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Donna Isler  |
Arizona USA
Member since, 6/10/03
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| Book Review | 11/2/03 10:58 AM | The End of Fashion
Book Index/Chapter headings
Into. What happened to fashion?
1. Paris: The beginning and the end of fashion.
2. Fashioning a makeover for EmanuelUngaro
3. Bound for old glory: Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger
4 What becmes a legend most? When Giorgio Armani akes Hollywood
5. Giving the lady ...more... |
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| Pattern Review | 10/28/03 1:04 PM | Loes Hinse Designs - 5301 French Country Dress
Pattern Description: Cap sleeve dress with tucks in waist and four panel skirt.
Pattern Sizing: Petite through Plus
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Yes, except I added binding on neck and sleeve edges.
Were the instructions easy to...more... |
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| Book Review | 10/15/03 12:04 PM | Elegance
This OOP book was written in 1964 and is about wardrobe elegance appropriate for the sixties. However, fashion sewists will love and understand her reverence for and explanations of those details that make a garment haute couture. Here are a few examples in her section on "Finishing":
"While bone...more... |
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| Sewing Tip | 10/8/03 12:29 PM | Low-Tech Bust Apex Locater
I used to do all this measuring to make sure the apex position was correctly marked on my patterns. One day I just held the bodice piece up to my body in front of a mirror, making sure the center front and shoulder seam lines were in the right places and put a magic marker dot at the correct place ...more... |
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| Sewing Tip | 10/8/03 12:19 PM | Dress Form "Cover"
Drop a long department store dress bag over your dress form. The little hanger-opening at the top will settle on the top of the form neck and the rest will hang down nicely, close to the form. When you put your garment onto the dress form, it will glide on effortlessly and the thin bag paper will ...more... |
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