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    Reply #1:

    A real dress from the 50's? How awesome is that! The color is very cute too. Not too drab and not too crazy.

    I have to settle for making any vintage stuff from vintage patterns they sometimes re-issue.

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    Reply #2:

    Vest are a good place to start in my book. You can get all crazy with them. I think the next one I make will be of Kente cloth for a steam punk outfit I want to make.

    There is a JoAnn fabric near me that is closing. They had a few patterns left over for .25 cents and this is what I got.

    So that's what I'll be working on. I'm gonna Victorian up that night gown. I have wanted one for years. And the coat is so cute. I just love the collar.

    Oh and thank you for the feedback on the vest fabric. Dull side won by one vote. It's in the works now.

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    I need some help picking out which side to use for this vest:

    I am about to begin work on another vest and I thought I made up my mind to use the shiny side but now looking at it the dull side might be the one to go with. It shows more detail in photos.

    Keep in mind I plan on wearing this with jeans. But I also cosplay and this can end up in a costume down the road.

    What's your pick?
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    Reply #4:

    This one will be in my closet when I get around to making one for myself. This one is I made for my mom. It's a bath kimono. The sleeves aren't showing up but they are nice full rectangles.

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    Reply #5:

    I would also like to make one. I've looked into it but there is so much info on period design, materials, fit, and pattern making vs premade pattern I have all but given up.

    I want there to be an all encompassing site that you can plug in measurements & era and it will tell you how to make it without 70 measurements to size up or where to buy a similar pattern.

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    Reply #6:

    Thank you Cat and Opposites-Girl ( I was gonna call you O-G but that sounded weird)

    This one doesn't really count for knowing what it would be right off. I had that fabric in my stash for about a year I think. But I saw this cute vest on a girl and just had to make one. When I went digging through my pile I saw it and went...Yes, this is it.
    My fabric pile of doom is mostly from this crazy shop in GA where the stuff is $1.50 a pound twice a year. I just go and get whatever is awesome and figure out to do with it later.

    Now when I am in a regular store, yes I look I fabric and know what it must be. It's like it tells me without even thinking on it. I always though Home Depot was the same thing for men.

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    Reply #7:

    I'm attempting to only have things I absolutely love in my wardrobe. Not one single "eh that's ok"

    A large part of that is sewing my own clothing. This is some fabric for that cause:



    This this the first item from the fabric pile of doom.

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