I hope all of you in the States had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend! I did! Now, I’m not too excited about Christmas stuff out and about around Halloween, but I do start to get in the mood around Thanksgiving and I did rock a Christmas vibe this year for turkey day! I used Butterick 8078 [...]
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1950s,
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Christmas,
embroidery,
pattern,
sewing,
shirtwaist dress
Hi Everyone! I have been a lurker on here for a while and this is my first post. I fell in love with this barbie as soon as she was released and decided to make myself a Christmas dress inspired by her. I used Butterick 5556, a retro pattern from 1955, and altered the [...]
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1950s,
Butterick,
Christmas,
dress,
taffeta
Who would not like to curl up by the computer screen and see some lovely holiday gift offerings from the mid-30s? Merry Christmas everyone!
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catalog,
Christmas,
holiday,
NVL
I didn’t wait until the very last minute, I promise. I actually finished these a few weeks ago but am a very lax blogger! My girls and I of course needed new holiday dresses – they have grown, and I have acquired a crinoline petticoat. I had gobs and gobs of Sheri Berry 12 Joys [...]
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1950s,
1960s,
advance,
advance 8352,
children,
Christmas,
full skirt,
girls,
holiday,
kids,
novelty print,
Simplicity,
simplicity 2162,
vogue 5121