tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49136335016842581132024-02-19T17:01:40.002-08:00 Krystle CouturiéreKrystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-12147275682590326342021-01-06T05:11:00.002-08:002021-01-06T05:11:35.444-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSens2LrkYeNHLplRD20oAH7l8p-TC_lALzSxbnfbnDXr0jCqJv3gOUowUI8Zyrm1A67ktaOq9bUMUoYuadjDgVr_cQyM_BtHFGTA85XiVjO0z18sluj5yGFeCd1qTeL1kCV0IdmeFgIc/s1604/54178008-70D2-4094-87E5-0F43BDFEF9B4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSens2LrkYeNHLplRD20oAH7l8p-TC_lALzSxbnfbnDXr0jCqJv3gOUowUI8Zyrm1A67ktaOq9bUMUoYuadjDgVr_cQyM_BtHFGTA85XiVjO0z18sluj5yGFeCd1qTeL1kCV0IdmeFgIc/s320/54178008-70D2-4094-87E5-0F43BDFEF9B4.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> And here is something completed which I have needed for a good while. This positively lovely and easily knitted béret was much needed for my hiking this very cold winter and the wind blows well here in Hampshire and this hat perfectly protects my head and ears. My usual hat for cold hikes is well worn and well over a decade old. I’m quite old fashioned when it comes to replacing things. If it isn’t broke don’t fix it, so to say.</span></div><p></p><p> Its not such an outstandingly or amazing project, just a simple affair knitted in a few hours, but I really am crazy about it. Its the simplicity of it and the cunning band design which is so beautiful in the colors suggested, the Champagne and Brown, which makes it so captivating. I personally am enamored with the smallest knits the most. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCFqVB7Gccd9DkR0AnTEIwHnyVrDYVGLIeiFUWifafiWxQH3tqoQXAn14ml6hOsGzIlkbpcX14U8skJgo6gkYS0VBwpasX8egZE1EColnCIzVnwmqBfTfDDrlnDere0a7AkfLaRBs1Xo/s2048/03E5DC87-6CA8-4B49-890A-DDD4AE2C80A8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCFqVB7Gccd9DkR0AnTEIwHnyVrDYVGLIeiFUWifafiWxQH3tqoQXAn14ml6hOsGzIlkbpcX14U8skJgo6gkYS0VBwpasX8egZE1EColnCIzVnwmqBfTfDDrlnDere0a7AkfLaRBs1Xo/s320/03E5DC87-6CA8-4B49-890A-DDD4AE2C80A8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p> I used Patons and Baldwins Béret pattern “Moira” from booklet 255 from the amazing vintage pattern lady at fabforties.co.uk An amazing page which quite easily could steal hours without your noticing. ;)</p><p> </p>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-65516464761429603702020-12-03T07:55:00.000-08:002020-12-03T07:55:22.037-08:00My Admiration For Elizabeth Craig <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> In America it's Fannie Farmer and when I live in England it's Elizabeth Craig who I look to for advice and tips and recipes. Of course!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I'm very keen on housewifery in general. I love collecting household management books as well as books on baking and cooking. I find them not only useful but very attractive in my kitchen too. Each have their own tips and techniques that I really always find them terribly advantageous! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> And well! seeing as I'm in Hampshire once again I thought I'd write a little here about Ms. Craig and share one of my favorite recipes of hers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Elizabeth Josephine Craig was born in Addiewell, Scotland in 1883. She attended Forfar school and afterwards studied journalism at George Watson's ladies' college. She returned to her childhood school once again but as a teacher. Her first recipes were published in 1920 in the Daily Express. She was hailed by the Daily Mail editor as "the only woman on fleet street who could cook." This was encouraging for Elizabeth and there was such a rise in her cooking and baking acclaim that she published more and recipes and became well known among the best restaurants throughout England and France. This is such an amazing accomplishment from someone who was self taught to cook and bake beginning at the age of six, with her mother looking on over Elizabeth's shoulder and "guiding" her. Her only formal training was a three month cookery course in Dundee as a teenager. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Ms. Craig published many books after the great war not only on cookery and baking but also on household management and gardening. She did so well into the 1980s. She wrote, quite successfully, books on recipes whilst rationing in WWII and even married an American war correspondent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> She too admired being a housewife with still her other pursuits on the side like many of us today who juggle many vocations these days! 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The pastry recipe that positively is my favorite in any continent! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You must really give this flaky recipe a try! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9INR-OIMrZFbP3ghiEH4DEXwjD0SCD8Ba_OP2bv-9AUF_ig8Ece5QQiEv1F1UbE9YaZfU3UAZH2y-8U9juvQksH3YYJm68JA5TUxBuvvm5yCpwspc448h-5EHXEDINyPXOdErsKXrPdQ/s2048/235F7AC1-F611-419C-9698-7391F442F8DF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9INR-OIMrZFbP3ghiEH4DEXwjD0SCD8Ba_OP2bv-9AUF_ig8Ece5QQiEv1F1UbE9YaZfU3UAZH2y-8U9juvQksH3YYJm68JA5TUxBuvvm5yCpwspc448h-5EHXEDINyPXOdErsKXrPdQ/s320/235F7AC1-F611-419C-9698-7391F442F8DF.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpa1cwjER6cD3ungJHzRdev0Tf5wi7snCDJ5_EMS3hKYeXvEX_oLqtUFkVmSSuoYcFdjoNmTCVGNRvWurPglsM2LVlit7QJe2kvrEhfEgAkJQ4G4a-woAckJvwpus6DgQI0hB_CZw6jg/s2048/39B23A06-45CE-4A2C-A788-44E55E7EE934.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1935" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpa1cwjER6cD3ungJHzRdev0Tf5wi7snCDJ5_EMS3hKYeXvEX_oLqtUFkVmSSuoYcFdjoNmTCVGNRvWurPglsM2LVlit7QJe2kvrEhfEgAkJQ4G4a-woAckJvwpus6DgQI0hB_CZw6jg/s320/39B23A06-45CE-4A2C-A788-44E55E7EE934.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pies from the recipe, made for Thanksgiving. Dishes always look better in person, hehe...Do they not! </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🤍</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for paying me a visit! Feel free to come again for tea!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5COT3MVsOvlaF3Md9XrLnBHuz-OlCzesLJ3T85kVnD0odrr5OXezNBZYWlWdcpRIeZXX6p0NKNMwoCAaRKbm389FM9GntSGDFX0YRAZN4x2j_ywvhfQYhh1fsq3MG_abK9PUciWDUOHc/s1410/EFBDFD5B-3C19-4901-AFA3-682C3F882DEA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5COT3MVsOvlaF3Md9XrLnBHuz-OlCzesLJ3T85kVnD0odrr5OXezNBZYWlWdcpRIeZXX6p0NKNMwoCAaRKbm389FM9GntSGDFX0YRAZN4x2j_ywvhfQYhh1fsq3MG_abK9PUciWDUOHc/s320/EFBDFD5B-3C19-4901-AFA3-682C3F882DEA.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p></div></div>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-29979166418931790542020-01-20T11:17:00.000-08:002020-01-20T11:17:07.071-08:00First Glance for Spring Attire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">“She shows her curls and wears a ruffle on her sleeve. Her skirts are long-but not too long. She knows cotton is a smart fashion fabric but not expensive-so she wears cottons and cottons mixtures that are flattering but kind to her purse. She buys cotton with a reputation and a future-cottons that keep their shape and color, no matter how often they are tubbed and and sunned. She dresses her children in them, and makes herself a dozen cotton frocks for morning, noon and night. She goes forth in the new Fruit of the Loom cottons and cotton-and-rayon mixtures! She looks and feels-<i>and is</i>-a very smart lady!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I’m not a great lover of cotton frocks. Although, there are the cotton dresses for sports and those that are for day wear that are attractive and pleasing, yet some that remind me of humdrum house dress For my most undesirable of the regular ol’ tasks, but one has to admit, this fashion illustration is inspiring. With the right fabrics sewn in the perfect designs they’ll be so lovely to wear. I have plenty of cotton fabrics and Rayon-cottons, so as a design challenge I've decided to make all four of these amazingly beautiful frocks. The key here is to use only the things I have and recreate the designs as exact as possible. </span></div>
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-21883742706249035292020-01-08T11:10:00.000-08:002020-01-08T11:10:13.898-08:00Julia's Report on Paris Fashion<br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here for you my dears is a little treat. And quite a treat! But not before a little background story. Julia Coburn, our author here for the article, an important figure in the fashion world and I'm certain you'd know who she was and become instantly thrilled that the latest fashion magazine had her article. She also co-wrote books on how to dress, and how to act in certain clothes and the proper things to wear and when. These books I'll share a little later! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> A Kansas City native Julia was born in 1898, studied at a ladies' college and later lived in New York. Her letters to magazines indeed claimed to be straight from Paris and this is true. She lived in Paris for three years and often went to and from quite often, and with children and a husband. The articles she supposedly wrote were in a way her articles. She would send her notes to the magazines fashion department editor (she too was also a fashion editor) and someone would write the article on her behalf. I do wish we could see those notes of hers! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> So here is another article by the great Julia Coburn. Enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> *I gathered my information from "The Smart Way To Dress" by Julia Coburn and Alice Blinn 1937</span><br />
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<br />Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-68656266548606612172019-06-14T08:16:00.000-07:002019-06-14T08:16:39.715-07:00<br />
For those dog days when sometimes I don't feel like changing to go out I like to create for myself dresses like these..<br />
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Now, we haven't come upon these days in Utah just yet, it's been raining so wonderfully much, but I know they're upon us. It's my gorgeous desert after all. And these types of dresses, in a sturdy homespun weave, are perfect for tasks around inside and outside of the home and still look suitable for going out to the shop in. And to go out I just tuck nicely my hanky in my pocket, put on my hat and go. So easily is the dress dressed up to go out. </div>
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I'm a real sucker for button down costumes. It's becoming and very easy to jump into. How easy it is to unbutton a couple of buttons at the base for hikes or tennis. This dress I've made about a month ago but has already been on sever hikes up the mountains, over waterfalls.<br />
And let's not forget the robe qualities these types of affairs have. For the beach or poolside, wear under it your bathing costume or top and shorts for other places where it may be suitable to "shed" some layers. The uses for this dress are near endless!<br />
Do you see now why I love this style of dresses!<br />
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I'd like to also note the shirtmaker style dress that it is. So elegantly mannish but so feminine. This design and fabric I chose to make it in was a nod to my wild west legacy. The belt is original 1930s leather belt and leather covered buckle. I love pocket squares but handkerchiefs are much more useful to me and I still insist upon having it in my breast pocket! But yes, sometimes I do shove it down in the other pocket. This one I made is made up of a scrap of Italian linen leftover from another dress I previously made. I narrowly hemmed the four corners and crocheted a lacy border in fine thread and hook. </div>
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Well, there it is. Simple, yet so useful. And in its beautiful simplicity it becomes one of those that one is most fond of. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have a few pieces and I'd have plenty more if they weren't rare and expensive. To find them I just keep a keen eye out for auctions and listings. Sometimes you can find them at great prices because those who list them aren't quite sure what they are. It was truly amazing to me when I received my first piece of Miriam Haskell last year. Its the most common of her styles in the white glass beads but still so special to me.I soon noticed that I needed more things to wear with my Haskell pieces. Yesterday, I whipped up this 1933 dress from Beyer's Modenblatt, a German fashion book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> What really mattered to me is that it would go well with the necklace and I do think the plaid rayon turned out perfectly for it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The clasp of the necklace too, is so pretty that I personally think it needn't be hidden. Such beautiful details on every piece that she created. Including her beautiful name on the bag or tagged somewhere on her pieces. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> There is really a good deal of information out there about Miriam and the history behind her company and herself. I could go on and on about her here for you now if i had oodles of time. Alas! its on to the next dress design to go with my most prized possession of her pieces that I am lucky to own. That will come very soon! I just love her and everything she creates!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Toodle-Oo for now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Well! Here I am again! I always seem to come back to my blog eventually. This time, it's assured, for keeps (or not other platform at all). For many reasons it's the better and preferred option for me, and my favorite, for my creative outlet. I love to write too and expressing and explaining are some things I like to do alongside my current endeavors and designs. And this is a good place for it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> And here is my first of many posts to come! <3</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's of a hat that, let me tell you! Was terribly fun to make! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...And the way one can see one's hair as a contrast through the stitches of the crown. This, having the hair showing or revealed through the crown was a very popular design feature in summer hats of the 1930s. And a feature I especially love and look out for in a new summer hat. It's just so awfully appealing! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">From a simplicity catalog of mine, a lovely affair for the beach! Absolutely need!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ginger Roger's hat here pictured is taking the style to the best level possible. An absolute must for summer this year! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And here is Nan Grey in a simple yet effective style. Perfect for that slight breeze! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;">So there it is! A little more about my love for hats of the 1930s....I don't there's a style of hat from the decade I don't love.....and to present to you this wonderful crocheted hat in which I made with ease. The pattern was a size up from the hat size I usually wear but in the end there is a cord to make which is nicely tied in a bow around the crown. Loose in the further summer months will be greatly welcomed also. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-89880386304576378982018-04-03T10:03:00.001-07:002018-04-03T10:03:23.273-07:00Springs Tender Blouse The first attempt at a Crocheted Sweater<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span>
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a couple of years ago did i finally teach myself to crochet, after
years and throughout them mastering sewing, tailoring, knitting,
lacemaking and many many variations of embroidery. I'm not at all
certain why I didn't learn sooner for now I am as pleased as ever that I
know how. I discovered There are thousands of crochet patterns to be
found from my favorite decade and long before it. </span></span></span><br />
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In my endeavors I've crocheted belts and hats (one which may be
seen on my Instagram) and bags and gloves (also on Instagram). But it
was really the sweaters (jumpers) that appealed to me in crochet and
this was my first...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> It was merely meant to only be a trial run but I love how its turned out enough to wear it plenty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's the girliest thing I've ever made! Luckily I somehow manage to pull it off. Or at least I hope I do!</span></span></div>
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was based upon this pattern I've had for ever so long but I really
detest the lovers knot lace pattern. I can't stand, for some queer
reason, the way it's commenced. And I can't say I'm too keen on how it
looks either. So I grabbed another crocheted lace pattern from a book made up
entirely of many different lace patterns that one could crochet and used it in place of the stitch called for.</span></span><br />
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I made up the sweater as I went but used the guidelines somewhat of the
pattern. I also liked the way I did the collar which is quite unlike
the pattern. The only thing I wished I'd done differently is to have
made it in a size 18 (36" Bust) instead of the called for 16 (34"
Bust). </span></span></div>
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The waist band seemed to take ages consisting entirely of single Crochet stitch. The wool
really is quite itchy but my slip manages the keep most of the wool from
touching my skin. It's Fashion dears! It's not about being comfortable, is it!</span></span></div>
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-89424901866766438992017-08-11T08:07:00.000-07:002017-08-17T07:53:11.113-07:00Thelma Todds Celebration; Yet another Thelma Dress!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> At the end of last month I celebrated Thelma Todd's birthday, which I do every year and it always winds up being an even bigger ordeal than my own July birthday. Thelma has always been at the highest position on my list of favorite actors in depression and precode era Hollywood. She starred in over 120 films and I can't recall just one that I've not enjoyed. Her natural funniness in front of the camera never gets tiring, nor her quick shot glances and gorgeous features and physique. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Just a couple of days before her birthday on the 29th I positively knew that I must make something to wear for the day. Another Thelma Todd frock, but of course! Something that epitomized her well and typified her very style. Her own fashion sense was something to shout about as well! At any rate, I turned to Thelma's short comedy films for inspiration. I thought because there are so very many of her films it was going to be a time demanding task. This wasn't the case. I had found precisely what I wanted in the very first film I turned on. The very frock for the day was in, "Bargain Of The Century," with ZaSu at her side. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Suffice it to say, it was perfect and a design that I've wanted ever so long anyhow. I turned to my abundance of fabrics and sewing patterns and I saw instantly what I was going to use. After two evenings of pleasant toiling this is what I came up with and </span>created....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Of all the many textiles of crepes and pongees, lawns, voiles, silks and so many more I chose this floral Faille of rayon in whirls of blues and a touch of the loveliest chartreuse. It was the closest I could get to Thelma's print fabric without having to buy more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The pattern I used was this Butterick pattern I have had for years without having used it. Another great reason to make the Thelma Frock! Although rather easy in construction there are some details that are worth noting. One being that it's a Dolman puffed at the wrist sleeve, isn't that so ideal! </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The last of the accessories is the self same fabric belt with the most appealing belt buckle of mother of pearl. It separates to open and remove between the circles, isn't it just so pretty! I line my belts in tailors canvas (or horse hair canvas to the moderns), for I've so very much of the stuff, and it works a charm to give it added strength. </span></span><br />
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honor of Thelma. I made her favorite cake, her favorite fare of New
England food, watched her films and wore what is now my favorite Thelma Ensemble! </span></span></span></a></div>
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What a good motivation for it. What do you think about gray? Should I not wear this again? I quite love it!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7CJITgWcOG9xp-CTFOiB3CSKrLCN7xSSIlpj8FL_JVfib26Ziyi8MdyHW3I3evAw-UjNL6fUG2oIe8_m2iEyB3WbbFpq2lBNjGxux8oLrkEXOICHVpukua2AaQ8ngEQmsT2rR4xqI9o/s640/blogger-image--2135080519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7CJITgWcOG9xp-CTFOiB3CSKrLCN7xSSIlpj8FL_JVfib26Ziyi8MdyHW3I3evAw-UjNL6fUG2oIe8_m2iEyB3WbbFpq2lBNjGxux8oLrkEXOICHVpukua2AaQ8ngEQmsT2rR4xqI9o/s640/blogger-image--2135080519.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> I made all of it but the shoes of course! I didn't have my gloves I made to match on but I did have the hat I made even though it was quite breezy out. I love millinery and glove making as well. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC-y3QBwZP_5pcJq6BCTKsrjrQi3mlVCNF-FiaoqddbbwtcvwMtdbMqJKLeOWkyXQGNmoDhfFbs30UJl5Lx3zA4um50zHFhH90F-DZBI9vUmzmkvotgrrEsO-LYGFrhx78Lyu7jvK4_o/s640/blogger-image-238742826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC-y3QBwZP_5pcJq6BCTKsrjrQi3mlVCNF-FiaoqddbbwtcvwMtdbMqJKLeOWkyXQGNmoDhfFbs30UJl5Lx3zA4um50zHFhH90F-DZBI9vUmzmkvotgrrEsO-LYGFrhx78Lyu7jvK4_o/s640/blogger-image-238742826.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> It's a gray Rayon print and peach pique belt and hat. There's shirring at the collar and sleeves and a three piece skirt.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0jB87ITSrlcfLTq0gxvqoiMRp3xkcbx0zLSuT0zGngX5-ns1kgzqikVOrgyZUNgkPvQvujCdIvbKhYg9zlMisMHPGTVt0Gbkn6_hU4AHptadfvgGHewDay6PYLBMfLxmN5Mx4ldbETc/s640/blogger-image--385283888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0jB87ITSrlcfLTq0gxvqoiMRp3xkcbx0zLSuT0zGngX5-ns1kgzqikVOrgyZUNgkPvQvujCdIvbKhYg9zlMisMHPGTVt0Gbkn6_hU4AHptadfvgGHewDay6PYLBMfLxmN5Mx4ldbETc/s640/blogger-image--385283888.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm not sure what I was trying to achieve with this photograph! Perhaps it's to show just how lovely the fabric feels and how much I like the fit! Here's the pattern..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTtkRT3JfFQ5e563iUZzVDugoj-3oNWY-Rw7b4C_59pUUa3MbL6cvuCjHzPUIyXVC8iTl4iJK_is_ozupuV-0TTKg6iCk1IyA8_zq5gVFh6IByuAJsbPHqSsWPn9qGTpXemk6_Vnh-cw/s640/blogger-image--414040908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTtkRT3JfFQ5e563iUZzVDugoj-3oNWY-Rw7b4C_59pUUa3MbL6cvuCjHzPUIyXVC8iTl4iJK_is_ozupuV-0TTKg6iCk1IyA8_zq5gVFh6IByuAJsbPHqSsWPn9qGTpXemk6_Vnh-cw/s640/blogger-image--414040908.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I would certainly make it again! Aren't the details exquisite! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> I've got two more hats and three more frocks on the go that I want to make before autumn. I'm trying to make the most of every free minute I have. Most of my time goes to my little boys but when the lights go out, my sewing room lights up!</span></div><br></div><div> Stick around!</div><div> </div>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-42156092324119933342016-07-18T07:44:00.002-07:002017-02-13T15:35:30.298-08:00The Invaluable Skirt And Blouse Medley!<div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> I don't usually take photographs of my every day clothes (which are entirely all depression era or a little earlier) or all of the new things I sew or my everyday clothes. It would take a long time to photograph and post every day. To me they're just my normal 'ol togs and who wants to see all of them anyhow! If I did But! I do want to share my new favourite skirt pattern that I made from a pattern that actually isn't mine and it's not German. It's a French pattern. I'll tell you first though, that German fashion of the thirties has always been my obsession. They had such a unique look that wasn't as extreme as Paris fashions but not as subtle as American fashions. I'm not talking about Tyrolean dresses or dirndles (although I like those) but the haute couture that German designers came up with that had such an elegant but more tailored look that made women look important...or perhaps, with power. I just love 'em!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> I have made many many skirts and I actually quite like all I've made, but this new one I completed in just two days is the tops! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It was this French pattern and seeing as I don't speak French I went at it without knowing the size, how much hem and how much of a seam they've allowed for. I haven't used any instructions in patterns in a very long time so I really didn't need those. It was just the rest I was confused a bit about. After thinking it over and taking plenty of measurements I went at it and cut it out in a natural 100% linen and the next day I sewed it up. It took me an hour. I was rather pleased with that! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> So there you have it! And I have another skirt and blouse to wear together or with many other things. Just ideal for my budget, every day I may have, or what may seem, like a whole new ensemble!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> We usually visit ghost towns and really small towns. This time around we found a couple of towns that were once the largest cities in Utah but are now so small there isn't even a chain store (what a lovely thought, sincerely, I love that).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> There were many things the boys loved about it and so many things that I certainly did, such as these lovely gowns...</span></span><br />
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Never dowdy and never in bad taste even adorned in some of Orry-Kelly's more off-the-wall designs. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOirHzeFPOJy6uTX6T36hCS13bajnnGBuCKbhedafTJ_v09BRXkaRT5DIeP4HmKU0TpcVcqUvYlfhfAcCsICCfSWLeCT5MtdrExZ2nKE5ImcIXlwpJE8aRYf2bQGSkKqXGPr6couRX2Q/s640/blogger-image--625042986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOirHzeFPOJy6uTX6T36hCS13bajnnGBuCKbhedafTJ_v09BRXkaRT5DIeP4HmKU0TpcVcqUvYlfhfAcCsICCfSWLeCT5MtdrExZ2nKE5ImcIXlwpJE8aRYf2bQGSkKqXGPr6couRX2Q/s640/blogger-image--625042986.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> Verree was married to Adolphe Menjou, who at the time was a sex symbol. They were married quite some time until his death in '63. I loved him as an actor, in fact, both of them as actors and especially when they were starred in roles together. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yX0mJvsk_YBv0XKfjh4bpXYczT_Hx1cQWW_bgwngbsehY6GlrX-dxOWYvLDjJSAlXEwi1tyQgdiABp2B45YoCrdlYVpNkHpiWMfcpqyD_QpUBfESzYQAS_MvrNPvzwI2Lrk4j-x7O4Q/s640/blogger-image--566257460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yX0mJvsk_YBv0XKfjh4bpXYczT_Hx1cQWW_bgwngbsehY6GlrX-dxOWYvLDjJSAlXEwi1tyQgdiABp2B45YoCrdlYVpNkHpiWMfcpqyD_QpUBfESzYQAS_MvrNPvzwI2Lrk4j-x7O4Q/s640/blogger-image--566257460.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> And here's to the birthday boy, George Brent!</div><div> </div><div> I've always had a pash for George. He's so desirable and tall and dark and handsome. I swoon when he speaks.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPTaZ1fjabtMUCXFGyhrFtz7BBgARwAxzoUAzqsxstZyLTmb-GkU0j4U14ysVHFAH6CTC4e2V9TF9uY4IHCHEWod4h1wNFnt-AxJsEJKpvYNedMsgOi2DkCIpvASZSHHqjP-S0PJjPXQ/s640/blogger-image--374383330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPTaZ1fjabtMUCXFGyhrFtz7BBgARwAxzoUAzqsxstZyLTmb-GkU0j4U14ysVHFAH6CTC4e2V9TF9uY4IHCHEWod4h1wNFnt-AxJsEJKpvYNedMsgOi2DkCIpvASZSHHqjP-S0PJjPXQ/s640/blogger-image--374383330.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He's starred in films with many of the loveliest women of all of Hollywood. 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Seeing as there aren't enough hours in the day for me to watch a film of Verree's as well as George's I made a compromise and watched them both in one of my favourite pictures, Desirable 1934. It's a film I quite relate to. Jean Muir plays a plain and lanky young lady and blossoms. I won't give the storyline away if you haven't seen it (and you must!) but how lovely a thought to be kissed by George Brent! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Happy birthday wishes to both of you, whole heartedly!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-35331756927763775352016-02-05T06:37:00.000-08:002016-02-05T08:15:40.544-08:00Some Severe Changes To Be Made!<div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> There are a few things lately that have got me a bit down. It's mostly from being stuck in a house we don't like, my hypothyroid which makes it so very hard to lose weight and because because baby (who now is one year old) started teething at 2 weeks old. He is now gradually sleeping through the night and feeling happier in general. But alas! Now that I have a little bit of time here and there for me I don't know anymore how to best utilize my time. I do my chores and then I kind of meander around wondering if I start something is the baby going to wake as soon as I do!?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I need to have projects and such ready to commence so that as soon as baby sleeps it's time to get on with it. Jot down the most important things to complete. Don't waist one minute trying to figure out what to do first.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> There's nothing more brutal on the way one feels than clutter. That is my opinion. Clutter as in "stuff" and clutter as in bad habits. It makes ones soul feel grotty like toxins in ones body that need a flush occasionally like Plato and Socrates, Ghandi and Christ did with their fasting to siphon all the bad away. </span></span></div>
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When you come up with an idea for a fashion piece, or sport one, particular to the impending seasons' wardrobe do you suddenly see it everywhere? I know I do, it happens to me every once in a while. Just as I've drafted the pattern and am at last going to tailor myself a checked suit it happens! Checks are everywhere.<br />
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Carol was my inspiration in one of my favourite films of hers where she wore this suit.<br />
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This type of very femininely tailored suit was very high in fashion in the 1930s and although hers is a very fine black and white herringbone I thought this suit in checks would make just as emphatic an outcome...<br />
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I just love this one but it shall be but a one button jacket (maybe?) and the black and white checks a bit smaller so at a distant it may appear to be a gray suit. Brilliant. I had it all planned out and went to the sewing room, drafted it in just a few hours and emerged to indulge in tea, knitting and a picture. So, with my little Teddy, watched a Madge Evans picture. Well, you wouldn't believe! She was in checks.<br />
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And wasn't she stunning in them! Of course...is Madge not stunning in everything?<br />
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I will never be more lovelier than Madge, but I would like to think I may pull these checked numbers off nicely, too! I keep seeing the considerable bow everywhere an' all.<br />
And then there was Mae Clark in "Fast Workers," which I saw today for the second time. She played a floosy and the dress shows it but I still like it quite a bit...<br />
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Yes, and the bow again!<br />
I suppose it's just because I've had my eye on checks and am paying attention that they seem to be popping up everywhere I look.<br />
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And here's Constance Cummings in 1933 in the Mind Reader with Warren William wearing a bias checked frock. She told New Movie magazine that she was just smitten about green and white checks and all-plaid frocks. This is certainly something I would make or make that a plain white frock with the check as a half or three-quarter length tunic. Must have the bow and tie to go with it of course!</div>
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Just one more for the hell of it from mccalls magazine...and technically it's windowpane and not checks but I still love it and it's simplicity...</div>
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-78501910751898421862015-08-02T21:29:00.000-07:002015-08-03T07:01:51.972-07:00Autumn Inspiration<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> No word from yours truly in a while, so sorry. Some days get much too busy and no time to post, but who's lookin' out! I snapped a few photographs yesterday which I thought I'd like to keep record of for inspiration for my fall wardrobe and, as I've stated in a past post, I'm going to post a couple of times on this subject. First off! I've been inspired by several colors and a couple of them are brown and yellow. Yes, I know these are the typical fall colors and I'm usually not using them but experimenting with other shades in the cooler season. Primarily because I didn't want to be predictable with my seasons' wardrobes. But this year I'm going to be "different," which isn't really different but for me, yes, different. I'm going to use brown and yellow/mustard quite a bit, I think. Not too terribly much though and either separate or together, as these...</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">They're all so brilliant. I'm also going to use gray for a change and steel blue.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I've also got a few goals pertaining to the wardrobe and one is wearing more of my shoes and more of my jewelry. I gather so many of these items and most of them just sit around for month after month just looking pretty. I always seem to think I need to wait for a special occasion or ensemble to wear a certain pair of shoes or a certain set of jewelry. Today, I looked through my jewelry boxes and saw lovely frocks in these three things pieces and this pair of shoes (among many other items, mind you)...</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And these because my cardinal inspiration these past few weeks has been Neysa Mcmein and Tamara De Lempicka both of whom I've loved ever so for so long. They were both so well known from the late to mid teens through the thirties and I just love that time frame too much. </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Neysa was an enormous fan of hats and was always looked out for to see which she'd wear next. I'm going to make it another goal to wear more hats. I have a few hats but I'd rather like more. Who doesn't! </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, Lempicka! She had astounding style and is just too amazing to me. Other than Durer she is my hallowed artist. Just look at this painting!!</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's called "Sharing Secrets," and it says so much more than just two sharing their secrets. She had such a way, my dear friends. That must be me on the right with blonde hair and brown eyes.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> But anyhow, I'd like the mid to late teens to be my focus when planning and creating my fall wardrobe and then incorporate it into my 1930s style. I want to wear more spats, more fur, be more ingenious about my sleeves and I must needs make more hats and bags and perhaps a pair of trousers like Neysa and wear them. No, maybe not. Well, yes perhaps.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Well, that is it for now, dear companions. See you shortly!</span></span>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-36915607849529532092015-07-23T06:23:00.002-07:002015-07-23T06:23:16.046-07:001930s Outfit Post Sewn Skirt and Knitted Jumper! <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Just a quick little post to do some showing off!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I don't think I've not made a white linen skirt for every summer for 10 years at least. Why? You might ask! Because every year Id like something different (not all skirts are created equal) or perhaps I gained or lost weight. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The white linen skirt! It's such an indispensable tog! It goes so well with any beautiful blouse and feels light, it's swell and very sporty. The white linen summer skirt is a piece you'll find in thousands of photographs of the 1930s (and of course in other eras). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I usually sew a nice big pleat down the center front or make a button down skirt with white or shell buttons. This year I made the latter with pockets. I just felt a need for pockets this year. Mainly for just putting my hands in in a swanky manner. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And then my newly finished knitted! I finally sewed up the Castilian jiffy knit jumper that I blocked ages ago. I like it but I had knit it when I was a few pounds heavier and so it's a size or two up for me and I don't like articles that aren't perfectly suited to my figure. It may not look it but the jumpers a bit big and too long. The ribbing band isn't at my waist like a true 1930s sweater but ten again I do like the blousiness of it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Of course I have plenty of knits in progress but I really thought I ought to be doing some for autumn and winter and when winter comes 'round I'll finish my </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1930slife.blogspot.com/2015/05/important-goals-ive-made-myself-for.html">summer knits</a>. It's what I usually do, it only makes sense. I feel as though I should have these done in time to wear for spring next year. They're </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So I've started this lovely number on Saturday (in a beautiful dark red wool) but I'm not going to set a deadline, for every time I do things in life happens and I never know when I'll get to knit. Then again I may stray to a different knit or another project altogether. I tend to, you see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm sewing this lovely jumper with a brown skirt for autumn but I think it will be terribly lovely with a deep red, black or navy among others.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Isn't it lovely? I'm not working on this but I might because I knit up a little swatch out of curiosity and it makes a swell little popcorn stitch! </span></span></div>
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-42975405078925445172015-07-10T08:08:00.000-07:002015-07-10T08:08:13.264-07:00New Items in My Etsy Shop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Just a few newly added items! Saving for some shoes, I thought I'd get rid of some of my hoard in the process!<br />
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<br />Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-24057339300232037742015-07-09T07:45:00.002-07:002015-07-09T07:45:38.761-07:00My Working Quarters Complete At Last!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">But anyhow it's done and now I've got plenty of plans to make good use of the space. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"> I've had several types of sewing areas from a corner in the back of our apartment to a tiny room in a small house to a basement. And now a really big basement! This time around I've insisted on sharing the space with husband so he may have a bigger office. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"> Yes, I may be moving soon again , for we've been looking for a house all our own which must date between 1700 to 1933 and no newer. So fingers crossed within a year we can buy at last! But for now we've got a charming little house that was built in 1941 (I know, I know) it's the newest house we've been in. But it does have a large basement! And I love my space!</span><br />
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-76895995258059129412015-07-07T05:49:00.000-07:002015-07-07T05:49:16.226-07:00Vintage Video Memoir of Summer To Me<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Just a quick post on summer just because I feel like it could be over any minute now. Perhaps I feel that way because I'm starting plans on autumn wardrobe (which I'll be posting on pretty soon).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Anyhow! Just felt the need to post a little video memoir of mine in the summertime. I'm a desert girl with salt in my blood (salt laker) but I do love to go to the beach when the sun is out and all the people too, with their big hats and umbrellas. I don a scarf to protect my coiffure from the sand and sea air but I love summer on the beach. It reminds me of a Leila Hyams film or lilyan Tasman in many photographs wearing wide legged beach pajamas and having beach party after beach party. I guess Its too childish to imagine I could be there. She would invite me I'm sure.</span></span><br />
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-88886603451630986662015-07-03T18:54:00.000-07:002015-07-04T07:12:02.015-07:00A Dress For Sunny Days!<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Happy Independence Day to everyone!<br></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Last night I finished a dress that I had cut out before going to the UK last year. I cut out several dresses so that I may have things to sew up across the atlantic on my Singer from 1929. I could shop for more fabric in England but I really need to use up some of my stash which consists of somewhere between 1000 and 1500 different fabrics of many, many types. I'm not lying, it filled up our old basement. It got absurdly out of control and I had to really get a handle on my fabric buying addiction.</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Anyhow! I have finished this fine red one that I draped a couple of years ago on my Khafra (Singer from 1923). It's homespun and I have been in love with homespun since my civil war reenacting days. </span></span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I finished this dress just in time to wear it to lunch with a friend. I had a lot of compliments on it and I think that's great because I wasn't sure about the shade of red on me. This and one other dress are the only red articles I own and I can't wear the other until I reduce a bit more. I'm getting there!</span></span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I love to play around with fabric patterns and mix and match them around. This dress had plenty of pieces to do this! I do make a lot of plaid frocks...perhaps I should stray away from plaid for a while. I just always love the color combinations in plaids.</span></span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And one more ridiculous pose! All just a bit a fun!</span></b></span>Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-82518949177601687032015-07-02T08:34:00.000-07:002015-07-02T08:34:03.871-07:00Another Sewing Help! My Singer 115 Revamped!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well! I have at long last found all of my Singer 115's missing parts and got her completely and utterly cleaned up, unstuck and ready for her new racket!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I got my 115 at an antique fair in her cabinet a few years ago and just had to have it. I knew it needed help and what I was getting into, it was clear to anyone to see that, but for some reason I just had to have her. The treadle table had all of it's drawers besides the front long compartment and was in pretty good shape beside the fact that someone had stained it without taking out the machine first. Yes,there was quite a lot of splatter on the machine to get rid of.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I might have paid $70 too much and could surely have gotten a new and in-working-order machine as my first treadle but I really wanted to fix this one up for my own. Nevertheless in the process of working on her and seeing it just sitting there day after day I just had to have one to sew on. So I bought Khafra, my 1923 Singer 127 who now resides in the 115's treadle table and has been so very useful and just a dream to use. So much so that I put off repairing my 115.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In a way though, using Khafra actually got me motivated to get the other fixed up and in operation, because there are a few things one can do that the other can't. So the other day I just gathered up all of 115's parts and the tools and cleansers to get her right and went outside on the lawn with baby and spent the entire day, practically, getting down to it and I still managed to make a lovely shepherds pie that afternoon for tea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I've named her Bessie Love after one of my favourite actresses. She was petite and beautiful and charming and my machine reminded me of all of her qualities. Strange perhaps, I know! I put the hand crank on her for travel and to use outside whilst having lemonade with cucumber sandwiches and winding up the gramaphone. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I was lucky in that it had the shuttle still intact (and how!). They're impossible to find for this somewhat rare machine. The shuttle also took a good deal of work to get out and I thought for a while it never would. The machine was just so rusty and dried up but with plenty of hours and elbow grease (and chemicals, safe ones around baby of course) and long search for all the parts, I completely restored the 97 year old darling.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">So lovely! She works ever so smoothly now and makes the most beautiful stitches!</span></span><br />
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Krystle!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054126748762806148noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913633501684258113.post-38371209140277367962015-06-28T19:17:00.000-07:002015-06-29T06:27:48.594-07:002-Hour Dress! A Vintage Pattern Pledge Project Complete! Outfit Post<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">because I've been working on projects that I had started ages ago. There is a basket of unfinished frocks that I am determined to complete as soon as I possibly can.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> It is because I had been working hard on other things that I decided to just take a wee break and get on with the pledge. I had look through my stash of sewing patterns for the one I thought would take me the least amount of time to make from start to finish. I found Marian Martin 9250 which is a pattern I have had since I was 10ish and really into the 1940's at the time. Easy. It took me longer to cut out than to sew. All together 2 hours (a break in between for afternoon tea of course). </span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to make a seam up the back, which isn't terribly noticeable, for I had only a little less than 3 yards of the fabric I was dying to use. A fabric that I bought a few years back, when starting fashion school, for my toiles (or muslins or prototypes or whatever word you want to use for it). That was usually all I would buy cotton quilting fabric for but that subject is for yet another day. I just like using print and solid color cottons sometimes instead of just constantly plain muslin.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So I think it turned out just fine and it's nice and it's cool for our hot summers. The sleeves are my favourite part of it even though I have no business wearing sleeves as these with my fleshy arms. </span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I gave up caring.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The ties were made from an old crepe dress that had seen better days and I've just been using pieces of it for projects here and there because the color is just beautiful and more of a teal color than what shows in the photographs. It matches the leaves wonderfully on this fabric pattern.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I didn't bother to match the patterns because I was in a hurry. Nor did I care to be honest. It's just for an every day, about-the-house frock. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">This pattern was going out of my element a bit and I sometimes quiver a little at the thought of "betraying" my style. But going out of our comfort zone is good once in a while, although I did make it slightly 1930s length. Nevertheless it feels good and looks a bit good so it probably won't go forgotten in the back of the wardrobe.</span></span><br>
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