You Couldn’t Handle Us, Little Boy
This is from Out of the Ashes, Sheila's store, and I don't think you can tell that this pattern is B40. Except, of course, from the Mrs. Robinson stare of Print Dress, and the downright predatory gaze...
View ArticleScary Chic
I almost didn't post this fantastic dress (pattern on Etsy from Sandritocat) because of how painfully thin the model in the photo is — she's not smiling, she just moved her lips aside so we could see...
View ArticleAt Long Last I’ve Found You
The funny thing is that I didn't know I desperately needed this pattern (McCall's 5433, for those of you playing at home) until I saw it. And then I was all "you must — must, I say! — be mine."...
View ArticleEvery Hour; One Dress
I love that with this one pattern you can be ready for anything: everything from drinking coffee in your nightgown to full-on evening wear. You can even throw it on over pants, if you like that sort...
View ArticleOh Yeah.
I'm pretty sure I've posted about the original version of this Vogue pattern before, in a kind of wailing, "why oh why has the correct size forsaken me?" way. Well, Vogue heard my cries and put this...
View ArticleNew. Obsession.
Just so we're clear: I freaking love this dress. So far I've made it twice, and if I am ever in my sewing room while the sun is up, I will take a picture or two of the ones that I've completed. (I...
View ArticleWhy I Won’t Be Using Simplicity PrintSew Patterns Again
So I was faffing about on Pinterest, and there was this great link from SewWeekly's Make This Look (isn't this dress lovely?): I went to go check out the pattern (which is Simplicity 2180, not...
View ArticleOnly Four Pieces
Only four pieces sounds like a bad deal when it's a box of See's, but when it's a pattern, it sounds pretty nice … (especially to me because I'm still wrestling with Simplicity 2180, and by...
View Article“Address of O. P. Riegel”
Who is O. P. Riegel, you ask? He was, in 1921, an executive of the McCall Pattern Company, and he gave an address that was covered by America’s Textile Reporter, which is probably now my new favorite...
View ArticleSweetness and Light
So I finally, finally, found this pattern in my size: Fear not, I will not be making View A OR View C, because puffed sleeves give me hives. Unless the puffed sleeves are little pockets of...
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