These are not currently available because I have not checked them for completeness but here we go...

McCall's 2407

McCall's 2506

McCall's 2538

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McCall's 2185

McCall's 2197

McCall's 2316

McCall's 2359

 

 

Simplicity Bib Apron

Not vintage but sew cute!

Sewfie, a seamstress doll pattern

New but so vintage costume

Victorian and more, Man's suit-Steampunk

Simplicity 6219

Simplicity 5853

 

Simplicity 7144 

Simplicity 7135

Simplicity 8234

Simplicity 8783 Size 14, Bust 36. Sold

Sailor Style Dress

The Toxic Avenger, La Jolla High School April 2016.

Amazing find, Camp Fire girl Ceremonial Gown pattern, McCall's L-100.
Vintage Camp Fire Girl's Ceremonial Gown

A few craft patterns

Simplicity 9098 size 11" and 9"

1980s American Christmas Butterick 4012

McCalls 2634-1970 outfit

1974 McCall's 9172

1977 Simplicity 8032

Costuming for La Jolla High School's production of  The Toxic Avenger, opening April 22, Earth Day, has made me remiss in writing new posts.

In honor of the musical Hamilton, here is a vintage colonial dress pattern. Not yet listed but available.

A more recent girl's colonial pattern, still vintage, sold.

The modern version, Simplicity 9708, for sale at FashionSew, an Etsy shop.

Historical costumes, girls. Simplicity 9708

1970s Patterns

1970s Vintage Wedding Butterick Butterick 6059

This lovely just sold, Factory Folded and a larger size
1970s McCall's 8826

Simplicity 5258 Size 16

1971 peasant dress is now back in fashion as a Boho pattern. Simplicity 9354

Filarskis sewing method images

Two 1950s patterns Butterick 7901 is from 1956 and Butterick 7432 is listed a coke date jumper!

Advance 3336 Apron 1960s

Newest Fashion Collection added to the Free Fashion Plate list is University of Georgia.
Go to exhibits for photos of the collections Uof G Exhibits.

Mother Ginger or as I like to call her Mother Beast!

Better photos of the costume in action, literally!

The 3 strings are taped to a PVC pipe wrapped in red electrical tape. A plastic candy cane is also there as a prop.

Dancers emerge.

Mother Ginger can move a lot!

More rock 'n rolling!

Here's the final reveal (well almost I want to put a bow above the buttons)! As you can see the frame did want to bow despite the hula hoops' support.

The dancer is standing on two stacked 18" boxes. I made a false petticoat and added striped tights to cover the front of the box since it can be seen by the audience.

The tights were sewn on both sides of the slit in the white fabric and then a gathered strip of fabric was sewn over it to make it look more like a petticoat. Given more time I would have ruffled the entire white piece.

Modifications to Mother Ginger

This Monday after school is tech where the performance is lighted, etc. I'll go in early to put the cover back on the frame. The cover is off now so I could bring it home to work on it over the weekend to add more ribbon (there was just too much white), bows to the top of the ribbons and most importantly add 2 more pulls to the front so the whole front will come up. The original string broke, I'll experiment with ribbon and a multi strand synthetic string.   Be certain when you thread the ribbons/ string through the rings that are being used to pull up the front that they do NOT go over the circular hoop orit  is much harder to pull up the front.

The new rows of ribbon are being hot glued to the white, it's quicker and in some places the ribbon that was adhered with iron on fusible is starting to come away from the white muslin. The bows will probably be sewn and glued.

The circular frame is taking a bit of a beating being on it's side so much. The PVC ends need more duct tape and the center square for the dancer is no longer a right angles. It's not much of an issue but unanticipated. The bolts might be loosening. The straps over the dancer's shoulders kept moving towards the center so we screwed the strapping right into the PVC pipe. A safety pin was still used on the straps as an added measure of safety.

A relative sent me a link to a Tacoma ballet school's production of the Nutcracker. it shows the frame work for their Mother Ginger is made of metal. She told me a friend who works with the group said it was made of airplane metal so it's sturdy but light.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv0gmjvwkDo

A Quick Peek and Mother Ginger

Here's a quick peek at the Mother Ginger costume, 1st fitting.

There are things which need to be altered but here's the basic look!

The dance teacher wants the front to lift more because the dancers do not come out one at a time but in rows (not like all the videos I watched on U-tube, of course!) And then go back in! Twice! The string I used through the roman curtain rings broke from all the rubbing on the rings. I'm going to sew plastic rings on the bottom, middle and top of the two strips of ribbon to either side of the buttons. Three cords going through them will join in the center on the top outside and the dancer will pull one bow that will bring up a larger area of the hoop. At least that's the new plan! I settled on a plan to use a candy stick (PVC with red tape)  to pull all three strings/ribbons up. It works better, but I don't think it will ever lift as high as the teacher wanted. The opening for the strings came through the top as far towards the front as possible. The length of the dancer's arms was the limiting factor.

There is way too much white but I think the only thing I will be able to do is add bows to the top since I had a project date moved up and the Nutcracker is next Thursday. This is also the same time as my husband's annual Nativity play at church for which I do all the alterations.
Storing it sideways to keep people from accidentally walking on it but it's not great for the fabric or the frame.
 The column is to keep it from falling forward. You can see the dancer's center position.