tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post5362877303360429409..comments2024-03-25T08:10:55.433+00:00Comments on March House Books Blog: Sew in Love with Vintage Sewing PatternsBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-6735330883622186882016-10-10T07:56:03.130+01:002016-10-10T07:56:03.130+01:00Thank you Bella, I love them too.Thank you Bella, I love them too.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-3780199197970512882016-10-08T08:27:46.174+01:002016-10-08T08:27:46.174+01:00I have visited your collection and its really ador...I have visited your collection and its really adorable .These patterns are lovely,i love vintage clothingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602835523701399415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-26704445500978730262016-05-20T17:00:21.783+01:002016-05-20T17:00:21.783+01:00
I’m pretty sure Terry would hate the flowery flar...<br />I’m pretty sure Terry would hate the flowery flares – not his thing at all! <br /><br />I don’t know why I stopped making clothes. I suppose it was just easier to go to a shop once Steven was born. It would be nice to make something for Zoe and Lilly, but I should practice on something first (maybe the flowery flares!!) Actually having said that I made them both a dressing up cloak when they came at Christmas, I enjoyed making them, but they were very amateurish. <br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-7828177005643408762016-05-19T21:46:29.105+01:002016-05-19T21:46:29.105+01:00Barbara, I used to make everything I wore apart fr...Barbara, I used to make everything I wore apart from the odd thing and coats, until I was about 35, I loved nice patterns and used good fabric, as if you're spending time making something, you may as well have a lovely fabric as well. I don't make things any more but do alter items and have plans and fabric in the cupboard - will I ever make them?<br /><br />I wonder if your husband will love the flowery flares? <br /><br />I bought a pattern recently, saw it on a Facebook Group, I think without going to look at it, it is called Dotty Angels. Then I realised I have a book with some of her ideas in. The dress/tunic is a mixed fabric one, I love that type of thing.Campfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573797205145907726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-35433644965943827892016-05-06T11:18:35.725+01:002016-05-06T11:18:35.725+01:00I would have to pick those books up if I saw them ...I would have to pick those books up if I saw them in the library – there is no way I would be able to resist!<br />If you believe in the old Scottish proverb about confession being good for the soul, you should be feeling very good today. <br />:-)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-31086896607256945872016-05-06T04:01:24.667+01:002016-05-06T04:01:24.667+01:00I can browse through fashion illustrations for hou...I can browse through fashion illustrations for hours. In fact there are a couple of such books at the library and I know one day I'll give in and pick them up! Confession time: I broke my mom's traditional sewing machine ~ the rope that connected the spinning wheel to the machine twang under my furious concentration on a Home Economics project when I was in my teens. Yanting Guehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788603550626277974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-37791365800505975452016-05-02T15:45:51.926+01:002016-05-02T15:45:51.926+01:00Thanks Diane!Thanks Diane!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-87235329941794285312016-05-01T20:01:47.123+01:002016-05-01T20:01:47.123+01:00I'd say you have a nice collection there Barba...I'd say you have a nice collection there Barbara! Love those illustrations! CraveCutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266646948003488534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-32488757035182732072016-05-01T16:32:01.531+01:002016-05-01T16:32:01.531+01:00Thank you for those sweet words Marilyn!! I will ...Thank you for those sweet words Marilyn!! I will be very grateful (and happy to pay postage) for any patterns you find and don’t want. xx Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-35584043795870314562016-05-01T08:46:42.288+01:002016-05-01T08:46:42.288+01:00Hi Nikki-ann, I’m pretty sure most young girls wer...Hi Nikki-ann, I’m pretty sure most young girls were taught to sew, to knit and to cook. Most of my schooling was about getting ready to be a wife and mother. My dad said I didn’t need an education because I would have a husband to take care of me! How times have changed (thank goodness) :-)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-72898899243129309012016-05-01T02:18:14.608+01:002016-05-01T02:18:14.608+01:00I really love these patterns, Barbara - you bring ...I really love these patterns, Barbara - you bring out the best in everything... I shall look out for patterns next time I'm at a vintage fair, and I'll know where to send them!Guernsey Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10351729766544892085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-33246099556766207402016-04-30T17:59:15.020+01:002016-04-30T17:59:15.020+01:00Mum probably had/has some of these (one or two of ...Mum probably had/has some of these (one or two of them look familiar anyway!). She used to make her own clothes before she married Dad, and I'm pretty sure she made some of mine when I was very little.Nikki - Notes of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116292112164268244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-86884273983519445112016-04-29T17:39:01.515+01:002016-04-29T17:39:01.515+01:00Hello Sue, what a shame you took them to the chari...Hello Sue, what a shame you took them to the charity shop, but you weren’t to know I would like them. I didn’t even know myself!<br />I found another six in a charity shop in Salisbury when I went to get my hair done on Wednesday. Two of them are from the 60s so I am very happy about that. They are not as pretty as the ones in this blog post, but I will keep searching and I’m sure some will turn up. I hope to go to a car boot on Bank Holiday Monday so keep your fingers crossed for me. Don’t work too hard this weekend. See you soon. xx<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-56852089739973332952016-04-29T17:32:11.843+01:002016-04-29T17:32:11.843+01:00Hello Carolyn, I’m sure you were the best-dressed ...Hello Carolyn, I’m sure you were the best-dressed guest at the wedding, and you had the added bonus of knowing nobody else would turn up in the same outfit. <br /><br /> I went into a vintage shop the other day and fell in love with a pink 50s necklace. I didn’t buy it, but I’m going back next week, and if it’s still there I might just get it.<br /><br />Have a lovely weekend, Barbara x<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-13898734969752226832016-04-29T17:11:34.240+01:002016-04-29T17:11:34.240+01:00
Hello Marcia, I really like the doll pattern and ...<br />Hello Marcia, I really like the doll pattern and keep thinking I should have a go at making some of the dresses for my granddaughters. I’m not sure my fingers are nimble enough, but I might just try. Have a lovely weekend. x<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-88613827517540668862016-04-29T15:30:36.486+01:002016-04-29T15:30:36.486+01:00Hi Willie, I have Bell Bottom Blues playing in the...Hi Willie, I have Bell Bottom Blues playing in the background as I type... brilliant! I don’t remember it from the first time around, but I’m enjoying it now. I only remember her singing Sugar in the morning, but I would probably know more of her songs if I heard them playing. I’ve been reading about her and John Lennon it seems he had quite a thing for her. Well I never. <br />Michael Holliday – the story of my life came on You Tube when Bell Bottom Blues finished, I’ve not heard it for years and years. So many memories... Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-49144351514578284322016-04-29T10:34:09.564+01:002016-04-29T10:34:09.564+01:00Ha! I was just rereading all these comments...
Cam...Ha! I was just rereading all these comments...<br />Came to Yvonnes again...AND...A song came to <br />mind! Yes! A song from 1954...Bell Bottom Blues,<br />by Alma Cogan...! :). Well! Well! Well! WILLIE...! =(^..^)=https://www.blogger.com/profile/14862273578655424772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-36332429501909840332016-04-29T08:35:22.112+01:002016-04-29T08:35:22.112+01:00Oh Barbara, Wish you had started collecting these ...Oh Barbara, Wish you had started collecting these a few months ago - I took my lovely vintage patterns up to the local charity shop. I was always going to make some of them, but once we realised how much work we have here it was just not going to happen. Loved the blog and all the comments xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517903599235068164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-2921752868770231152016-04-29T01:21:32.507+01:002016-04-29T01:21:32.507+01:00Hi Barbara,
Lovely post and I can relate to you b...Hi Barbara,<br /><br />Lovely post and I can relate to you buying the patterns. I have two boxes of all my old patterns that I have kept as I used to do all my sewing for myself and then for our children. <br />When we went to a friends wedding I went looking for a pattern to make an outfit. I was happy to see a section with vintage outfits and bought a pattern and made a pink dress with jacket.<br />Have a great weekend<br />Hugs<br />Carolyn<br />Draffin Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448539647442095635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-73169013399520186942016-04-28T19:56:14.504+01:002016-04-28T19:56:14.504+01:00Thank you so much for taking the time to return to...Thank you so much for taking the time to return to my blog. Commenting becomes addictive once you start and it's a lovely way to get to know people. I’m pretty sure I’ve got some vintage dresses in the loft. I must get up there and have a hunt around. I’m a bit of a coward about spiders, so I always have to give myself a good talking to before I go up there. I look forward to seeing you in your Laura Ashley dress and Biba hat!<br />I did wonder about sharing the fox story, but I wasn’t sure I would be able to tell it in a way to make it interesting. I don’t know about an affinity with foxes. I did see them from time to time when I was a child (my dad was a farmer, and I was always out in the fields and woods). I’ve had lots of encounters with deer, and I’ve always felt an affinity with them. I even came face to face with a red deer on a visit to Scotland. It was magical! You were so lucky to have the foxes and their cubs visiting you – maybe not so lucky that you had to give up on the grape arbor. <br />It will be lovely to see you on my blog as often as you like and please feel free to comment. I’ve followed you by email so I should get notifications of all your new posts. I look forward to finding out more about you. It’s interesting that we both used to be booksellers. I started out collecting all my favourite childhood books, and it led to a full time book selling business – funny how life turns out.<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-5259738745364174212016-04-28T19:34:02.379+01:002016-04-28T19:34:02.379+01:00Hello Dorthe, thank you so much for your return vi...Hello Dorthe, thank you so much for your return visit.<br />I gave up making anything, but now I’m retired I want to be a little more creative. I will probably start with something small and work up to bigger things.<br />All the best, Barbara<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-795744537884545602016-04-28T19:25:06.792+01:002016-04-28T19:25:06.792+01:00Hello Sue, lovely to hear about your memories. Yo...Hello Sue, lovely to hear about your memories. You must have looked incredibly groovy in that trouser suit. I remember a skirt suit I wore to a wedding it was green and blue with really big flowers. I thought I looked gorgeous but looking back at the photos I can see I didn’t! <br />It must have been very exciting to hear the sewing machine knowing you were going to end up with a lovely new outfit.<br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-57633170228667259052016-04-28T17:41:14.031+01:002016-04-28T17:41:14.031+01:00Hi Barbara! I have been following you for awhile.T...Hi Barbara! I have been following you for awhile.Today I was finally brave enough to comment. I can hardly wait to see you in one of your favorite vintage dresses. I am inspired to make some videos wearing some of mine. I have a lovely ancient Laura Ashley...I still have the hat I bought at Biba... I was once a bookseller as well! I have been a collector of books since I was a child. I love your blog!I have re-collected so many of my childhood favorites as well as many more. Please share your story about the fox on your blog! People will LOVE it! Have you always had an affinity for foxes? I live in the country as well. I had to give up my grape arbor because the foxes would come and eat the grapes- they even brought their cubs. I wish I had taken a photo. Now that we are acquainted, I will comment more often. Thank you so much for looking at my blog!I will enjoy getting better acquainted.Now i am going to look at some of the vintage pattern links you posted!colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151269790181106294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-60922568419181772272016-04-28T16:39:09.396+01:002016-04-28T16:39:09.396+01:00These patterns are beautiful--great find! I find i...These patterns are beautiful--great find! I find it interesting that the green gown on the Barbie doll pattern is exactly like a gown I had for my doll, same green and blue colors and fabrics, but mine was store bought. I did a lot of sewing as a teenager, bell bottoms, dresses, etc. Nice post! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496559191887463909.post-16343155176271111472016-04-28T16:14:27.317+01:002016-04-28T16:14:27.317+01:00Hi Barbara , thank you for your visit to my blog.
...Hi Barbara , thank you for your visit to my blog.<br />The old sewing patterns are wonderful, and some from my time as little girl, and as young . Back then I sewed many of my dresses even jackets and all, but it is long time ago, I made myself something, lol,- now I prefer to sew collages, dolls, and all kinbd of smaller things.<br />Greetings, Dorthe Dorthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685326242045661724noreply@blogger.com