Buried Treasure Found!!!!!

Congratulations!! What a find. And how fortunate you are to know her! How fortunate that the patterns fell into the right hands! Have fun!

Kirsten Sollie

Oh, I LOOOOOOVE vintage patterns like that! I have hundreds! Used already or uncut, whatever the size, they are great for costume making! What a treasure trove indeed!

Thinking of giving away any to any, ahem, close friends you've never met, perchance?

Waah.

Have fun with them, seriously. Are you going to have to do masses of grading? Though I'm sure you can cope with that.

:) Trish

LOL!! If you need a Jacki O suit, you holler to me. :)

A lot of them I won't have to grade up. There are a few that I may have to cut down a little. Apparently, some of them came from a mail order subscription that someone had. There are several that are still in the mailing envelopes from the pattern companies. Those are all of a size that ought to be pretty close to what I need.

Mainly right now, I'm just looking at them and saying over and over, "this is so cool. This is so nifty." lol (My project list is not so long I have to store it on my hard drive like *ahem* some people. lol However, it is long enough it'll be a while before I get to play with these patterns in earnest. )

I have two McCall's metal pattern cabinets. (I bought them from Wal-Mart when they remodeled and got new cabinets.) These patterns fill **completely** one of the sections in one of the drawers. I don't think I could squeeze one more pattern in there if I tried.

Seriously though, if anyone has a costuming project or something and needs a pattern from that era, let me know. If I have a pattern you need, I'd be happy to share. :)

Sharon

I DO need a Jackie O costume. It could go with my wellies and wood trolley! I would be the most stylish wood-lugger in the neighbourhood.

;) Trish (who occasionally laments the lack of opportunity to dress up in the boonies...)

Great news about the grading, though...

This reminds me of the Helmut Newton photograph in last week's New Yorker Magazine, of a female woodcutter wearing nothing but her boots! The Jackie O suit would be WAY more practical than that!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Oh, that old picture of me. Tsk. Is that still around?

;) Trish

Buried Treasure Found!!!!! (Sharon=A0Hays)

She found 2 boxes full of vintage patterns. Most from the 50's - early

70's. Well, she didn't have any use for them at the school..... =A0=A0So guess who she brought them to!!!! I'm so excited. One of the girls helping her asked if she could have some of them. So she got some, but I got enough to fill (and I mean totally fill) 4 Wal-Mart plastic bags! Talk about Fun Stuff!!! Children's clothing, women's clothing, even a few for men's suit coats and pants. PJ's. Swimming suits. Coats. All sorts of wonderful things!!

LOL Trish, I was wondering who that was.

The head of the woman is the only thing you CAN'T see in that photo!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

LOL!!!!!

Oh, Trish.....

You need to put a spit warning up next time!!!

Whoooo Wheee!! Y'all are just bad.

Sharon

--- A gold mine! So, shall we call you our 'Costume Resource Manager/Stockist'?

I do that! Somehow, I just love the smell and feel of old patterns... Those I have from the 70's smell faintly of Joss sticks! I wonder why...