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bettyellen

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11. Congrats! One big secret is that vintage clothes can be easily taken apart and recut into

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 11:10 PM

Nov 2013

smaller garments, and you can often use the hems of button plackets that are there already to save a lot of time finishing the gmt.
So much cheaper than fabric by the yard!

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I bought my first sewing machine! At age 67. [View all] Raven Oct 2013 OP

How cool is that?! Yay! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #1

Congrats, my dear Raven! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #2

Good on ya! libodem Oct 2013 #3

Congratulations!! KarenS Oct 2013 #4

Right now I'm using it to make linings for Raven Oct 2013 #7

nice,,,, KarenS Oct 2013 #8

Congrats! You should have told me, I have 4 that I just gave away. Sew almost sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #5

I am 37 and just got my first one a few months ago Heddi Oct 2013 #6

Very cool... pipi_k Oct 2013 #9

How funny... a dear friend of mine who Raven Oct 2013 #10

Congrats! One big secret is that vintage clothes can be easily taken apart and recut into bettyellen Nov 2013 #11

You'll find that homemade clothing lasts much longer Warpy Nov 2013 #12

I've been sewing for over 50 years demigoddess Jan 2015 #13

Have I got a website for YOU! PennyK Jan 2015 #14