tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55812847539353033852024-03-17T23:03:43.116-04:00Down The Rabbit HoleA modern look at a vintage lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991949123948585603noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581284753935303385.post-29600685145881961382013-05-18T11:58:00.001-04:002013-05-18T11:58:18.734-04:00NOT getting things doneSo much for a real post this week. I had to make an emergency eye doctor appointment on Monday morning. You know it must be bad when you decide to take two three year olds and a five year old to the eye doctor at 9am is better than waiting for a babysitter to magically appear. I have been wearing contacts since I was twelve. I have never ever had a problem. The doctor always says not to sleep in them but they never say why, just that's its bad. Weeeeelll, I have been sleeping in them like 4 days a week the past couple weeks. Then one night I take them out and my left eye is on fire. It felt like I had a railroad spike in it. I put my contacts back in and it was tolerable. Come to find out that wearing them that much did indeed do harm. The left eye had a patch of skin rubbed off from excessive wear. Great, so now I have to wear glasses for a week. I never wear my glasses because my vision is so bad that I don't see well in them. I get super nauseous and it looks like everything is slanted downhill. Throw in three small kids and you have a week long annoying migraine. No sewing unfortunately. I'm lucky I haven't gouged my eyes out from sheer annoyance. Even typing this is driving me crazy. Come Monday ill post some goodies and about my new Featherweight.... Oh yes, I'm a new proud owner of a 1946 Singer 221-1.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991949123948585603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581284753935303385.post-78065811707053261512013-05-09T08:29:00.001-04:002013-05-09T08:29:51.080-04:00Still hereI'm not dead y'all, just really behind. Since the weather warmed up, we have been going crazy trying to fix the horrid landscaping that the previous owners of the house did. We still need to pave the driveway (if you can imagine living in the NE without a paved driveway for shoveling snow for four years! Seriously!). Anyway, I have completed a couple projects that I hope to have posted by the end of the week.<div><br></div><div>In the meantime, I'll leave you with a great pic of my new baby; a Silvertone Hi Fi system I got from Craigslist for a song. It sounds amazing!</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_YB-1N5Vm1nZEX5p978Eg4gY6EeO7aP4gD-WOyKONfOg5LkJ5axeFeYVo0qt5eKr6BEqWACh0DYt33WVpcfCYQZ_DyRBgjL6hFGk7DzDP12qWJPLZzipqZc2K9nigJ2j6oDKl3yXtq5g/s640/blogger-image-2103166915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_YB-1N5Vm1nZEX5p978Eg4gY6EeO7aP4gD-WOyKONfOg5LkJ5axeFeYVo0qt5eKr6BEqWACh0DYt33WVpcfCYQZ_DyRBgjL6hFGk7DzDP12qWJPLZzipqZc2K9nigJ2j6oDKl3yXtq5g/s640/blogger-image-2103166915.jpg"></a></div> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991949123948585603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581284753935303385.post-60030480753146691612013-03-20T15:32:00.001-04:002013-03-20T15:32:02.492-04:00The humble overcast stitchI have long neglected my overcast foot. It gives a "serged" finish to seams without using a serger. The stitch on my new machine actually does a double straight stitch and overcasts the ends while my old Brother overcast stitch was just a single stitch and then overcast the ends. I am probably the last person to figure this out but I'll put it out there in case anyone else has been neglecting their overcast foot too.<br />
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While messing around with the tension on my thin cotton camp shirt arm holes, I realized that turning the tension to the highest setting while making the width and length smaller proportionally created an amazing effect. It actually flipped the raw edge toward the seam as it overcast it. This means I have a "hemmed" and serged finish on my armpits. No one likes a frayed armpit hole ticketing them. I wish I had figured this out before i got within 6 inches of finishing the last sleeve. I haven't obviously tried it on different fabrics but I think it will have a similar effect. The only trick I found in getting to flip was to push the raw edge up like in doing a narrow hem rather than flush with the foot. It may end up creating a shell stitch instead of neatly flipping the edge over.<br />
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If anyone tries this please let me know how it worked out. I'm curious to know what else this awesome little foot can do!<br />
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In the case of Butterick 6409, I'm not sure how this will look. The fabric is a very light mint green with a deep teal and orange and brown stripe. It's an Oxford material, like for men's shirts, but I thinks it will work nicely for a dress. My concern lies in the stripe. The pattern cover shows a lass in a white and red stripe dress. I love it but would never actually make a white dress. I've got too much toddler running around for a stain magnet like a white dress. I thought about color blocking but the back is cut as one, the raglan sleeve front doesn't continue to the back. Thoughts?<br />
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I'd also like to welcome another machine to the family! Hello Singer 66-16, made in 1955, and snagged off Craigslist. For a whopping $30 I got a cosmetically lovely machine, all attachments, a buttonholer, and lots of grime (free of charge). I've scooted it in the living room and have been doing my best to de-gunk it while watching tv. It needed lots of oil. The wiring and motor seem to be new (within the last 10 years or so) and the belt is brand new. The cabinet is in need of some love. I'm thinking of using epoxy countertop paint on the flip out portion of the table so it will be super durable and slick and the rest of the cabinet will just get regular paint. <br />
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Right now I'm working on my version of the perfect wallet. That will be a post sometime this week. Its nautical peeps! I'm moving into my sewing room (eeeeeeeee!) and have some stuff floating around (i.e. it's lost). More to come....<br />
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I also stopped off at my favorite fabric shop. It's like Salvation Army for crafting stuff. It's run by volunteers and the proceeds go to a senior living center to help them maintain their independence. I went specifically for fabric to complete some projects for Lorna's 3rd birthday party but of course came away with more tid bits of joy. Lorna wants a kitten theme party too (Oy!). I'm doing a vintage kitten theme to make it a little less obnoxious. I think it's going to end up being really pretty cute. The kitty wreath will end up in her room when the party is over too. I'm going to do each cat in a different fabric. I'm also going to try to do a couple buntings. The party won't be till the end of April, so if I start now I can do a little every night and have it actually finished BEFORE the party (admittedly a first). <br />
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The big wad of yellow fabric is 5.25 yards of 80s does 50s wonderfulness. I'm thinking of doing the McCalls 5327 with a big full skirt. I'm thinking of also doing black piping on the collar and black buttons. It probably won't be warm enough to wear without leggings and a cardi but I'm boycotting 'swinter'. For everyone not familiar with western New York winters, they are very unpredictable. The spring/winter season is horrible. It will be 60 degrees one day and literally snowing 5" the next. 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After I made up the bodice I realized that I either traced the wrong size (not likely) or the ease was wrong on the envelope. It technically fit. If I didn't want to consider breathing or putting my arms down. The armpits are waaaaaaay to high and the shoulder straps are to short (and I have very narrow slim shoulders!). While the green bodice is nice, I really think it needs to be red or blue. I may just scrap the whole thing altogether. I wasn't really digging the scoop back.<br />
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What if i used McCalls 5327 for the top? Jess wore a really cute yellow dress with this style bodice before. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time coming to a solution that I like. It's a silly v-neck bodice for globs sake! <br />
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Also, I'm having a hard time getting my sewing room settled. I haven't even fit my table in here yet.... Or finished the wall.... I do know its gonna be coral!! Yipppeeeee!<br />
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We were without a washer and dryer for about six days. Yeah, Mt. Wash-Me was awful. The only room that hasn't been painted is my sewing office. My hubbs had to build a wall between two livings rooms that were connected with a pass through. One side of the wall is done and painted but the other side in my room hasn't been finished yet. Ugh. That means that I have tons of stuff just floating around in that room and its making me nuts. I had to put up a baby play yard gate to keep the tots from "helping" me clean it up. I'm not sure what I want to paint it either. Initially I was thinking of doing the grey that's used throughout the house with an aqua strip through it but why not go crazy right? 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I have to talked to several girlfriends and they say their hubbies do it to. Seriously, do guys walk around doing deep lunges all day?<br />
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Anywho, I had to fix a pair for the hubbs today. I have fixed them before but they always end up ripping again so I needed a new approach. I used #37, a nifty little joining stitch (I think). It worked too! I added a piece of navy cotton bottom weight. It felt like a super thick and spongy cotton. Almost like twill but woven more loosely and its thicker. I started on an outside edge to anchor the fabric and just went in a square all the way around and working my way in to the center. Then I trimmed the little bits of extra fabric on the inside. Dave said he was super happy with the way they turned out. Now I get to finish 4 more pairs. Yea me...<br />
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Update on the Jess Dress: yeah, not going so well. The armpits are really high and the bust is too tight. There is no ease at all. There should have been 1.5" of ease. I'm going to have to measure the pieces, I think their ease measurements were off. <br />
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And we got a doggy photo bomb.... Hello Mr. Gus! <br />
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I want to do a nice grass green on top and use the little people on the bottom. I also wasn't sure I wanted to do sleeves or not. I wear dresses all year and add cardis/leggings during the winter. The little people fabric is also a bit sheer for a bottom so I have to line it or wear a slip. I'm pretty lazy so I'll just wear a slip. Of the four patterns I picked (for bodice only), I'm very interested in the Butterick. It's a halter neck but it has a back which I am more comfortable with. I need to be able to wear a bra. Strapless bras and little kids does not a winning combination make. It also has the wrap ties that the original dress had. The vintage advance also strikes my fancy. it wont need to be lined BUT i will have to grade it down at least one size. ill have to measure it to be sure. it will probably have to go down two sizes. Thats more work. So dear friends, what say you?<br />
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The construction is pretty straightforward. No pattern was used, the skirt is just a rectangle that was pleated to fit the size waistband I wanted. I made the waistband like double fold bias tape (double folded) so the decorative stitching had something to hold on to. I did narrow hems on the sides but the bottom was a little different. I didn't want to hem it then add the trim because it would have been too bulky. I finally decided on just stitching the trim right sides together with the straight edge of the trim on top of apron edge. Then I just flipped it under so the raw edge would be encased between the trim and the wrong side of the apron. Is probably only an 1/8" wide which was tricky but it worked and its a tidy finish. It turned out so cute that I almost kept it and and made a new one to give away. Maybe once I get moved into the new house (hurray for Wednesday!) I'll make a new one in my new kitchen colors. I love vintage matchy matchy!<br />
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And on a completely unrelated note, I'll be tying one on any minute. There is a huge glass of wine waiting for me while I watch this silly "snow storm" float by. Anything less than 3' in a day isn't really a storm. 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It died a horrible grinding death. It was only a couple years old and it just couldn't take the daily sewing. I've been wanting a new one for a while but I figured you do really get what you pay for so I wanted to wait till I was in a position to buy a good one. I found the Singer 9960 Quantum Stylist on Amazon at 53% off and I fell in love. It does everything I need an more. The only thing that disappointed me was that the lettering you can embroider is not changeable. Meaning, it's only one size, like half an inch tall. Its really only good for making tags or a little bit of script. It also came with no less than like 15 feet. It has a foot for everything you can think of and some I couldn't. I can't wait to try out the walking foot too! <br />
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Anyway, I'm working up a quick apron as a birthday present for a dear friend. The polka dot colors and the coral band are colors she is using to decorate her cottage so I think it will be a fun and whimsical apron to wear around. I did a sample tag I wanted to include with her name and the year. I still need to work out the spacing I think. <br />
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I also wanted to show the way I do gathers. I find doing a basting stitch and pulling the threads together is just awful. The threads snap and you have to start over, or the gathers end up being uneven. I do a wide zig zag stitch on regular tension and sew over a piece of dental floss (don't laugh, you know you have a hundred little floss containers floating around!) or in this case a piece of cheap embroidery floss. Just sew slow enough so that you don't sew over the floss (of either variety). Then you hold onto one floss end (or wrap it around a pin) and push the fabric into gathers using the other piece of floss. It's amazingly fast and always even. It's also very easy to adjust the gathers if you over gather the fabric. Nothing snaps, it's looks cleaner and you can even pull the floss out once the gathers are sewn over. I think I'm going to try out a nifty decorative stitch on the waistband in a grey thread. Might as well right?!<br />
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I started it right before we moved and all it needed was a buttonhole, button and ties. I'm not especially happy with the inside of the dress. I only zig zagged the seams and the hem was done shamefully fast. I hate hate hate the neck facing. If I made this again I would just line the bodice. There is no place to tack the tip of the facing to and it flops around a bit. I tried under stitching it but it didnt work well enough. I used a vintage button from my stash and the fabric is from my Mary Sue inheritance. I also had planned on making the ties yellow but since that fabric is packed somewhere I had to use some blue I had on hand. It's the same blue cotton from the Xmas dress and it matches well enough. I would like to try the pattern again but I would drop the neckline by at least 2 inches and lengthen the bodice by maybe 0.75 inches. I also made pockets for the dress but I have no idea where they went to. Packed most likely. In the end, it turned out to be a wearable little 1940s wrap dress. <br />
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We are down to the wire with moving into our new house. We close the 13th and I will finally have my own sewing room. I am so beyond excited that I can't help but plan every nook and cranny and color. Here are the colors I have so far....<br />
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Kitchen will be a light aqua color. We will have wood floors and maple cabinets with a light color Corian countertop. The sun room which will also be our dining room (it opens off the kitchen and has very large windows looking into the woods) will be a light coral, a green, or a yellow. I'm still undecided. I can do a crazier color bc it gets so much natural sunlight. The living room, our office (which is really the dining room) and the family room will all be a light grey color with accents of aqua and coral. Its an open floor plan so I don't want too many different colors on the walls. <br />
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I'll post the rest after Xmas and things calm down. Most of the above mentioned is wrapped anyway. And the bad blogger award goes too.....<br />
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I haven't been up to much as of late. We sold our house and have just moved into our rental while our new house is being built. It's gonna be awhile I fear. Anyway, since most of my sewing stuff is in boxes or packed away I found a little project that keeps me busy. <br />
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A while back I bought a bunch of patterns from a farmer down the street. They are all late 30s and 40s with some early 50s kids and ladies patterns. I had a huge stack of pattern pieces that were pinned together but had no envelopes or primer. They are all unprinted and probably mail orders. I started to go through each pinned groups to identify what they were. Turns out they were in workable groups of common pieces the woman sewing it would use. One pile was random doll clothes pieces, one was some sort of pinafore I haven't figured out yet, another pile was a bodice front and collar in an baby size and the last one was a complete dress about a size 4 I think. It has princess seams, a cap sleeve and set in sleeve variations, waist ties, and an unknown upper bodice. I traced the pieces and thought about it for a while and put it all together except for one piece. I think the mystery piece is a shoulder pleat but I don't know how it all goes together. I think part of it must be top stitched and maybe in a contrast color? Also, there doesnt appear to be any marking indicating how the dress is put on (i.e. a zipper or a back button and loop. i think it will be loose enough to go over the head with a back neck button and loop. Any help would be appreciated! <br />
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http://pinterest.com/AlwysAlice/<br />
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http://www.houzz.com/user/megandenner<br />
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I am so excited about the pattern too. I love that it has a Swirl style back with a sweetheart neckline. I also had an idea to use buttons at the shoulder swoop and buttons up the back slant then sew the skirt as one piece. <br />
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I put the zipper in by hand bc I honestly think its faster and looks better than my zipper foot. <br />
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The gussets are great, the dress is not so much. I don't like the colors or fabric I chose. I also didn't know until I cut the dress out that the back bodice was all one piece (duh, should have read the back instead of assuming). The fabric was only $2 a yard at Joann Fabrics so i guess i could call it a wearable muslin. Had I to do again I would have done the back in the periwinkle color. I still wear it but I never feel awesome in it. I like the tea length and I would make it again. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvQwwNd-ajCgXYZC0tAoXi4R69dthNQHkb4i45f3o2rX9cdTlrMSh1lkX0A2cRcS9K3SjKjxEpXekFA45BcN2phf4gaHZO068gsGhFkBwZdv0X25JT2F5HHUbY5dQs36Khb5mQ0hUlkrz/s640/blogger-image--791510528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvQwwNd-ajCgXYZC0tAoXi4R69dthNQHkb4i45f3o2rX9cdTlrMSh1lkX0A2cRcS9K3SjKjxEpXekFA45BcN2phf4gaHZO068gsGhFkBwZdv0X25JT2F5HHUbY5dQs36Khb5mQ0hUlkrz/s640/blogger-image--791510528.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMp84nJ6lQaa_bm39FAa68guuLDVzUm6llgXiv-b-94CRjgimFqaKB321nrXEck_z1Vr9omCheEzpiUhj_rSdMX5dOeHTKj4wjowtP9VO7BrsyElU7rdHJV7-UWp8jKdlnGPvOGA2zVB3/s640/blogger-image-86785718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMp84nJ6lQaa_bm39FAa68guuLDVzUm6llgXiv-b-94CRjgimFqaKB321nrXEck_z1Vr9omCheEzpiUhj_rSdMX5dOeHTKj4wjowtP9VO7BrsyElU7rdHJV7-UWp8jKdlnGPvOGA2zVB3/s640/blogger-image-86785718.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKbfe6iAmkK1CqlpgkFSQoKUoxzUnn-z4pK2Ee66Lmyk0GPtLbYZLxZ1DW2V5z5Ks0HHcrIz2fTFXR7muToTw0OgMG2Q-NjAv4x2PeUHJprjcS0C8XyFt2KFdwSesmAcyHd38-K2s5MV4/s640/blogger-image-866623761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKbfe6iAmkK1CqlpgkFSQoKUoxzUnn-z4pK2Ee66Lmyk0GPtLbYZLxZ1DW2V5z5Ks0HHcrIz2fTFXR7muToTw0OgMG2Q-NjAv4x2PeUHJprjcS0C8XyFt2KFdwSesmAcyHd38-K2s5MV4/s640/blogger-image-866623761.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991949123948585603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581284753935303385.post-80196390501287505712012-08-08T14:36:00.001-04:002012-08-08T14:36:25.075-04:00Did I post this?I made this shirt from McCalls #7813 a while ago. The material is an old crib sheet from one of the kids. The buttons are vintage from my stash. I usually wear it tucked into a skirt or high waist shorts. The neck was super tight, I ended up moving the button. I think my neck is pretty small and this was like choking me. <br />
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