Let the Sale Begin!  20% off for you readers!  Use Coupon Code OFF2GLAMIS at checkout to get your discount.  Happy Shopping!  I will be home late Sunday so all paid orders ship Monday or Tuesday.

Vogart 132 Gay & Practical Motifs for Dresses, Blouses, Hats, Bags, Etc. / circa 1940's

Okay here's the skinny on the sale starting tomorrow:   Use Coupon Code OFF2GLAMIS which I will put in late tonight.  So if you are in a different time zone or stay up late you can get a jump on the 20% off sale!    We leave tomorrow and will be back on Sunday.  All paid orders, as usual, ship Monday or Tuesday.

Something a little different today for featured pattern:  Vogart 132 Gay & Practical Motifs for Dresses, Blouses, Hats, Bags, Etc. / circa 1940's one of two transfer patterns from the 1940's I put in today.  This is a beauty.

Obtained an interesting old sewing booklet that has such a pretty cover:  Singer Sewing Library No. 2 How to Make Dresses the Modern Singer Way 1932 and I know that Singer came out with "sets" of these booklets.  Wish I had the whole set!  Not sure how useful the info is being so dated but the booklet would make a nice pretty addition to any sewing book collection.


Featured "new" is : Butterick 5818 Guest of Honor Top & Skirt 1998 available in plus size only.  Just an amazing top with offset closure.




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Simplicity 4770 Sharp as a Tack Suit / Jacket & Skirt / ca. 1963

Truly a stunner is this suit pattern I just listed:  Simplicity 4770 Sharp as a Tack Suit / Jacket & Skirt / ca. 1963.  Does it not remind you of the suit Jackie wore when President Kennedy was shot?  Maybe it's just the color - that day and the days following are crystal clear in my mind.  If you were old enough, or had been born at all by then, you will never forget where you were when you first heard.

Don't forget to check in tomorrow for sale info.  Camping trip on schedule to start Thursday.  It will be for 15% off regular but 20% off just for you readers!


The featured new is from the McCall's NY The Collection line - always a favorite of mine:  McCall's 8151 Wonderous Wispy Dress & Slip 1996 - definitely a dreamy beauty.








Starting today I'm going to put in holiday gift ideas for Christmas:  Simplicity 9054 Charming Decorated Dress or Jumper, Skirt & Jacket 1989 a loose and easy style that encourages decoration - make it personal for a loved one or make it festive with a Christmas theme on it for yourself.




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Simplicity 6403 Feminine Two-Piece Dress 1966

 

 

 

A simple addition of a double breasted boxy look to the top on this pattern Simplicity 6403 Feminine Two-Piece Dress 1966 turns blase to beauty!  The longer "belted" look would be very complimentary for someone needing a longer leaner look.

 

In my wanderings I found some fun sites about the 1950's fashion:  The Fifties Index has absolutely everything including music, cars, fashion not only about dresses but shoes, purses you name it!  Nostalgic for sure.

I'll be making it a short week for listing and blogging.  We are going camping on Thursday so look for a sale posting on Wednesday to start on Thursday!

 

The featured "new" is so truly "becoming" -

Simplicity 7955 Very Becoming Dress with Scalloped Neckline 1997 and one of the prettiest I have listed in a long time IMO.

 

 

The holidays are coming up and with the economy being so bad it's important that we take care of each other - our family, friends and even strangers who are having to tighten their belts.  I encourage everyone to pick a local charity that is struggling (they are all struggling actually) and donate even a few dollars or your time to help.  I just read that a wonderful charity in Colorado has lost it's federal funding because they require that women who use their service attend a bible study course.  Whether you agree or not is not the question but the necessity of keeping their doors open is important.  If you are looking for a charity they are so very worthy:  Liza's Place Gospel Shelter

 

 

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Marian Martin 9220 Mary's Out Shopping Blouse & Slacks 1960's

 

 

 

Marian Martin 9220 Mary's Out Shopping Blouse & Slacks 1960's is one of those patterns that brings to mind, actually makes me visualize, the 1960's.  I swear I wore this outfit in my mid-teens.  Oops - dating myself.  The 60's really had some great fashion trends that haven't even begun to go out of style - like this combo.  Add a pair of matching tennies and a purse and start cruising the malls.  More Marian Martin Patterns

 

The featured new is :  McCall's 5050 Frothy Peasant Top & Tunic 2006 a very romantic Renaissance looking blouse.  I have it in all sizes luckily.


In my never ending quest for research of listings I ran across a blogsite called SewCraftful which I could never hope to compete with - oh my gosh who has the time??!!   Just lucky for us they do - they have many neat articles but the one that caught my eye was How to Value Vintage Sewing Patterns.  This is such an accurate description of what I do to evaluate vintage or even newer patterns.  I never just find a pattern, scan it, edit it, and list it.  Every single one is researched thoroughly.  Definitely more time consuming but it gives you the buyer more info too.  If I say it is scarce or rare you can be certain that at the time I list it is.  Often after 8 or 10 months I reevaluate a pattern's worth and either delete it or relist it at a lesser price to move the product. 


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