Summer Sundress McCall's 5089

Here's a cutie from 1976, McCall's 5089.

McCall's 5089

 The top is casual enough to wear with Daisy Dukes but take it longer and it's ready for a summer shopping trip. Go a little longer, add white-on-white embroidery, and it's ready for a beach bride. 

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Peace, Love, and Keep Your Seams Straight!

Vogue 1293 American Designer Donna Karan

Vogue 1293

Donna Karan. The name is synonymous with New York and fashion.
Vogue 1293 Donna Karan Vogue American Design Dress and bodysuit in size 12-14-16 from 1993.
Sort of Goth.

Peace, Love, and keep your seams straight!
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Paris Designer Original Claude Montana Vogue 1251

Vogue 1251

Claude Montana was a top designer in the 1980's and early 90's known for aggressive tailoring and use of color. This pattern is an example of his work.
This pattern is from 1993, multi-sized for sizes 14-16-18.

Post by Eileen Patterson, GoofingOff, as usual.
Peace, love, and keep your seams straight!

Vogue 8035 Seventies Style

Vogue 8035 from the early 1970's.
Vogue patterns printed before the 1980's often didn't have a copyright date. This is one of them.
An a-line dress with round collar at knee length; shortened to below hip length and worn with pants. Pantsuits were often a preferred look at the office for women as styles changed in the early 70's.

Vogue 8035

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Upcycled Linen Decorator Pillows

A while back at the local thrift shop I found a dress that was destined for parts unknown. The dress wasn't my style but it was made of linen and had wonderful machine embroidery on it. I snatched up the dress thinking there was plenty of material in it to make something....but not sure what.
My recent shoulder surgery gave me a few ideas.....and a little bit of time to work on them. I took a good look at the dress and decided on pillows. At first I thought big square pillows would be good (and easy, too, the inserts would be pre made) but since I like a challenge, and didn't really want to fool with buttons, I decided to make two small pillows that would be a good size for travel, or support my poor, miserable arm when I try to sleep. (Forgive my whining. Sorry).

Here are some pictures of the fabric I used.

 Each side of the skirt had different embroidered flowers, too pretty to throw away.

I like the natural color of the linen, too. 

I made the pillow cases envelope fashion, no zipper. I had to make the pillow inserts to fit the pillows. 

Here are the finished pillows. One is a little longer than the other but .......

Not too hard to make. Another unfinished object (UFO) out of the pile, and I sleep better with the little pillow to help support my poor shoulder (sorry, whining again). 

I still have quite a bit of fabric left. It was a large dress. I thought a pincushion or two might be nice. Not sure what else but that's the fun of recycling/upcycling.