tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46253045328866350672023-11-16T06:41:58.904-05:00Bomber GirlNancy's adventures in vintage-ing.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-52197292372994173402011-12-01T17:03:00.001-05:002011-12-01T17:24:38.634-05:00This week we're making this.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm not completely sure why, but I've been invited to three Sexy Xmas parties in Atlanta this year. The first of which, XXXmas, is taking place on December 9. Am I really that sexy? Who knows, but I'll roll with it. If three different people invite me to a sexy party then it must be so! Or something like that. </div>
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Why are there so many sexy Christmas parties in Atlanta you may ask? I have no idea, but I guess they don't call it Hotlanta for nothing. </div>
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I wasn't completely sure what I wanted to wear until I found this little number on <a href="http://trashy.com/Mistletoe-Underwire-Chemise-with-Garters-Sparkle-Velvet.10556-product.htm">Trashy.com</a>.</div>
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I would call this love at first site, but with a $200 price tag and an order processing time of 2 weeks it was not meant to be. Then it occurred to me: I have a sewing machine! So off I went to plot my own <strike>rip-off</strike> Trashy.com inspired version of this little number.<br />
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First task, find fabric. Seriously, this has got to be the hardest type of fabric to find ever. NO ONE has any sparkle stretch velvet. Even my normal specialty spandex provider did not have any in stock. So I headed out to the thrift store to see if I could find any used children's holiday dresses. I figured that would probably be my best bet for finding what I was looking for and it would be a heck of a lot cheaper anyways. Sparkle velvet tends to go for anything from $10-$20 a yard. Yikes.<br />
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Luckily I found something at one of the local consignment stores that will suit my needs with only a little bit of alteration.<br />
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It's a size 12 girl's holiday dress. Most of the velvet is not glitter, though it does have a little bit of sparkle on the chest. I should be able to use the dress part without too much trouble (luckily I still haven't gained back all the weight I lost for the wedding), but I'll have to completely reconstruct the top. 12 year old girls don't typically have C cups.<br />
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I'll keep you all posted as I get this ready for next Friday. Happy Holidays!<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-13886385848976691402011-11-14T14:59:00.001-05:002011-11-14T23:46:07.981-05:00Sorry: Interuption. Saucy Nurse Costume.Slight interruption here. If you follow the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BomberGirlBlog"> facebook</a> you'll know that I was invited to this lovely little shindig on Friday night. I was invited last tuesday which gave me three days to pop out a costume.<br />
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A challenge which I happily accepted. I didn't have a nurse's costume so hey, why not?<br />
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I started with this shirt dress pattern. Butterick 5421. I used view D (blue dress) and went to town. Really all that needed altering was a little bit of shaping around the waist and some shortening of the length. I removed the pockets for time's sake and added a little bit of trim here and there.<br />
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I was pretty satisfied with it. Particularly the collar. Other than cutting the facing a bit too short it came out very well. My best shirt collar to date actually. Now if I could just figure out stand collars.<br />
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The only real problem I had was with sewing the ruffle on the bottom. I sort of kind of possibly sewed it on backwards for the party (which I did not have time to fix) and then I kind of sewed it on backwards again when trying to fix it for blog photos over the weekend. There wasn't much I could do to fix it the second time since I'd already lost too much length (don't rush kids, it f***s things up).<br />
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Sadly, this thing is short short short so I'll probably end up putting another layer of ruffle on the bottom eventually. The only thing I could think to do for now was bind my raw edges with some casing. It's okay, but not my best work.<br />
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But overall, quite satisfied and I was definitely a hit at the party.<br />
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Just try to imagine this with some yarn hair-falls, pale blue contacts, a good smearing of white powder, white knee socks, my giant clonking white platform shoes, and some black eye shadow. I'll have to see what I can do about getting the whole outfit together and snapping a few photos since this really doesn't do it justice.<br />
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I <i>would</i> show you photos from the event, but unfortunately about 10 minutes into the party the camera crapped out so I didn't actually get any photos of myself so here are some photos from their facebook page of some of the other fantastic costumes.<br />
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</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-45670448047071339372011-11-07T11:02:00.000-05:002011-11-07T11:05:09.731-05:00A year of backlog: Let's continue the January Dress postsHeeeeeeeeeeeeey Readers,<br />
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Long time to chatty chat. As you all know very well at this point due to the wedding I've been MIA for a loooooooong time. Not that I haven't been doing projects, taking tons of photos, and doing the general crafty craft business. In fact the last year has been a crafty overdrive. I started a new costume making business (more on this later), I may be about to start apprenticing under a corsetiere (super exciting, fingers crossed), and I handcrafted every inch of my wedding and wedding reception. So as a result I have a year of backlogged posts just waiting to be free!<br />
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So for the first backlogged post I decided to go back to a project I started many many moons ago. Namely the <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/01/picking-pattern.html">January Dress</a>, a dress I was patterning after this fabulous vintage piece of amazo-sauce.<br />
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<a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/01/updates-january-dress-and-around-house.html">When we last left off I had only just completed the muslin</a>. So onto the next step!<br />
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Step one was to underline the bodice pieces. I used Tasia's <a href="http://sewaholic.net/how-to-underline-a-dress-bodice/">fantastic underline tutorial</a> over at <a href="http://sewaholic.net/">Sewaholic</a> for this one.<br />
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I stitched a 1/4 inch in and trimmed the underlining to fit 1/8 of an inch inside the outer fabric. This worked fantastically and lays nice and flat.<br />
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In addition my desired color result was created. A white eyelet fabric with just the tiniest touch of ivory peeking through. Just a little bit of a vintage colored touch while at the same time allowing the white fabric to modernize the dress enough to make it wearable for all sorts of functions.<br />
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After underlining the step 2 was to dart the shoulders on the front and rear of the bodice. The darts help to build the breast cups on the front and add a nice little bit of detail to the back (pictured above).<br />
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I apologize for the mess in the above photo. I hadn't trimmed the threads yet. I decided to do the old pull the bobbin thread through and tie some knots trick. Holds just as well as locking the stitches in with the machine and makes for a much cleaner line on your darts.<br />
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See? Nice and clean. After the darts were ironed down in the direction facing the neckline it was time to add some facing. The pattern I used did not include facing so I had to draft it. Pretty easy to do. Just trace about an inch or so out from your shoulder line and neck line.<br />
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I decided not to underline the facing. I didn't really see a need to do so and it seemed to me that it was add a little too much thickness. As for the edges of the facing? I just pinked the edge since this fabric doesn't seem to unravel too badly.<br />
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On the first side of the facing I combined the shoulder and neck facing into one piece. You can do this for almost every sleeveless bodice, but unfortunately this was one of the few where it didn't work out. The eyelet fabric was just a little too thick and made the sleeve poof up a little too much. No problem though. A very quick fix. I simply sniped down the center and the results were one thousand times better.<br />
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Stay tuned for more January dress tomorrow!<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-38141709262492282902011-11-01T18:30:00.000-04:002011-11-01T18:30:12.778-04:00Guess who has a new last name<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmWsFneZ9fCszJbNQa_cgBHckrINixQJphtEo36CYJDseqtxy4wGREGpvuMM3asb2X1vACixn8cTSGNB3tvTWnxJBRcu6bmqX3mgsqCZ7DYbP_dw-rugbbzXVinbQXXTCLyyLMeWjiioW/s1600/308722_10150355605901552_812891551_8131911_1734940959_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmWsFneZ9fCszJbNQa_cgBHckrINixQJphtEo36CYJDseqtxy4wGREGpvuMM3asb2X1vACixn8cTSGNB3tvTWnxJBRcu6bmqX3mgsqCZ7DYbP_dw-rugbbzXVinbQXXTCLyyLMeWjiioW/s400/308722_10150355605901552_812891551_8131911_1734940959_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Well it's official! I want to thank you all for sticking with me while I handcrafted my special event. Lots and lots to share with you now that everything is said and done and we are back from the Honeymoon in Japan!<br />
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-BGNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-69689915484117154992011-08-01T17:18:00.000-04:002011-08-01T17:18:35.458-04:00Wedding Business: The Bridesmaid DressesSo I suppose with all my excuses about not updating as much due to wedding business I should probably start putting my money where my mouth is and actually show you what I've been doing all these months.<br />
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First up, the Bridesmaid Dresses. I would show you my wedding dress, but as it's staying a secret from Mr. Fiance I'll just have to post about it the day after the wedding... which is 8 WEEKS AWAY. Holy what? Did I just write that? I did. There's so much still to do! Darn handmade weddings...<br />
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Anyways, we'll worry about that later. Back to business here. First the girlies. When I first started discussing the wedding with Mr. Fiance he let me know that he really wanted to wear tails. He is one of the few men I know who owns his own tuxedo and wears it on a fairly regular basis for networking and so on. He wanted to wear something special for his wedding and so this whole idea of the tails was born.<br />
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This of course meant that the girls (including me) would need to be in full length gowns. Let me tell you how fun it is to find a flattering full length gown these days, particularly one that would go with my somewhat unique wedding gown. So the search began.<br />
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In January I flew up to New York where my mother and sister reside. We planned a day long shopping trip that took us all over Saratoga Springs and the surrounding area. We met up with one of my Bridesmaids, Bradlea, and another good (and honest) friend of mine, Jen, and off we went.<br />
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Bradlea and my sister tried on mmmm..... maybe 25 gowns or so for me. Honestly it probably could have been more considering we spent an entire 8 hours shopping. Eventually we stumbled across this little gem by accident. I only pulled it out of the rack because it happened to be the only sample in the color I was looking for (an iridescent non-blingy gold) and I wanted to check the color on the girls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Beautiful Mrs. Bradlea who was just <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-york-trip-part-2.html">married in November</a>. She is modeling Bari Jay 233.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The dress was really cute, had sleeves (a key criterion for me), and was sampled in the exact color I wanted. Someone was telling me to buy this dress. We tried on a few more dresses for giggles, but I had pretty much made up my mind after seeing this one. A few days later I had my girls go ahead and order this style.<br />
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Here are the images used on Bari Jay's website. This poor girl has been photo-shopped to within an inch of her life, poor thing. I don't think these images do the dress justice <i>at all</i>, but it is enough to give you a general idea of what the gown looks like.<br />
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Mr. Fiance if you are reading this stop now. I'm about to give away a spoiler here. For everyone else, another key reason why I enjoyed these dresses is they have the same short quasi train in the back as my gown. They match perfectly with my dress down to the weight of the fabric. These dresses are chiffon, my gown is organza so they both have a very light airy quality to them. I am very excited to see these on my girls come October!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-84476183737167695992011-07-29T14:13:00.000-04:002011-07-29T14:13:01.760-04:00So let me tell you about my week.So if you follow the facebook or twitter feeds you'll probably have some idea of what's been going out at Haus of Bomber Girl this week, but I promised to give a little more detail in a post so here it is.<br />
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Rewind, Saturday. We help future inlaws clean out attic of the house they are putting up for sale. Doesn't sound too bad except for the fact that we are in Georgia in the middle of a heat wave and the attic has no air conditioning. So we spent all day working in a 115 degree (no joke) attic. All we were really doing was getting out Mr. Fiance's things from when he was a child so that they could be sorted or tossed. Mr. Fiance worked on attic removal and I was on bring-things-downstairs duty.<br />
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It worked out pretty well for us except for the fact that we were both a little ill at the end of the day. He from mild dehydration--we kept a supply of water up there for him, but he just couldn't drink it faster than he was sweating in that heat --and I from constant temperature changes as I went up and down the stairs all day.<br />
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Mr. Fiance's father, or as I will now call him Mr. Fiance Sr. was a riot and kept our spirits up. I've gotten so lucky as far as inlaws go. I get along so well with my soon to be dad-in-law and my soon to be mum-in-law is my shopping buddy already. In any case Mr. Fiance Sr. was more than happy to explain every strange object we came across from Mr. Fiance's childhood included a strange game involving winding a plastic dog's tail and plastic ticks. I didn't get it either.<br />
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At some point during the day we discovered some old book cases that Mr. Fiance senior said we could have if we wanted them. We wanted them. Only problem? The movers could only transport them on Tuesday and the only room they would fit in happened to be the unpainted guest room. These things are heavy has heck and they screw into the wall so once they were in they would be in forever. That gave me Monday to paint since Sunday was already dedicated to more sorting.<br />
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Let me tell you how much I like to paint rooms in one word - meh. I don't dislike it, but it's a lot of work and I am not a fan of paint fumes. We tried using low VOC paint in a few of the rooms in our house, but the coverage was pretty poor and it tended to dry too quickly. On top of that there is a very limited color selection. So we decided to go back to regular old house paint for the time being. If we decide to have kids sometime soon of course we'll use the VOC free stuff again, but seeing as we're not planning on that for years I should have the whole house painted in time.<br />
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Anywho I'm not a huge fan of painting. Paint fumes aside I think mostly because I did it so often when I was working in exhibitions at a photography museum. When you have to repaint a giant gallery space every two months or so the charm really wears off. That leads to a lot of procrastination on my part. I have meant to paint the guest room ever since I moved into the house, but never really had a reason to. Well now I certainly had one. So let me tell you how Monday went.<br />
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8:30am: Drive to hardware store. Buy Paint.<br />
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Luckily I had the color picked out already so I didn't have to worry about that. I went with a lovely color called "Nutmeg" which was not the color of nutmeg, but it was still a lovely shade of chocolate brown.<br />
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9:30am: Drive home to this room which is currently full of wedding decor and junk.<br />
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I was a little embarrassed to show these pictures, but I wanted you to know what I was up against. Our house has been in a constant state of construction lately and things seem to get moved from room to room if they don't have homes yet. As evidence I moved pretty much everything that was here sans towels and put them in the dining room.<br />
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This blanket is my pride and joy. Seriously, I would go back into a burning building for this thing. I knit it my senior year of college while completing my thesis. I literally finished sewing in the ends of this blanket the day of my graduation. It took me six months to make this thing and it is my favorite knit blanket by far.<br />
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10:45am: Move my nemesis.<br />
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I hate this TV. It serves no purpose other than taking up space. It can't play DVDs without routing it through a VCR because it only has a cable jack connector on the back. It's not super heavy, but it's big and bulky and a pain in the butt to lift. The terrible thing is that this is the nicest TV we have in the house, but I still hate you 1990s TV.<br />
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11:45am: Try to move bed, find it too heavy. Remove mattress. Move furniture.<br />
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This is the infamous "<a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-first-tornado.html">Tornado Hiding Under</a>" mattress. It is really bendy and not fun to move by oneself when one is a 100lb 5' tall girl. To me it weighs a ton, but at least it's only a full so it was manageable.<br />
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If you don't have these things you need to get them. Fantastic invention. I didn't have to disassemble the bed frame or anything. Sweet.<br />
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Moved IKEA dresser and weird side table that totally doesn't match the decor, but whatever. We're a young couple. We're excused.<br />
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12:00pm: Move all tarps from upstairs office that we just finished painting last week to downstairs. Jury rig them to fit over the bed so I don't have to remove it from the room. Selectively add painters tape.<br />
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3:00pm: Take small drink break for a diet coke. Let paint dry 10 minutes.<br />
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4:30pm: Finish the cutting in.<br />
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The room has a window and three door frames to paint around.. It took me a long freaking time to finish.<br />
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5:30pm: Finish applying first coat of paint.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Looks pretty good, but definitely showed the problems with the builder's painting job. There were three different types of paint on one wall. One type took way longer for the brown to dry over. Then there were the dried paint drips and blobs, the poor execution of said paint job, and the fact that the ceiling is higher in some parts of the room than others. Thanks for a quality job builder guys.</div><div><br />
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Afterwards I finally took a lunch break and ate for the first time that day. I don't remember what I had, but I'm sure it was good. I think it might have been an entire tub of coconut milk yogurt mixed with frozen cherries and flaxmeal.<br />
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7:30pm: FINALLY finish the stupid painting. Take shower. Not totally sure how I managed to get paint all up the back of one of my arms, but at least the latex paint comes off pretty easily in the shower.<br />
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Next day: Get book cases at 8am in the morning. They look sweet.<br />
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Pat self on back, vow to do no work for the next three days.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-5947573999061149272011-07-22T13:23:00.001-04:002011-07-22T13:24:08.608-04:00A Brief History of Men's Shirts from 1900-1949Something I've always been interested in as you know is the evolution of clothing. I'm always curious to know things like how this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">approximately 1840</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Turned into this in a period of 20 years:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1860</td></tr>
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Now granted men's fashion has changed a bit more slowly than women's fashion in the past few centuries, but we can all agree that it has still evolved fairly quickly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1810</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2010 <br />
(<i>Nancy note: This girl lived the next town over from me and went to my rival high school at the same time as me. She was even on our rival cheerleading squad. Please don't think any less of me...I promise no one else from that area talks like her.</i>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But all joking aside I could write a book on how men's fashion has changed in this century alone, but what I'd like to do today is talk about how a man's everyday shirt has changed since the beginning of the last century.<br />
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1900s:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ca. 1900s (1907ish)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here's an example of a pretty typical late 1900s shirt. There is a high detachable wing collar (rounded) and two cuff options. The sleeve plackets are pointed and the yolk is straight. This is what is called a "coat shirt" because if the fact that it opens all the way down to the bottom and can be slipped on like a coat.<br />
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The type of work shirt you wore, like today, depended on what you did for a living. Business men typically wore suits and white shirts of finer material while day laborers wore more colored shirts of much sturdier fabric (color hides stains and dirt). A man had many shirt patterns and colors available. Polka dots, double stripes and single stripes were popular as well as the traditional white.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both acceptable shirting fabrics. </td></tr>
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</div>Collars came in detachable variations like the shirt pictured above and rarely softer attached collars. In the early 1900s collars were much more popular as they increased the longevity of the shirt. Shirts were still yet to be mass produced and a gentleman typically had less than a weeks worth of shirts in his possession at any given time. You will also note above that the collar is quite high. This is left over from the late Victorian era, but as we approached the end of the decade shirt collars start to shrink in height.<br />
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1910s:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> late teens (<a href="http://www.unsungsewingpatterns.net/">source</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So this is a Negligee shirt or what I would call a semidress or casual shirt. It is not a night shirt. That's something completely different. (<i>Nancy note: the term negligee doesn't become associated with bedroom attire until 1930s</i>.) This shirt also has a detachable collar option and what's called a front-plait opening down the front. The placket ends a little more than midway down the shirt and the shirt is meant to be slipped over the head, though the pattern does give you the option to make it a coat shirt. The neckline is still quite high, but lower than the previous shirt. The rounded collar was still the more popular style at this time, but it would be going out of fashion shortly. <br />
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There are two versions of the shirt pictured above. The far left is the negligee version, the center collarless version is what's called an outing shirt. This shirt could also be considered a work shirt if it was made with a sturdier fabric. The type of shirt at this time was determined mostly by the fabric used. Lighter fabrics for casual wear, slightly heavier fabrics for casual wear, and sturdier still for work shirts. The pointed yolk was typically found on casual shirts like these, but on occasion it would pop up in more formal wear.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a Guild to Making Shirts reprinted 1928 </td></tr>
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Many colors were still popular at this time. Stripes, half stripes, and even on occasion checked fabrics were worn.<br />
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1920s:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early 1920s</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This shirt features a slightly more modern look. You still have the option for a detachable collar, but the main image of this pattern shows a pointed attached collar. Even the detachable collar is slightly pointed. The shirt again gives you the option of coat shirt style opening or front-plait style opening. There are two cuff options including a detachable reversible soft cuff.<br />
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During the 1920s the silhouette of the shirt begins to change due in part to improved manufacturing techniques. Shirts become more fitted, with straight fitted sleeves. French cuffs are the norm. Pointed soft attached collars become more and more widespread thanks to the invention of the home washing machine. Rounded detachable collars are still popular among the older population, but for the trendy folks pointed collars become the normal shirt for business wear. They were secured with collar studs or pins and a tie. Detachable collars are still popular among day laborers for their ease of care and increased shirt life.<br />
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1930s:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://newvintagelady.blogspot.com/">source</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now we're cooking with gas, as they say. This is really starting to look like today's men's shirt. This pattern only gives the option of the coat shirt opening. Plait-front shirts are pretty much obsolete. The placket still ends quite high on the shirt, but this is in accordance with the pants style of the 30s in which a high waist was preferred.<br />
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French cuffs, pointed sleeve plackets, and a longer shirt collar point are all features of this particular shirt. Also popular at this time. Collar stays!<br />
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Which were really more like tie clips, but still amazingly effective. Clip stay to tie and each side of collar and voila! Collar stays put all day long. Genus says I.<br />
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1940s:<br />
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The 1940s bring with it an explosion of different styles of shirts. Shirts become more and more casual. Short sleeve shirts are very stylist for casual wear, sport wear and even work wear.<br />
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Fabric choices explode. Flannel, cottons, rayon, prints, prints, prints, and more prints all become popular for work and casual wear.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Western shirts become popular in the late 30s and into the early 40s. This is caused the increased popularity of western movies and stars like John Mack Brown, Red Berry, Harry Carry, Jr. and more. I have a secret love for these, but Mr. Fiance has promised me he will never wear one. Bummer. </div><div><br />
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The button down business shirts stay about the same. Detachable collars disappear and the softer pointed collar firmly cements its place in men's fashion. Shirt tails become shorter and plackets extend as the waist on men's pants lowers.<br />
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And that, my lovely friends, is that. If you found this helpful drop a comment in the comment section below. Next post: 1950s-1960s.<br />
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If anyone was confused by some of the terms I used in the post here's a helpful diagram.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deoveritas.com/blog/dress-shirt-diagram/">source</a></td></tr>
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Additional References and Some Good Supplemental Reading Recommendations:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Greenwood-Encyclopedia-Clothing-through-American/dp/0313333955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311352889&sr=1-1">The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present: Volume 1, 1900-1949</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unsungsewingpatterns.net/">Unsung Sewing Patterns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/2011/01/shirt-collar-palooza-and-1939-mens.html">Male Pattern Boldness: Shirt Collar Palooza</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collarink.com/about.html">Collar Ink: About Collar Stays</a></li>
</ul>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-78625715226803980592011-07-20T11:30:00.000-04:002011-07-20T11:30:53.728-04:00I got a present!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am always always amazed by the kindness and the generosity of others. Especially when I head to the post office and find this in my box:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It was a huuuuuuuuge box of patterns from Ms. Contessa Timmerman. The box was just packed full of patterns from the 1940s all the way up to some that are less than 10 years old.<br />
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By the way Ms. Contessa I just love your handwriting:<br />
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I took them out of the box and laid them in my front entry way so I could examine them all. First of all, Contessa, you have excellent taste. And second, would any of you believe me if I said this wasn't even half of what she sent me? I was completely blown away.<br />
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This was my personal favorite pattern as <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/06/something-good-happened-over-weekend.html">bridal gowns are a subject that's currently very near and dear to my heart</a>.<br />
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I also loved this really sweet Butterick dress which I had never seen before and this Advance gardening apron which I <i>may or may not</i> have already busted into and cut out the fabric pieces for....<br />
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She also sent lots of patterns from the 1960s including this sweet little sundress. Or at least what will be a sundress when I get through with it. Probably in sunny yellow floral print.<br />
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Here are a few more of the other great 50s and 60s patterns she included. I also love the 1970s shorts pattern that you can see peeking out on the far right side below.<br />
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Lots of full outfit patterns and this great pattern which included interchangeable collars.<br />
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and I now have another caftan pattern. <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/07/would-you-wear-this.html">Which is awesome</a>.<br />
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So thank you so much, Ms. Contessa. I'm overwhelmed by your kindness and I am definitely going to be busy for the next six months making all these lovely garments. All I can say is thank you thank you thank you and I promise to take good care of these lovely patterns.<br />
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Best,<br />
NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-310826460467370482011-07-07T13:20:00.003-04:002011-07-07T13:28:26.087-04:00Fourth of July PostHey, Readers! Hope you're all feeling well this morning. I am feeling pretty good myself (<a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-vlogged.html">at least compared to yesterday</a>.) I had some dry cereal this morning for breakfast and when that felt alright I ate 6 raspberries and a small handful of buckwheat groats. If all that stays down I may try some <a href="http://www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/product.php?p=so_delicious_yogurt_cm_plain">coconut yogurt</a> for lunch.<br />
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Since I am feeling way better than yesterday I figured I'd go ahead and finish up my 4th of July post that was so rudely interrupted by dizzy spells and vomit. So there.<br />
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So for this <i>belated</i> 4th of July I have scanned some of my favorite things from the Bicentennial edition of Workbasket magazine.<br />
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I always love looking through these old magazines. This particular one has some great little patterns, tips and advertisements. Of course it is the 70s so there is a great amount of kitsch and scratchy acrylic yarn to stuff your kids/spouse into.<br />
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Workbasket actually had a rather large selection of mail order patterns. I'm sure most of you would <a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.252615532.jpg">recognize the pattern line</a> if you saw a photo of one of their patterns. Here's what they recommended for the summer of '76. I'm digging on the Chinese top in the top left corner and the summer shirt dress in the lower right.<br />
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Need some help removing those tough stains from clothes?<br />
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Most of the knitting and crochet patterns were a little too much for me, but I thought this one could be turned into something rather charming and office worthy if you used the right color yarn. I've got some <a href="http://www.malabrigoyarn.com/sub_yarn.php?id_sub_yarn=21">Malabrigo Chunky</a> yarn in celeryish green hanging around my stash that might work well for this:<br />
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My favorite section of this whole magazine was definitely the part titled "Women Who Make Cents." It's a section entirely devoted to recommendations from women on how to make horribly kitschy crafts that you could potentially sell for money. Here are a few of my favorites.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-51508047908422036932011-07-06T17:38:00.000-04:002011-07-06T17:38:32.692-04:00I Vlogged.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="292" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-dexdqJL1RQ" width="350"></iframe>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-7395422103300517322011-07-01T14:14:00.003-04:002011-07-01T14:17:30.302-04:00Vintage 4th of July recipes and a crochet pattern.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbVv5hySpnl7rOYhDQEIylxlRKthLzarabt1mWJ_DTJlGCWKHp7Bu6HfKSH7XCEIiB_ifDsRNxKHHphuzMZsFrP9zOczYrSSK2Yr4M-Ykqm_4ZAplnm89RywM-_hFo7zVXGtWQLktoS5a/s1600/yankee+doodle+girl_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbVv5hySpnl7rOYhDQEIylxlRKthLzarabt1mWJ_DTJlGCWKHp7Bu6HfKSH7XCEIiB_ifDsRNxKHHphuzMZsFrP9zOczYrSSK2Yr4M-Ykqm_4ZAplnm89RywM-_hFo7zVXGtWQLktoS5a/s400/yankee+doodle+girl_thumb.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br />
It's almost the forth of July which means that we can all look forward to a day off from work (if you live in the USA and your office actually gives you the day off). It's a day to spend time with friends and family and to eat delicious food. In celebration of one of the more fun holidays of the year (in my humble opinion) I busted out a bunch of my old cook books, personal recipes, and craft magazines to find some old school summer picnic fare. Some are a little odd, but some are pretty good. If you happen to try any of these recipes drop a comment and let me know what you thought of them.<br />
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Pear and Banana Salad<br />
<i>From the Workbasket July 1953 edition. </i><br />
For each serving arrange 2 pear halves on salad greens, one with cut side up, the other with cut side down. Peel banana, run tines of fork lightly down sides. Cut into 1/4 inch thick slices and arrange in half circle over-lapping slices in front of the pear halves. Garnish pear with a cherry or other berry and serve with a tart or sweet dressing.<br />
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Sweet Dill Pickles<br />
<i>From the Workbasket July 1953 edition</i>.<br />
- One Quart Dill Pickles purchased in store<br />
- 2 cups sugar<br />
- 1/2 cup terragon vinegar<br />
- 1 tsp celery seed<br />
- 1 tsp mustard seed<br />
Wash and drain cucumbers, cut into chunks. Mix all other ingredients together and bring to a boil, remove from fire, let cool, and pour over chunked pickles. <i>(Nancy note: This sounds awesome, though so not on the Bomber Girl diet plan... alas, maybe next year.)</i><br />
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<i>C</i>herry Coke Salad<br />
<i>Date unknown, recipe from private collection originally obtained from <a href="http://charmsofdays.blogspot.com/">Charming Vintage Recipes</a>. </i><br />
- 1 package of cherry or black raspberry jello<br />
- 2 cups water<br />
- 1 12oz coke<br />
- 1/4 cup cold water<br />
- 1 #2 can crushed pineapple<br />
- 1 #2 can bing cherries (<i>Nancy note: #2 cans = 20oz</i>)<br />
- 2 small packages cream cheese (<i>Nancy note: small package = 3oz</i>)<br />
- walnuts<br />
Heat water and add jello to dissolve. Add 2 cups coke/cold water. Drain fruits and discard liquid. Add fruits, softened cream cheese and walnuts to jello. Mix, pour in mold, and chill.<br />
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Baked Beans and Lettuce Sandwiches<br />
<i>From Better Meals for Less Money (1917)</i><br />
Press cold baked beans through a sieve; spread bread with butter, cover with a lettuce leaf, cover lettuce with beans, and sprinkle beans with chopped mustard pickle. Cover with a second piece of buttered bread. Brown bread or any dark bread may be used.<br />
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Apple-Lemon Summer Cooler.<br />
<i>Personal collection, ca 1950ish.</i><br />
- 1 quart apple juice<br />
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice<br />
- 1 fresh peach<br />
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberries<br />
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries.<br />
Dice peach and strawberries, place with raspberries in bottom of pitcher. Add apple juice and lemon juice. Stir and chill. (<i>Nancy note: I like mine with a little more bite so I tend to add more lemon juice, but it's really up to you</i>.)<br />
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And just for fun I present this pattern for this crochet American Flag from the July 1974 edition of Workbasket. I typed out all the abbreviations and rewrote a few things to make the pattern more readable.<br />
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Yardage: You will need 20 ounces of white yarn, 16 ounces of red yarn, 12 ounces of blue yarn, and 4 ounces of gold yarn. All worsted weight. (<i>Nancy note: That's about 900 yards of white, about 760 yards of red, 570 yards of blue, and about 170 yards of gold. They're definitely using cheap scratchy acrylic for this so if you're going for historical accuracy go find some Red Heart value yarn.</i>)<br />
Gauge: 7 single crochet equal 2 inches<br />
Hook: Size F<br />
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Work Begins on lower edge.<br />
Base Row: Starting with red chain 218, single crochet in second chain from hook, single crochet in each chain across, chain 1, turn.<br />
Pattern Row 1: Single crochet in each single crochet across. Chain one, turn.<br />
Repeat Pattern Row until there are 11 rows of red. Fasten off (<i>Nancy note: Fastening off is really up to you, you can also carry the red yarn up the side as you go.</i>)<br />
Join white and work 11 pattern rows.<br />
Continue Changing colors from red to white until 3 red stripes and 3 white stripes are completed.<br />
Change to blue and single crochet across 109 stitches. Chain 1, turn.<br />
Continue in blue until 77 rows are completed.<br />
Join red in first single crochet after first blue row. (<i>Nancy note: this might be a little confusing so I made a diagram</i>.)<br />
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Work 11 rows of single crochet in red for first short stripe, fasten off.<br />
With White, work 11 short stripe rows.<br />
Work 4 red and 3 white short stripes.<br />
Sew blue panal to edge of short stripes with small stiches. (<i>Nancy note: Use whip stitch or blanket stitch</i>.)<br />
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Stars: Make 50. With white chain 4, join into a ring with slip stitch.<br />
Row 1: Chain 1, stitch 15 single crochet stitches inside ring, join to first single crochet stitch with slip stitch.<br />
Row 2:* Chain 6, slip stitch in second chain from hook, single crochet in next chain, half double crochet in next chain, double crochet in next chain, treble crochet in next stitch, skip 2 single crochet, slip stitch in next single crochet, repeat from * around until you have 5 points. Join with slip stitch and fasten off leaving about 12 inches of tail to use to sew star on.<br />
Sew stars on blue panel as shown in photograph (<i>Nancy note: or like in any photograph of the flag</i>), 6 in a row for 5 rows and 5 in a row for the 4 rows between them.<br />
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Fringe: With gold, cut strands about 6 1/4 inches long. Fold 3 strands in half and put them in every other single crochet around. Trim strands to even them out.<br />
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Tomorrow I bust out my Bicentennial magazines so stay tuned.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-11210425727958227502011-06-28T14:37:00.003-04:002011-06-28T14:44:15.994-04:00Stockings on the ration.Sooooo I started this post about two weeks ago. 13 days ago if you want to get technical, but you know... I'm like that. My brain got sidetracked as it tends to do and I did things like <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/06/theif-in-night.html">paint and stuff</a>.<br />
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Anywho today let us touch on my most favorite subject of subjects: Underpinnings. Specifically stockings. More specifically I want to talk about stockings on the ration; a subject that I've always found incredibly fascinating. No matter what was going on a fashionable lady in the 1940s still just had to have her legs covered.<br />
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I tried to think of something to equate this trend to in today's terms, but nothing came to me. The best I've got is today's requirement for toe nail polish with open toed shoes, but even that example doesn't really cut the mustard. Stockings had more to do with propriety. We were wearing shorter skirts and starting to lose the corsets and girdles, but stockings were still something that you just wore. According to my grandmother you found a way to get stockings during this time even if you didn't have much money for anything else. It was just something you <i>did</i>.<br />
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</tbody></table>I still think all ladies should be wearing stockings, but that's just because nothing looks better to me than a lady's finely stocking-clad leg. (sidenote: Not being sexist, Dudes, but few men were wearing stockings back in the day. If you want to wear stockings today though I say go for it! It's 2011 baby!)<br />
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</tbody></table>So rationing. Silk stockings were first rationed in the united states in 1941 due to deteriorating trade relations with Japan who had been our leading source of silk. Silk stocking production came to a halt. This meant that the stockings still available in the US quickly became very much unavailable. When the US did finally enter the war the military immediately began collecting used silk stockings to re-purpose into essential military supplies. Parachute material comes to mind first, but it was also made into other war time items such as barrage balloons and powder balloons for navel guns. Apparently <a href="http://www.mapforum.com/04/escape.htm">escape maps were sometimes printed on silk</a> as well though I don't think that was taking up much of the supply.<br />
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Woman donated their damaged silk stockings in droves. A great show of patriotism says I! Those stockings that were undamaged were often reserved for very special occasions like Christmas or formal events and they were treated with great care.<br />
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The solution to the stocking shortage for most women was a switch to nylon, cotton or rayon stockings. (Though nylon became unavailable in 1942 when the War Production Board took DuPoint's complete nylon supply for the war effort.)<br />
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</tbody></table>Cotton and rayon stockings were not the complete solution however. The main problem with these types of stockings were that they didn't fit well and tended to sag around the knees and ankles. I've worn a pair of rayon stockings and I can attest to this. They also tended to be much thicker and therefore considerably less attractive.<br />
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Another popular solution was for ladies to literally paint the stockings onto their legs using oil based liquid makeup (typically MAC). They would then have a friend apply the back seam with eyeliner. Apparently the stockings could last for up to three days if the woman didn't bath or get caught in the rain. One also had to be careful when crossing one's legs as they could rub off.<br />
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Here's a cute little video from a British show called horrible histories demonstrating this process (with a little less care than a lady would have used at the time.)<br />
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See you later, Alligators!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-89220262346699576152011-06-27T10:55:00.001-04:002011-06-28T11:43:18.629-04:00Thief in the night!Happy Monday, everyone! I can't begin to tell you how busy we've been. October can't seem to come fast enough. I really don't know what I was doing with my time before I started having to plan a wedding. I'm busy all week long and then there's no rest for the weary on the weekends. Overall this weekend wasn't too bad in terms of business. We had some ups and downs, but overall we were very productive.<br />
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</div><div>Down: I received my writing scores for my GRE in the mail. Not what I thought it would be especially considering the fact that I paid a good amount of money to take a prep coarse and followed their strategies which were<i> "guaranteed"</i> to get you higher scores. But from what I hear with what I want to do for my Masters the school shouldn't care too much about my writing scores. My math and verbal scores were high enough so I guess there's nothing more to worry about other than my own disappointment in myself. Booooo...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Up: We found a fantastic bistro in our town while looking for a place to have our rehearsal dinner. This is extra awesome because until now we thought there were only chain restaurants and sports bars in town. Mr. Fiance had a fillet and I had delicious braised asparagus with creme fraiche. Yum yum yum. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Down: We have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_rabbit_us.jpg">THIEF</a> in our backyard. Here is the crime scene. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Those were <a href="http://digitalflowerpictures.blogspot.com/2008/09/powder-blue-aster.html">powder blue asters</a>. Now they are stems. The weird thing is that our thief didn't go after any of the other plants including the zinnias (shown in the lower left) or the shasta daisies. Luckily I know the theif's Achilles heel.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Here is the flower garden as of this morning. It's looking a little shaggy because of a couple of nasty storms we had over the weekend. It's also looking a little thin because the marigolds are reaching the end of their lifespan and I've started pulling them out to give the cockscomb room to grow. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Up: We were invited to Mr. Fiance's cousin's daughter's birthday party this weekend and it was just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. She was turning two and they decided to throw here a Sesame Street themed birthday party. My favorite part was this full sized sign post so lovingly created by her daddy. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Downs: We were supposed to go to Athens, GA for a debate society meeting after the party but unfortunately one of us came down with a stomach bug so we scrapped the trip. We went home and watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082054/">Beau Pere</a> instead. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Up: I'm almost done painting my sewing room now that the nasty test is over. The hardest part was choosing the color, but I finally went with a pretty sunny yellow. It's got a good sixties-ish vibe without being too dated looking. I'm trying to decided on the wisdom of adding some green damask curtains. Perhaps something along these lines. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>What do you guys think? Too much?</div><div><br />
</div><div>And that's it for me so how about all of you? Anyone have some good ups or sucky downs this weekend? </div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-71107167253590339212011-06-08T11:32:00.003-04:002011-06-08T11:38:58.708-04:00Story time: Test test test test t-t-test.It's done it's done it's done!!<br />
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My graduate records examination that is. If you follow my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BomberGirlBlog">facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BomberGirlBlog">twitter</a> feeds you'll know that I have been cramming like no woman has ever crammed before for that <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/profanity">@!&#</a> test.<br />
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Mostly my issue with this test came from the math/quantitative section. I don't have anything against math. In fact I've always liked math, but I have a BFA and my BFA comes from a school where no maths or sciences were required to graduate. So other than one chemistry class that I took when I was briefly considering becoming an animation historian I had not touched math since 2003. If you're counting that's eight years.<br />
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So began two months of relearning your basic algebra, geometry and statistics for me. I started by forcing myself into a strict study schedule. Every day after work I would pop over to a coffee shop or the library and do math problems for anywhere from 2-4 hours a day depending on how much time I had available, but those of you who have taken the GRE know that that is only the beginning of preparing for the test.<br />
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I find the above comic strip hilarious as it isn't far from the truth. You think you understand the math, you think you've studied enough, and then they throw in questions that don't even use any math and are really just there to make you squirm. What the GRE tests is your ability to take a examination. It's kind of like the SAT, except much more sadistic.<br />
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I took practice test after practice test after practice test and eventually I started to plateau score-wise. I kicked up the study time again, but finally decided that it was time to just suck it up and take this thing. I was fairly sure of what score I would get and even though it was still below my ideal score I just didn't have any more time to devote to this thing.<br />
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Of course over the weekend (two days before the test I had been cramming for for two months) I caught a cold. A nasty knock you down sore throat couldn't talk kind of a cold. I swear I have never gotten sick as much as I do at the radio station. I don't know if it's the enclosed space and the recirculated air, but when someone at the radio station catches something we all catch it.<br />
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So Monday I go in for this test dripping from every part of my face. Somewhat nervous, not super excited about it, with a sore throat and my ears so clogged I could barely hear. I would have rescheduled the exam, but you have to do that three days prior or you have to eat your entire test fee. That fee happens to be $160 so I decided to just suck it up and go.<br />
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The first 45 minutes of the test are an essay which is followed up by another 30 minute essay. Then they give you a 10 minute break which I took full advantage of. I went out to the front office and crammed a granola bar into my mouth as fast as possible, took a few sips of water, went pee, and went back into the testing room with one minute and thirty seconds to spare.<br />
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Then I broke the test.<br />
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For the record, if you are taking the GRE and a little window pops up that says something like "do you accept this break" and gives you a <i>yes</i> and a <i>cancel</i> button, click cancel. It is not okay to accept a break. Basically it freaks the testing software out and it won't progress to the next section of the exam no matter how many buttons you slam. CTRL-ALT-DEL also will not help you.<br />
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Did I note that this is a timed test? So here I am slamming every single button on the keyboard, clicking my mouse on every section of the screen, and having a general panic attack. I waved my hand to try and summon the test proctor, but she was off having a sandwich or something and definitely not paying attention. So finally I ran out to the main office in a tizzy and finally found someone who could fix the testing computer for me. Phew.<br />
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After that there was another 30 minutes of verbal and 45 minutes of math multiple choices, followed by a "experimental section" that lasts 28 minutes. Yes, the questions were full of things like the comic above, but for some reason I kept finding them easy. Maybe it was my heightened state of awareness from my almost melt down, but of course the first thing that popped into my mind was that I was getting them all wrong. The test is supposed to be adaptive so if you get questions right it should give you harder questions and vice versa.<br />
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But after several other Murphy's Law moments including snapping the lead off both my pencils and running out of scrap paper I completed the test!<br />
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It was time for the moment of truth.<br />
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The next question on the screen: Do you want to cancel your scores or view your scores?<br />
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I clicked view.<br />
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AND HOLY BOLOGNA, BATMAN.<br />
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Not only had I beaten my ideal test score by 60 points, I had beaten my highest practice test score by over 100 points. I was so shocked by the outcome that I let out a rather loud "OH!" If you were one of the other students in the center, I apologize for interrupting you momentarily. I would have liked to get out of my chair and done a victory dance.<br />
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But I didn't.<br />
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I did call my fiancé, Mother and best friend immediately after leaving the test center and retrieving my cellular telephone.<br />
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The End.<br />
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So what have you been up to, Dear Readers? I feel like we've lost touch. Leave some comments to update me on your goings ons. If you've got a blog I promise to head over there and catch up this week. If I haven't been a regular commenter at your blog leave me a link and I'll make sure to add you to my blog roll.<br />
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Peace out, home slices and please enjoy this photo of Mr. Fiancé testing out towels for the wedding registry.<br />
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First scheme. Save the Dates.<br />
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I started making these about a week ago with my friend and bridesmaid Stacey, but we spent most of the session coming up with the design and color arrangement. So this saturday my little sister flew down from New York to finish them up with me (as well as handle other maid-of-honor duties).<br />
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It took us about half a season of TrueBlood, but we managed to get all the save-the-dates done in one evening. She stamped, I addressed, and we still liked each other at the end of the day.<br />
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Here I am at about 12pm after destroying my living room and going on our second mysterious coffee company run. There you can see one of my traditional working faces. The other one is with my tongue hanging out and is decidedly less attractive. Yes, Readers, I confess. I am a tongue sticker-outer when I sew, but since I was only addressing I used my head tapping lip puckering concentration face.<br />
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The save the dates weren't overly complicated. I hit the craft store and picked out a few different stamps that I liked. One batch of letters, one pack of swirls and a nifty humming bird stamp that caught my eye. I used three different colors of ink in three different textures. One metallic gold stamp pad, one goldish chalk texture pad, and a little kid's washable yellow ink. All the other yellows I found just were not bright enough so I'm just praying that no one gets these wet because that ink is going to <i>run</i>.<br />
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Interesting fact. Briana loved stamps when she was kid. As a result she has excellent stamping skills. No missing pieces just good solid stamp lines 97% of the time. Best of all she works for free.<br />
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In any case the next step was to get some paper. I picked up some index card weight paper at the office supply store, designed the postcard face and printed them out. We went with post cards mainly for economy's sake. The stamps were cheaper ($0.44 - $0.28 x a ton of cards =savings!) and I didn't need to purchase envelopes. I managed to make each save the date cost me $0.63 including the postage. The <strike>cheapskate</strike> frugal gal in me did the happy money saved dance. Now I can afford to spend a little more on formal invitations which is great because I really want to have foiling or raised gold lettering.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So we took a coffee break. In case you are wondering it was delicious and energizing and that definitely had nothing to do with the two shots of espresso I had them add. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>And ended up with these. Over 100 Save the dates, all hand stamped and hand addressed. I feel very accomplished. I'm also really happy with them. Simple, in my colors, cheap, and special because we made them ourselves. <br />
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Best of all is the color of the bird matches the flowers our florist picked out for us.<br />
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These roses were huge! 3 inches across at least. I would have brought more flowers home, but everything else in the bouquets are not in season. It was really important to me that we used fall flowers since that's my favorite season for flowers. And speaking of flowers I'll have to post some pictures of my Georgia flower garden. Just for the record you can totally plant things in red clay and somehow they grow.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-42569759764497300392011-05-12T11:00:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:50:03.003-04:00Halfway to Halloween ShindigSo if you follow <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BomberGirlBlog">my facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BomberGirlBlog">twitter</a> feeds you'll already know that Mr. Fiance and I were invited to a Halfway to Halloween party tomorrow night.<br />
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As you can imagine there is not enough time to make new costumes for tomorrow so I'm busting out our Logan's Run costumes again. I wasn't completely happy with Mr. Fiance's Logan costume last time around so tonight I'll make some adjustments.<br />
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Here's a photo of us from last October. <br />
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Over all I was satisfied with the costumes. I was very happy with the <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/12/logan-costume-or-halloween-in-december.html">mock turtleneck undershirt</a>, but I thought the tunic was off. When I made the tunic Mr. Fiancé was unavailable for measurements so I traced one of Mr. Fiancé's teeshirts to make the tunic pattern. I didn't take into account where the shoulders were going to lay and thus this happened.<br />
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Poofy Poof Mc Poofyshoulders. Luckily it only needs some minor adjustments. I just need to take in the shoulder lines a little bit like such:<br />
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And adjust the neckline like so:<br />
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Cake. No problem. Just a few quick snips and some blind hem stitches and we'll be good to go.<br />
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As far as the <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/10/logans-run-jessica-dress.html">Jessica Dress</a> I really only need to redo the belt. I'll swing by the hardware store this afternoon and see if I can't find any 2 inch silver O-rings. <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2010/11/halloweeeeen.html">I had originally ordered 3 inch rings</a> but they were way too big. I had thought the 3inch referred to the total size of the ring, not the opening. I still think it normally does, but I bought my rings off etsy and I suspect the seller was a little confused.<br />
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I ended up tossing out two of the rings and making the belt with three rings rather than the five rings used in the movie.<br />
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I also need to reinforce the inside of the belt with a stronger fabric so that it can actually support the rings. I'm not going to lie... the last time I wore this costume one of the rings popped off and another was barely hanging on by the end of the night. So I figure I'll either shove some interfacing in there or a piece of scrap flannel depending on what I've got lying around the house.<br />
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All in all I suspect it will take me a couple hours to complete the miner alterations. I'll update you on how I jury rigged everything afterwards. I briefly contemplated getting us some fabulous wigs for tomorrow night, but meh. I'll save that for Dragoncon.<br />
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And hey, if you think you might make it out tomorrow send me a line or leave a comment and I'll make sure to look for you at the event.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-43618664339339148612011-05-03T13:17:00.001-04:002011-05-03T13:17:46.281-04:00My first tornado.A few quick changes today. As you'll note I took down the old $25 Vintage logo and wrote in the words Bomber Girl. This is mostly because my Bomber Girl logo design looks like this thus far:<br />
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I'm thinking the new name will also make this blog a great place to show off some of my pin-up drawings among other things... because seriously who doesn't have 12 sketchbooks full of pinups hidden away in their closet from my first year post-animation school? I mean right? Right? And what better place to put them then in my blog posts, right? (Read: I am so loving the freedom my new blog title is giving me.)<br />
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But back to the topic of today's post. As I believe I've stated before I am from New York. More specifically I am from the Hudson River Valley, New York. In the entire 22 years of life I spent in the Hudson River Valley we never even really mentioned tornadoes. It just wasn't in the local vocab. Tornadoes in that valley mostly don't exist. Every once in a while one jumps over a mountain and does a little damage, but the last time that happened I was in the third grade and didn't even notice what was going on.<br />
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This week however.... well, lets just say I had a serious scare. We knew there were going to be bad storms that night with a possibility of tornadoes. We were under a tornado warning from about 8pm onward, but it really didn't even start to rain until close to 10:45pm that night. It was a pretty nasty night. Very windy, lots of lightning, and our backyard started to flood about 25 minutes into the storm.<br />
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At about 11:15pm and I was upstairs brushing my teeth when our tornado sirens went off. Would you all laugh at me if I told you I didn't even know what a tornado siren sounded like before last Wednesday? Mr. Fiancé who was downstairs at the time yelled at me to get downstairs immediately. I spit out what I could of my toothpaste (but didn't have time to rinse, bleh) and zipped downstairs as fast as I was capable of.<br />
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I landed at the bottom of the stairs and Mr. Fiancé essentially threw me into the downstairs bathtub, laid down on top of me, and pulled the guest room mattress over us. I think all this occurred in under three minutes, but as we hid in the tub Mr. Fiancé could hear the sounds of a tornado outside. I couldn't really hear anything from under the mattress, but I'm told tornadoes sound a bit like freight trains.<br />
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We stayed in the tub until about midnight and I still had a mouth full of toothpaste that I ended up having to swallow. I placed a call to my parents at some point to get storm information and we occasionally got updates from Mr. Fiancé's mother about where there had been tornado touchdowns. All in all we had two miner touchdowns within five miles of our house. One was just up the road.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We eventually crawled out of the bathtub (a might bit stiff I should add) and stayed up for another two hours in case of more tornadoes, but it was just rain, thunder and hail for the rest of the evening. We finally ended up sleeping in the downstairs bedroom since our master bedroom is on the second floor. In the morning we were finally able to get a good idea of what had happened the night before. Our neighborhood, thankfully, was not damaged by the storms. We had some downed limbs and lots of debris laying about, but I consider us to be very lucky. Even my newly planted flower garden survived unharmed. Some of our neighbors were not so fortunate. </div><br />
One of my co-worker's parents lost two cars and had some damage to their home home in Griffin, GA. He shared some pictures of the aftermath with me. Thankfully no one in his family was hurt.<br />
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I'm sure you've all heard the stories about the death toll throughout the southeast. There are many tragic stories coming out of the region. Georgia applied for and was granted a federal state of emergency and there are several FEMA offices opening in the region tomorrow. I'm so grateful and thankful for everyone that remained safe from the storms and my heart goes out to those who lost their loved ones.<br />
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Stay safe, everyone.<br />
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</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-57512462458856139052011-05-02T16:45:00.001-04:002011-05-02T16:46:11.426-04:00Current Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy75GuFgmnjWo0CqG9AZ0kenn6Br9ZxAyv6S7sxx-w5z6-dEOEsmWMLsKbodbz_FTJ1oNF2gQPNXeb3sBAvw5eWSSWGfIDlmd47k4uvnK7LaKsLK_ArMhk2kxF-WF2z3Zh5dNjryYWkaQK/s1600/engagementphotos+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy75GuFgmnjWo0CqG9AZ0kenn6Br9ZxAyv6S7sxx-w5z6-dEOEsmWMLsKbodbz_FTJ1oNF2gQPNXeb3sBAvw5eWSSWGfIDlmd47k4uvnK7LaKsLK_ArMhk2kxF-WF2z3Zh5dNjryYWkaQK/s400/engagementphotos+011.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><br />
What's next at BomberGirl (formerly $25V) you ask? Well here's a little preview of what I've been working on. I've also got some other costumes in the works including this year's dragoncon costumes. If you're a member of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/25-Vintage/101091499947958">facebook group</a> you will know that my life has been one crazy bit on insaneness after another. I won't go through all the details, but if you're interested you can <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/25-Vintage/101091499947958">stop over there for a look</a>. I've missed you all very much, Readers, and I hope you'll continue to stick with me now that I can actually begin the switch over to the new server.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-4006715186637869692011-03-04T18:32:00.000-05:002011-03-04T18:32:05.092-05:00$25 Vintage's New Name!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1U5G4MM1sgPLFp2BNqQVddfa4Y54VoIx6rQkPGyIh5xzOwavkpbhTj5zKbLRVHA0Ol68ti4nUrnwNdxMHYJEy_zcG2ubuD3i5gIeN25Jm5auv8eqLRZuI68uayVldiM2kUrrK9rIKK_d/s1600/newblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1U5G4MM1sgPLFp2BNqQVddfa4Y54VoIx6rQkPGyIh5xzOwavkpbhTj5zKbLRVHA0Ol68ti4nUrnwNdxMHYJEy_zcG2ubuD3i5gIeN25Jm5auv8eqLRZuI68uayVldiM2kUrrK9rIKK_d/s400/newblog.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br />
Hello Readers! If you've been following my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/25-Vintage/101091499947958?ref=ts">facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/25DollarVintage">twitter</a> accounts you'll already know that today is the day of the big new blog name announcement!<br />
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I love $25 Vintage. We've had some good times together, but I've outgrown it. I've always felt bad about talking about anything other than sewing on this blog. Sure it will still be mostly sewing centric, but I want to be able to focus more on vintage photography, vintage fashion, vintage stores, vintage recipes, antiques and rockabilly events in and around Atlanta. $25 Vintage has been a great little blog, but it's time for name that gives me a little more leg room.<br />
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So $25 Vintage's new name will be... (insert drumroll here...)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>"BomberGirl"</b></span><br />
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Stay tuned for more announcements to come including the new web address, the new logo, and the new server.<br />
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Thanks, Readers! Hope you have a wonderful wonderful weekend!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-51254906706403462002011-02-17T11:20:00.000-05:002011-02-17T11:20:03.796-05:00Big News! Changes in the Wind!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Lots of changes going on here at $25V and I've got some BIG news! The biggest news? We're getting a <b>domain</b> of our <b>very own</b>! That's right $25V is hitting the big time my friends! <div><br />
</div><div>We've also got a <b>new name</b>, a<b> new logo</b>, a <b>new design</b>, and a <b>new server</b>. I'll keep you posted as the change over happens. I'll be taking the <b>month of march</b> to make the change over during which time I'll be posting to both servers simultaneously. So you'll have plenty of time to adjust your bookmarks and feeds. <div><br />
</div><div>The other big news? I've purchased my wedding dress for the big day! I can't post a photo because one of my subscribers happens to be Mr. Fiancé, but I'm more than happy to share a link with anyone that sends me a quick email. </div></div><div><br />
</div><div>Hope you're day is going just <i>ducky</i>!</div><div><br />
</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-32401341239825469472011-02-15T17:46:00.000-05:002011-02-15T17:46:05.518-05:00Our Engagement Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We finally got around to doing our engagement photos last weekend (read: Superbowl Sunday). We've been engaged for about 9 months now so I guess it was about time to get around to these. We're <i>"frugal"</i> and we didn't want to spend too much on these. I want all the extra cash we can manage to go to the honeymoon and the reception or as I like to call it the "after party." We opted out of getting a professional photographer and instead <s>dragged</s> toted my best friend all over Roswell with us. Cost $0.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are just a sampling of the rough photos. There's plenty of photoshopping to be done, but I must admit that I am very happy with these proofs. I wore a vintage inspired dress from <a href="http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/erin-dress-tan-teal-houndstooth.html">Pinup Girl Clothing</a> that I had received for Christmas. Cost $0 (thanks Mom). Mr. Fiance wore one of his favorite suits that we bought during a 60% sale at Dillards a few years back. I can't remember how much we paid, but he's worn this enough times to work that I can hardly justify it as a cost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We did all of our photos outdoors at public parks and in public spaces. So that also cost us $0.<br />
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Hair was done with my awesome set of <a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2057466&productId=xlsImpprod860344&navAction=push&navCount=1&subdoc=13520offstyletools">hot-rollers</a> (under $25 I might add). I was once a sponge roller girl myself, but Mr. Fiance doesn't let me wear them around him. Apparently they're a bit unattractive and I can't say I disagree with him.<br />
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My make-up came from a smashbox make-up kit which was also a Christmas gift (Thanks Mr. Fiance's Mom).<br />
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In total these photos cost us about $2.00 and about half a day of walking around. We ended up snagging some books at a thrift shop we happened to pass in case you're wondering where that money went.<br />
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I'll be sure to post the final photos once I've finished the photo editing. I just love my engagement photos and I'm so happy we decided to do them on our own. So what do you think, Readers? Did they come out okay?Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-50716716480948190862011-02-14T10:07:00.000-05:002011-02-14T10:07:44.818-05:00Hand Tinted Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34022386@N07/5308297665/in/pool-50001196@N00/"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R2gFZSvHNC7TWXNjFUTM6sopD9c1OmMYQ4TZC3kYmoREhCL3zwWmmrtFVS43I4Op7lMtQVq6SusXItsRg8zzvmMmHgUUj_b_tnMBLyjQWXEKx8Dt_DS5rc9UKUDObCSb4yMAwoDlHrUN/s400/5308297665_1b16c933f3_z.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br />
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Happy Valentine's Day, Readers! Will you be my Valentine?<br />
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My grandmother is in the early stages of dementia. She's still mostly herself, but she has a lot of trouble remember dates and names. She recently had to be placed in an assisted living center and this weekend was the first time I got to see her new home.<br />
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Overall the place was very nice. There were a lot of people her own age and she has a very nice roommate. Still it's hard to think that the woman that played countless games of Uno with me, took us to vacation bible school, and who made these huge lunch spreads every time we came to visit can't remember what day of the week it is.<br />
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I suppose that's life, but I can see that she's becoming less and less of the Mom-mom I've always known. She's forgotten everyone's last names and it's only a matter of time before she forgets the first names completely as well. There's not much I can do but be supportive and understanding of what she's going through, but the day is coming when my Mom-Mom isn't going to be Mom-Mom anymore.<br />
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I'm going to make sure to visit Mom-Mom as much as possible. It's difficult when a drive over to Mississippi costs me over $100 in gas and I'm currently only working part-time, but some things are more important than money.<br />
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As far as the January Dress goes I've gone ahead and cut out all the fabric pieces for the bodice and underlined them with the <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/01/updates-january-dress-and-around-house.html">ivory colored cotton</a>. This evening I have class to attend until 10pm, but I'll try to assemble the bodice after I get home.<br />
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I used <a href="http://sewaholic.net/">Tasia</a>'s tutorial (I just love her name. Tasia, it sounds so pretty) on <a href="http://sewaholic.net/how-to-underline-a-dress-bodice/">underlining a bodic</a><a href="http://sewaholic.net/how-to-underline-a-dress-bodice/">e</a>. If you haven't read any of Tasia's tutorials you are in for a treat. Her instructions are crystal clear and she creates the most beautiful dresses.<br />
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And I'm really stoaked to tell you that $25V now has over 1000 twitter followers! Thanks everyone for following me! I'll try to keep bringing you interesting sewing related tweets daily!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625304532886635067.post-90335095881726232512011-01-27T14:14:00.000-05:002011-01-27T14:14:55.121-05:00Updates: January Dress and around the houseHello Readers! I just got my new fridge this morning!<br />
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But enough about my appliances. I realized I hadn't posted the fabric for the January Dress yet. So here it is.<br />
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I went with olive green 100% linen for the shirt and bow. The eyelet is a white cotton paisley. I'll be lining the bodice with an ivory cotton (center). I wanted to use ivory eyelet fabric, but that's almost impossible to find in the shops around here. I compromised by choosing an ivory lining. It will add a little bit of the ivory color and it will help to really show off the eyelets.<br />
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When I overlay the eyelet onto the cotton it will create an effect like this. You'll get just a touch of the darker color. Just trust me on this one, it's going to look fabulous. <br />
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So what did I pay for all these fabrics? Well my plan had been to find an eyelet dress or top from one of the local thrift or consignment stores because eyelet fabric is so expensive. Unfortunately, eyelet hasn't been super popular in couple of years or so. I did see quite a bit of it last spring, but I guess it hasn't hit the thrift stores around here yet. So I had to go with this white eyelet that I found at Joann's. It was originally $11.99 a yard, but I had my 50% off coupon. Heck yeah. I ended up going home with one yard of the eyelet for $5.99.<br />
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The linen was a bit more expensive. I think I paid $6.99 a yard for it, but I'll check the receipt before I do a grand total post.<br />
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For the skirt of the dress I decided to use the skirt from this pattern.<br />
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It's just a simple 1950s circle skirt, but it's easy and won't cause me too much trouble. This particular skirt is pretty poofy so I'll be taking a few inches off the width of the skirt panels. I'll add a few inches to the length of the skirt panels to be safe, but I shouldn't need it. This particular skirt already ends near my ankles since it is not a petite pattern. (I'm 5'1/2".)<br />
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The plan is to make this an ankle length dress, but what do you guys think? Should I make it floor length or bring it up to the mid-calf and make it into more of a day dress? You're all my stylists so let me know what you think! Just remember that the bodice will end just slightly below my natural waist. <br />
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I cut out all the pieces and lined them up. I like to line up my front pieces over my back piece to check for length and such. So far so good. You'll note the fabulous pointed join from the yolk piece to the bust piece that's going to have to be sewn here. Pointy joins are one of my least favorite parts of sewing, but I'll suffer for my wardrobe.<br />
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I didn't take too many photos of the sewing up of this baby, mostly because I wanted to get it done as quickly as possible so I could check the fit. You'll notice some pretty common features of a 1930s bodice here.<br />
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#1 is the loosely fitting bust. That's achieved by gathering the shoulder seams or in this case adding some pin-tucks. I actually could probably let this out a little more, but since I've got that <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE3PADE51o_cZxNSA8NUNLYn-Su_w3GUXv_5hyqIrxY1zvUUuFhIdWnxTXk73-fGC5-W7rxqWWUUBWFK_K_UmVGog8baNHOfIVjuD71XoYR-TowGeZr8wuz2HwbPYPQOFlCQxUcVlZZ2d/s1600/il_570xN.200317274.jpg">big bow</a> going in I probably won't.<br />
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#2 is the gathering under the bust line to make cups. I don't know why this was so popular. Okay I do, that was more about the loose bust aestetic. It's not like the dart didn't exist. You see them all over the place in Romantic and Victorian Era dress, but for some reason they fall out of favor during the 1920s and early 1930s. Personally I find making darts to be quicker and nicer looking, but you don't get that nice gathered edge which was so popular in 1930s evening gowns.<br />
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#3 I actually lowered the neck line here by about 3.5 inches. Originally it was straight across, but since my inspiration dress had the drop neck I went ahead and lowered it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here is the muslin on. You can see there are still some fitting issues. The sleeves have not been hemmed so you can expect them to be about an inch smaller in width. I'm suffering here from 1930s saggy boob syndrome. This happens to me with every single 1930s pattern I make. At the time we were still deemphasizing our busts rather than pushing them up and out. I don't particularly like the look of the boobs here, but since they'll be covered in a giant bow I'm not too concerned about that. I'll probably move the gathers an inch towards the center, but other than that I'll leave them alone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is the back which I love! I was originally going to drop the back into a more curved shape <a href="http://25dollarvintage.blogspot.com/2011/01/every-once-in-while-you-see-dress-that.html">like my reference dress</a>, but this back was just too pretty to change. I just love it! I'm going to be installing my zipper in the side seam to preserve this awesome back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here's what I'll be changing between this and the final garment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Adjusting the bust gathers to give me less "saggy boob"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Adding 1.5 inches onto the bottom of the bust piece and dropping the yolk accordingly. I'll probably also drop the neckline a bit more and redraw the seam between the shoulders and bust pieces. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Add closure of some sort, most likely a zipper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So how are all your January projects going? </div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01057091660676756632noreply@blogger.com2