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    When did suspender clips become popular?

    Thank you! I pretty much figured that clip ons never became popular with people who wore suspenders every day, especially working people, as they would slip off. Thanks!
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    When did suspender clips become popular?

    I've just been asked if someone costuming the play Night of the Iguana, set in 1940 should use clip or button suspenders. I *think* it's button, but I haven't been able to find any documentation (in a quick search) to back myself up. I do see that clips were invented in 1894. I intend to look...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    Or look at your local sewing store for a good used machine. I got a great used 4-cone serger for under $100.
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    How about a skirt? Skirts are easy to make. Go with a Simplicity pattern when they're on sale at Joann's for $1. Look for the package to say that it's a beginner or easy pattern. I'm not sure if Simplicity has it, but Vogue has "body shape" symbols on it as well, to help you decide if a pattern...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    If you have a t-shirt, pick it up and look under the hem. There is usually a stitch that looks like a zigzag with a chain stitch at the edges. That's overlock.
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    Thoughts about waist training and the hourglass figure today.

    What's usually reported in fashion is what the young, wealthy, cutting age set are doing. In the 20's that group wasn't really wearing corsetry; they were mostly wearing camisols and loose tap pants. Anyone that had a large bust or was poor or was over their mid-twenties was probably wearing...
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    Costume College

    Review of classes: Most of the classes were lecture, but the following were limited, hands-on classes: Glovemaking The best class I took! It was great, and I came out of the class with one glove mostly completed that really fit my hand. The class was 5 hours, so you can see that...
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    Costume College

    I had great fun at Costume College, too! It was great meeting Lauren and Vanessa, and I hope to see them again for the Queen Mary in November. I took fewer classes, because due to a machine failure, I was still sewing my tea dress an hour before the tea! Classes: Glove Making Overview...
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    Show us your vintage patterns!

    So do I. They've been there since last year's Costume College. :( I can't even think about sewing anything other than cancan dresses until Worldcon is over, but then I hope to slow down my schedule for a LOT more sewing.
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    Glove Making

    The glove making class at Costume College was great, but I'm not sure exactly what tips I can pass along. Putting the thumb in was very bizarre. I had to have it described, see a pattern, and actually do it before I really figured it out. It's put in sort of upside-down and backwards and...
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    Show us your vintage patterns!

    Decodoll, I just picked up that pattern at Costume College!
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    Has anyone used Vintage Vogue 2241?

    I haven't made it myself, but two of my friends have made it. IOne used a champagne color and one used a deep red (just like on the pattern envelope!). Both were lovely. I will warn you that there's a possibility the center back is sized wrong. Both of the people I know who made it...
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    Sewing Scraps

    You can use a scrap of beautiful fabric as decor on a hat. You don't even have to use it as a bow or anything, just a lovely fabric swirl lightly tacked down.
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    All American Girls Baseball

    I've been trying to get a group together to make these costumes for years! I don't have an embroidery machine, so I wasn't sure how to get the patches.
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    Another drink, Bartender!

    Congratulations, Miss Neecerie!
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    Toiletries of the Golden Era

    The Lux name is currently owned by Lever Brothers. I believe that they mostly sell the Lux brand outside of the U.S.
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    What is your vintage dream purchase??

    I wish DH and I had the skills and sticktoitiveness to build a teardrop! I would love to have one with aluminum siding.
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    Cool Wishes For California

    This is very weird wheather for July. At my house it shouldn't get above the high 80s, and it should cool off very quickly at night. I had all the windows open last night, but it never cooled off. It's like we bypassed July and went straight to September.
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    The man with Bogart's face!

    Robert Sacchi was in "Blast from the Past" too. He was the dj in the nightclub.
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    Cool Wishes For California

    It's been really hot, but it's a couple of degrees cooler today, so maybe we're pulling out of this heat wave!

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