tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post1624504874203895875..comments2024-03-28T18:16:09.693+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Wintle’s Wonders by Noel Streatfeild – Audition DressClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1660344732369595782016-08-12T22:26:06.858+01:002016-08-12T22:26:06.858+01:00I love the fact that so many readers enjoyed the p...I love the fact that so many readers enjoyed the patter pictures, and shared their memories of them. I couldn't sew at all myself, and really missed out I think.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-31847669317242275152016-08-12T21:06:11.730+01:002016-08-12T21:06:11.730+01:00This does sound like a good book but I don't t...This does sound like a good book but I don't think I will try to fit it in. I love all these comments about the patterns. When I saw the Butterick pattern, I wondered what the vintage was because it looked familiar and I was doing a lot of sewing in the 70s. In my twenties, first marriage, Air Force wife. My mother and grandmother both made a lot of clothes from patterns too when I was growing up.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52945415063229623832016-07-25T11:00:10.497+01:002016-07-25T11:00:10.497+01:00Oh that's lovely, perfect Lucy. I am just read...Oh that's lovely, perfect Lucy. I am just reading Rumer Godden's Thursday's Children which someone reco'ed in one of these threads, and here's my picture!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-60315084701321040352016-07-25T08:22:11.137+01:002016-07-25T08:22:11.137+01:00https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/87960998951042362/https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/87960998951042362/Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-5809117265345186452016-07-25T08:17:41.963+01:002016-07-25T08:17:41.963+01:00I do. ;-)I do. ;-)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21209828536319720882016-07-24T20:48:02.280+01:002016-07-24T20:48:02.280+01:00What lovely memories! I wasn't a dancing child...What lovely memories! I wasn't a dancing child, but my daughter enjoyed her lessons. Us mothers were expected to make the costumes and outfits - my talents stopped at the little knitted crossover cardigans. Luckily I had a very dear friend who stepped in and made three full outfits for one particularly demanding Christmas show... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66961887842665138192016-07-24T13:45:16.374+01:002016-07-24T13:45:16.374+01:00Moira, I loved this post, but it took ages to read...Moira, I loved this post, but it took ages to read, because I went to the links, and they had other links, and I hunted for Ballet Shoes, and found photos of me when I did ballet. Never got as far as audition (not good enough!), but for our weekly lessons we had very short royal blue tunics, with slits up the sides, and I seem to remember they wrapped around somehow, with ties at the back - not too dissimilar to your pattern perhaps. My mother made mine, along with the tutus we wore for pantos and summer shows - layers and layers of net attached to a satin bodice. Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-38112451439206669022016-07-24T11:07:09.539+01:002016-07-24T11:07:09.539+01:00Well you know I was going to send you a copy, but ...Well you know I was going to send you a copy, but I'll hold off now... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17054618243520396582016-07-24T11:06:52.604+01:002016-07-24T11:06:52.604+01:00Do you know, I do see them and look at them, but O...Do you know, I do see them and look at them, but ONLY in terms of getting pics for the blog, it never occurred to me for a second that one might actually use them as intended!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1238218108938335492016-07-24T11:06:08.479+01:002016-07-24T11:06:08.479+01:00Oh I remember doing bias bindings in sewing class,...Oh I remember doing bias bindings in sewing class, as I was as bad at that as everything else, do people still do that? I do think that is a nice dress - yes, I saw a Simplicity one too... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17762172883474572952016-07-24T06:19:05.036+01:002016-07-24T06:19:05.036+01:00I always keep a copy of this by my bedside. It hel...I always keep a copy of this by my bedside. It helps with the insomnia...col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14013147337605068562016-07-24T01:18:25.142+01:002016-07-24T01:18:25.142+01:00My goodness, what a trip down memory lane! That Bu...My goodness, what a trip down memory lane! That Butterick 4698 (or possibly an identical one made by Simplicity) was the first dress I ever made for myself. It was 1968 and I was 11 years old. It was a easy pattern for a beginner in one sense (since there are only the side seams and three shoulder seams), but every single edge is bound with bias tape, so there are yards and yards of it to be sewn on. Decades later I’m still not very good at sewing edge bindings on straight.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654359127201908334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-47650144578432395432016-07-22T23:41:26.281+01:002016-07-22T23:41:26.281+01:00Charity shops and ebay are good for vintage patter...Charity shops and ebay are good for vintage patterns. ;-)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91670875053257284822016-07-22T16:36:06.071+01:002016-07-22T16:36:06.071+01:00Just went and took a look at those two patterns on...Just went and took a look at those two patterns online - fascinating, and a very very nice dress. But no fastenings at all...??!! I think I like the Butterick better.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33012047569781329722016-07-22T16:33:54.366+01:002016-07-22T16:33:54.366+01:00As I said above, plenty of people discussing them ...As I said above, plenty of people discussing them on Twitter now. Lucky people who had crafty Mums...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41693692853236481382016-07-22T16:33:26.220+01:002016-07-22T16:33:26.220+01:00That IS amazing - and it is a nice dress! There...That IS amazing - and it is a nice dress! There's just been quite the discussion on Twitter about the post and the patterns - you would have won that conversation! I have worked out what the 3-armhole dress mean - intriguing structure.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12553062893015770712016-07-22T16:31:38.285+01:002016-07-22T16:31:38.285+01:00You're right Margot - it's not saccharine!...You're right Margot - it's not saccharine! funnily enough, Streatfeild seems to be more saccharine and conventional in her adult books. She has a clear eye for children and their lack of sentimentality, and the fact that they can be horrible to each other.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-26208678845998433072016-07-22T15:56:16.034+01:002016-07-22T15:56:16.034+01:00Gosh, those dress patterns took me back, I remembe...Gosh, those dress patterns took me back, I remember my Mum using them in the late '60s / early '70s.Bookhoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101346534682901240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74593122956872784452016-07-22T15:16:02.276+01:002016-07-22T15:16:02.276+01:00I doubt if you'll believe this, but I am curre...I doubt if you'll believe this, but I am currently sewing the adult version of that vintage pattern--Butterick 4699. The Simplicity company has actually reissued a pattern from their archives of a 3-armhole wrap dress--8049.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780489776455109644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52296706706017395792016-07-22T12:21:18.841+01:002016-07-22T12:21:18.841+01:00I would have looked horrible in one of those dress...I would have looked horrible in one of those dresses, too, Moira! What an interesting look at the whole audition process; that in itself got my attention. And it's refreshing in a way that the book doesn't seem too saccharine about childhood. That adds to its appeal, in my opinion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com