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    The DANDRUFF Thread

    My hair is down to the small of my back, so I don't like to wash it more than once a week. I brush it out every day with a Mason Pearson brush from roots to ends to try to distribute the oil further down my hairs, but dang, by day 4 or 5 it looks like there's an oil slick atop my head. V...
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    The Vintage Fur Thread

    I was recently gifted with two vintage mink furs: a shoulder wrap/stole, and a four-skin scarf (heads & tails included, these little guys need names!). They're likely from the Forties or Fifties, and are in fantastic shape. I'm very pleased to have them and intend to wear them when the...
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    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Last night, shared a bottle of Bordeaux Rose with a friend. Today, a makeup of Hendrick's Gin with sparkling waters, mint & lime, yes, together. It's quite refreshing, specially on hot, humid, Virginia summer days. -d
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    Home Economics

    I make a lot of stuff from "scratch". We do not buy ready-made bread, rolls, etc. I do have a breadmaker, and that helps out with the dough, everything is baked off in the oven, 'cuz we like bread-shaped bread & rolls. ;) I have a sizeable garden and yes, I can and preserve as much as I...
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    Can you help me find a hawaiian pattern?

    I found a pattern on ebay, if you search on '[Edited: Ebay links and key word hint tip-offs are not allowed at the FL. Thanks for understanding.]' you'll get one hit in collectibles vintage sewing. It looks like a knockoff pattern of the shaheen/kamehameha dresses from the 50s. Sorta like the...
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    Make or Buy? Your preference?

    I prefer to make my own using vintage patterns & a mixture of vintage & modern sewing methods & materials. This way I get a perfect fit and something that suits my personal style. :) I also have a small collection of vintage clothing, dresses and skirts, mostly 1950s, that I still wear on a...
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    Show us what you've made!

    I'm going to be making that for a friend pretty soon. She wants me to draft out the front seam in the skirt, so when I go to trace off the pattern and put the pieces on her cloth, I may be substituting another skirt entirely, if the skirt won't work on a fold. My friend's fabric is a nifty...
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    how about these? They scream '1940s' at me. And the fact that they're made in wool felt, hey, wouldn't that make them appropriate for a war-years impression? http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/27492215/c/113779.html Now, for my zoot suits, when I'm wearing the zoot 'skirts' (don't laugh...
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    Keeping Cool: Fans and Parasols

    I almost always have a fan in a pocket or my handbag, year-round, as nightclubs can get stuffy no matter what time of year, and in summer, well, the DC area's built atop a swamp, and it certainly feels like it in summer! I collect fans, and friends and my husband have been kind enough to pick...
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    The ones that got away

    I missed on these: and a lot of 5 awesome 50s patterns that included 2 Advance patterns for suit ensembles designed by Edith Head (pictures no longer available on the ebay site). Phooey. :( actually cried when I was outbid on an awesome mail-order Anne Adams 'wiggle' dress pattern the likes of...
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Been buying up patterns on Ebay. Got this one: and I'm making it up in black cotton twill with red satin for the trimming bands and appliques (red band and star for one sleeve with a '13' above the band and an 'OS' and another star for the other sleeve). I'm working on it this week and am...
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    Do you have a set beauty routine?

    I work from home, and thusly make my own schedule.... I'm a fashion designer/seamstress, and if I'm on a production run, a lot of this goes right out the window! :) morning: stumble into bathroom, remove rubberbands from braces, grumble at pinchey spots in mouth from rubberbands. Brush teeth...
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    Vintage Manicures

    I'm actually attempting to do a vintage-style manicure today. I've got the left hand done, thus far. I've got good half-moons on my thumbs, and can't really see them on my fingers, so I'm kind of faking it. :) I don't have guides, so I'm kind of free-handing with the polish, and it's come out...
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    "Oh you need Fluff fluff fluff, to make a fluffernutter with Marshmallow Fluff"

    I make a very tasty fudge with Marshmallow Fluff. Double Decker peanut butter and bittersweet chocolate. I'll post the recipe if folks are interested. -d
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    Holiday Baking

    Late, late reply to this thread I make fruitcakes every year. No peel, no citron, no nuts. The fruit soaks for two days in a mixture of aged bourbon and mexican vanilla. After baking, the mini loaves are 'fed' weekly with the recipient's choice of aged bourbon or aged rum. I send these...
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    Note to the girls

    But I just got here! Well, it's good to see that you're not leaving completely, and I hope I'll see you around, because I definitely plan to be here at the bar regularly! :) Good luck and best wishes in whever life is leading you, Lauren! -d
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    I'll jump in... Hi, Y'all... I just joined the board last night, or I suppose I should say really early this morning... I've been into wearing vintage clothing(40s-50s) since high school (late 80s-early 90s), and I do a lot of my own sewing. I have a collection of vintage patterns from...

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