s

Great dresses of Mediocre Literature, Meta-Discussion

reader Lynn is looking for fiction that describes twentieth-century older women and their clothes, which reminded me of the wonderful descriptions of clothes (on women of all ages) in the novels of Kathleen Norris, like this one: Only the wearers and their dress-makers knew what hours had been spent upon these costumes, what discouraged debates

Rollkunstlaufkleid

“Rollkunstlaufkleid” seems to be the German for “roller skating dress.” (I just thought you might like to know.) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about making a dress to wear rollerskating. I mean, NOT like this ONE, please, no, are you crazy? (Although if you want one, click on the link to go to Ebay

Logo style tricks – what makes a logo great?

logo style Secrets Well, not truly a trick when it’s splattered around this blog. however you would think about them as such, considering that not everybody can really accomplish them. Some master logo style much better than others. I believe that is a trick we’ll try to explain, as well as everything counts on family

I can’t believe I missed this one.

I can’t believe I missed this one. I understand I can’t be all over at once, however this is the type of thing that makes me want to compose a PatternML language to ensure that I can convince all the vintage pattern sellers to make a single huge RSS feed which I might drink from,

Today’s Pattern Huh? (and Sale): simplicity 4672

Caption: Somewhere, deep in the land of WTF accessories, these women have lost their way. See exactly how the blonde in the back is yodeling for help, while her sisters are oblivious to their fate? Believe it or not, the hat as well as muff pattern include this dress. since someone, somewhere, looked at this

Favorite stitching idea of 2018: Pin Diagonally!

I indicated to come up with a favorite idea for every year, but I couldn’t think of one last January. This year, however, I came up with a really good tip. In fact, this may be the best stitching idea ever. and it’s so basic it’s mind blowing. Here it is: Pin diagonally. Not perpendicular

What’s the product cycle time at McCall’s?

thanks to La BellaDonna, it looks as if I will have to run out to the fabric store tonight and pick this up — McCall’s 5137. I’m pretty sure, though, that I’ll have to make it in a size much smaller than my typical one, because the online catalog gives the finished bust measurement at