Patterns from the Past

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Showing posts with label McCall's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCall's. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2013

Boxtops for McCall's Sewing Patterns c. 1970s

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What kind of cereal would have a mail in form for a sewing pattern?  Would it be aimed at an adult, like Raisin Bran or maybe Alpha-Bits? ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

British Sewing Patterns During WW2

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Time: the late 1940's early 50's.  The world is at war.  How did it effect sewing patterns in England? I had the opportunity to...
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Mad Men Sewing Contest

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McCall's 5550 Pierre Cardin The TV show Mad Men starts August 16th. Banana Republic held a casting call contest. When I was in San Fr...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Can't refuse reuse!

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In the past few years I have had discussions with Girl Scouts in my town about doing her Gold Award around having our town not use plastic...
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