And now for something completely different
It being August, of course, and 95 degrees all over I look, I'm starting to be obsessed with autumn clothes again. even though I'm making at least two, and possibly…
More holiday Shopping!
a lot more holiday buying … Rita at Cemetarian suggests these terrific things … I like this old gown ad — an low-cost frame from the craft store as well…
another celebration gown
I like this gown from vintage Martini. The color is fantastic as well as the bodice truly interesting. (The only issue with interesting-bodice dresses, though, is you have to be…
Never a cross word
but always a crossword dress! thanks to Sarah Dyer (aka @colorkitten) for pointing out to me that there’s a new crossword novelty print quilting material out there, in several colorways.…
Only four pieces
only four pieces seems like a bad deal when it's a box of See's, but when it's a pattern, it seems pretty nice … (especially to me because I'm still…
Sales as well as stuff
PatternStash is having a sale March 20-22: She'll be providing a 15% discount in place of the typical 10% – just mention dressaday. (At Pattern Stash, shipping is just a…
Worst. Oscar. Dresses. Ever.
Okay, does everyone agree with me that these were the worst dresses ever worn at the Oscars? C'mon, people! It's like you weren't even TRYING. Look at this one, for…
Today’s Pattern Story, Sale, and Lame excuses
[Note: this is a maternity dress.] Beulah: I am thinking motherly thoughts. Deep, motherly thoughts about my precious babe-to-be. thoughts that require me to stare into the middle distance, and…
The (Fashion Book) Motherlode!
reason #5,898 why I like Google book Search: I just discovered an remarkable book. It's fashion as well as costume in American prominent Culture, as well as it's explained as:…
a-Heim
I was trying to find a lot more sexy-seventies today but ran across this instead, at the blue Gardenia. I was completely arrested by this dress. I like the sleeved…