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is all I long for right now.
I am love
Everything happens for a reason to me
I live for today and today only
Inspire me greatly
Inspire me greatly
Inspire me always
This came together pretty easy using some vintage fabric I scored at a garage sale or off craig's list, I can't remember which. The only bummer was slicing the sleeve while I was trimming the seam! At least it's in the back and the pattern is so busy you don't notice.
Simplicity 3744
Anna Maria Horner's Chocolate Lollipop fabric
paired with One Skein Wonder in Lorna's Laces, Chocolate
details coming soon on blog
Date: 1941
Misses' Shirtmaker Dress.
The blouse buttons in front and closes under the left arm. Applied bands form the pockets and trim the dress front. The fronts are faced to roll with the collar and forms revers. Long sleeves are finished with a wrist band; the short sleeves are trimmed with rows of stitching and turned back to form a cuff. The skirt joins the blouse at the natural waistline under a belt.
For Size 16 (34B, 28W, 37H) --
Width around lower edge of dress about 1 3/4 yards.
Finished back length from base of neck to hem of dress, 43".
Notions --
Style I--II: Slide fastener OR snap fasteners, hooks and eyes; 4 buttons (30 lines--3/4" diam.); prong-type buckle; seam binding; shoulder pads (optional); buttonhole twist; shields.
Style I: Matching thread (200 yds.)
Style II: Matching thread (150 yds.); 2 buttons (30 lines--3/4" diam.)
Suggested Fabrics --
Style I or II-- Plain or Printed: Novelty silks, surah, canton crepe, repp crepe, sheer wool, wool jersey.
Style I-- Plain or Printed: Linen, shantung, chambray, spun rayons, cottons.
From the collection of Jessica H. Jaeger.
Another of Yates Mill.
3 exposures; Merged to HDR in Photoshop, tonemapped in Photomatix. I did some pretty heavy touching up in Photoshop after the tonemapping. The luminosity was jacked up, so I had to lower the light smoothing, which caused some really nasty halos and overblown highlights that needed touching up. I used all three source images several different times with different RAW settings each time.
Simplicity Sewing Pattern
#9091
Child's & Girls'
Jiffy Back-Wrap Skirt In Three Lengths and Blouse
Mini Length, Midi Length, Ankle Length
Size 12
Breast 30
Waist 25 1/2
Out Of Print
©1970
Butterick 5510 Size 4 Breast 23
CHILDREN’S JUMPSUIT:
Semi-fitted straight-legged jumpsuit in two lengths has pointed peter pan collar, front zipper closing, shaped patch pockets, elasticized back waistline, attached front belt with purchased belt rings. Topstitch trim. A: has turned back cuffs on short sleeves and legs. B: has short sleeves with rolled-up cuffs. C: has straight full-length sleeves.
Condition: Envelope in poor vintage condition, especially the top of the envelope. Pattern pieces are cut and complete, and in very good condition. Instruction sheet included.
Year: Unknown, but judging by the illustration and style, it is from the 1970s.
Simplicity; is the state or quality of being simple. Something which is easy to understand or explain is simple, in contrast to something complicated.
Simplicity 2211 (the Simplicity Lisette Market Blouse) made up in white and black cotton Swiss dot! More details can be found at my blog, Idle Fancy.
Adopted
Simplicity Sewing Pattern
#6425
Toddlers' Overalls In Two Lengths & Sundress Or Jumper
Size 3
Out Of Print
©1984
Date: 1953
Misses and Women's Skirt
Gored skirt is styled with pleats at lower edge of front seams. Top stitching trims front seams. View 1 has a narrow purchased belt that slips through belt carriers.
For Size 28 (W:28", H:37") --
Finished length of skirt:
29 3/4".
Width around lower edge of skirt: 73 3/4".
Suggested Fabrics --
Cotton, linen, rayon, cotton tweed, gabardine, bengaline, wool, flannel, twill, tweed.
Sewing Notions --
View 1 & 2: 2 spools of thread; 7" skirt type zipper OR snap fasteners; bias seam binding (optional).
View 1: Narrow belt.
From the collection of Alexander B. Tecoma.
It's The Simple Things In Life, That Bring Us The Most Joy.
Decided to take some pictures of the flowers from my awesome guest. They were too pretty not to! =) www.flickr.com/photos/immortalxkiss/3702763320/in/photost...
Simplicity Sewing Pattern
#8404
Child's Dress In Two Lengths
Made In Heaven
Size 5
Out Of Print
©1987
7/52 - Simplicity
Naps are becoming somewhat of a relic around these parts. We do quiet time when we can, and for now, I'm just happy when she stays in her room and self-entertains for an hour. On the rarest of occasions, she somehow manages to put her self to sleep.
It's hard to find the perfect amount of sleep for this kid. She's a night owl, and if she biorhythm could trump over the schedule demanded by a preschooler's life, she'd be up until 10pm every night and still be cozy in her bed until 9 or 10 am. Her body seems to strive for the most basic 10-11 hours sleep at night.
No matter what we do with a nap, push it earlier or later, make it shorter or longer, we haven't found the perfect schedule yet. I'd give anything to have her in bed by 8 or 9pm each night, without having an hour long go-to-sleep routine that involves our active presence for the entire time. I think bedtime should start to be, relatively speaking, a mostly DIY endeavor.
The thing is, when she's not asleep by 9-ish, we know the morning is going to be quite tricky. When sleep doesn't come until 10pm or later, we're guaranteed to have a more difficult time waking up the preschooler than the two teenagers. And she's a total bear at that.
Actually, what's really the problem is the schedule and the fact that we can't let her body's wishes dominate.
On the days that she skips her nap, sometimes she is a tired mess by diner time. What this looks like is melodrama of tween proportions. Tears. Tantrums. And hitting people. When this happened on Friday, no nap and melodrama, she fell asleep in my lap at 7pm. While that was lovely, we know it's dangerous, but she wakes up and has a party from 3-5am.
It's her brain. It's go go go. She can't get it to be calm and quiet. She struggles to slow down and fall asleep, even when her body wants it, she revs it up into the most dangerously wild second wind. She's like a little tornado whipping through the house.
The Doodle want to live. Sleep is for chumps.
We try to balance teaching her to be self-sufficient in this area, and giving her a little extra help when need be.
After 1.5 hours of quiet time and no nap, we opted to help her along. We knew it would cost us on bedtime and the next morning, but having a pleasant Sunday afternoon seemed more important at that exact moment in time.
Thankfully it was one of those warm-ish winter days,and no amount of bumpity-bump and snow slush crushing, could keep her awake. She basked in the most simple of late afternoon winter stroller naps.
Built by Wendy top sewn using quilting fabric from Spotlight. It looks sooo much better when worn in person.
Simplicity. San Jose, California. December 28, 2011. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
A small appliance store front window with many colorful signs, San Jose, California.
This is another in the "walked out my front door and made photographs" series, being a store front that is within a half mile or so of my home. I'm a bit of a fan of photographing the fronts of these small businesses that appear to be anything but chain operations. Each one is its own unique universe and, I assume, reflects the owner's personality in many ways including the cumulative effect of focusing on one small area of the world for many decades. I often wonder what it must be like to live in a world of vacuum cleaners for more than five decades - and I don't mean to imply anything by that question beyond a serious interest in how our primary interests end up influencing how we experience and see the world.
The visual quality of these places also interests me. I can initially simply be overwhelmed by the details that must have accumulated over time - the many brightly colored signs, a few things hung on walls, displays of specialized equipment and materials with brand names I barely recognize. Yet there is a very carefully created order in all of this. It is fun - for me at least! - to spend some time looking at these scenes and starting to pick out the small details that I might not initially notice. (Of course, that is easier with a big print than it is with this little jpg!)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Strobist : Vivitar 285HV @ 1/2 bouced off ceiling. Triggered via PT-04 wireless trigger
This new coat made using Simplicity 2508 project runway was my main me made item of clothing today, but I also wore, a me made skirt, and merino polo neck top but I will save that post for another day. You can see how I made it on my blog www.fabricepiphanies.blogspot.com
Date: 1941
Misses' Shirtmaker Dress.
The blouse buttons in front and closes under the left arm. Applied bands form the pockets and trim the dress front. The fronts are faced to roll with the collar and forms revers. Long sleeves are finished with a wrist band; the short sleeves are trimmed with rows of stitching and turned back to form a cuff. The skirt joins the blouse at the natural waistline under a belt.
For Size 16 (34B, 28W, 37H) --
Width around lower edge of dress about 1 3/4 yards.
Finished back length from base of neck to hem of dress, 43".
Notions --
Style I--II: Slide fastener OR snap fasteners, hooks and eyes; 4 buttons (30 lines--3/4" diam.); prong-type buckle; seam binding; shoulder pads (optional); buttonhole twist; shields.
Style I: Matching thread (200 yds.)
Style II: Matching thread (150 yds.); 2 buttons (30 lines--3/4" diam.)
Suggested Fabrics --
Style I or II-- Plain or Printed: Novelty silks, surah, canton crepe, repp crepe, sheer wool, wool jersey.
Style I-- Plain or Printed: Linen, shantung, chambray, spun rayons, cottons.
From the collection of Jessica H. Jaeger.
Simplicity 8063; ©1968; Simple-To-Sew Misses Bloomer Playsuit & Reversible Mini Wrap Skirt: (Including Tissue Lesson-Chart ... "How to apply neckline facings"). The playsuit with back zipper has scoop neckline and elastic casings at leg edges. V. 1 playsuit has short puff sleeves gathered at lower edges with elastic casings. The dart fitted skirt V. 1 and 2 with contrasting facing wraps right over left and fastens at left side with tie belts.