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Current Mood : Amazed !
I can only assume it is my perfect, blameless, sinless life that rewards me so richly in second-hand finds...(snort) Yeah, right ! But I hit a major score today after dropping off some stuff at the thrift store - wheee !
That's right - those two patterns up there were found at the same thrift store I donated to. I go through their patterns every time I'm in, and rarely find anything besides something cool to scan, and even that's rare. But today, I found both of these ! I already have Group A, the one on your right, but I didn't have B. What's even more amazing is that B has a shirt-waist dress. I came darn close to buying a pattern CD that has one - but the CD is $12. ! I got both of these for...are you ready ? 15c each ! Score !!
They're a bit rumpled, and I still have to go through them to see if they're complete, but they look to be so. They're dated 1961, making them 47 years old. Wow. Hard to believe that something made of tissue paper has survived that long. The openings on both are deteriorating badly, but each has a unique charm. I love how ‘75c' is ‘starred' out - it really was printed that way - and 60c is printed beside it, on the Group A envelope. Group B bears a "Marshall Field & Company' price sticker that's so faded with age, I can't tell what the price was. And how did a Marshall Field item end up here ?
Group B has the ‘Barbie Sewing Book', a brochure that defines most basic sewing terms and procedures so well, that I'm thinking of scanning it for the site. I hate to break copyright rules, but it's not like my scans will deny the original authors any royalties, since you can only buy it used, and it is a huge help, especially to the sewists just starting out. Plus, it's not like I wanna make any money off this- I'm just posting the booklet, not the whole pattern.. I also worried that the ‘Mommy is sure to have lots of fun scraps for you to practice with' tone would bother some folks, but heck. These patterns were basically written for an 8 year old - long as I make that abundantly clear, anybody who has issues with it can just avoid it.
Whaddya'll think ? Should I post this as a separate web page ? Or part of the pattern set I'm still working on for new sewists ? Or should I post it at all ? I'd really like your view on it !
