OMG, I finished a top! But the sun has gone down now. So too late to show & tell. Another day then.
Between the craziness of a new job and redecorating at home, I haven’t made much progress on the sewing front. But I have gone through my pattern collection recently, and earmarked a couple for a Give Away.
Don’t get too excited yet. These are men’s patterns. Sorry, I’m hanging on to most of the women’s ones, even if many are a couple sizes too small now. Hoarder’s finger grip is strong. You can pry those other patterns off my hand over my dead body! 😉
So here they are:
Give-Away 1: Vogue 1928 Men’s Jacket, Pants & Shorts, chest sizes 32-34-36, uncut.
Loose-fitting, partially interfaced, lined, below hip jacket has shoulder pads, side panels, no side seams & long, 2-piece sleeves with mock vent & button trim.
A: collar, flaps, & pockets. A,B: welt. C: button/loop closing. B,C: side front pockets.
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Shorts, above mid-knee or tapered pants have waistband, carriers, side front/back pockets & mock fly zipper.
D: stitched hems. F: cuffs.
Give-Away 2: Vogue 8918 Men’s Pants, waist sizes 26-28-30, cut to 30.
Tapered pants have front button wasitband, carriers & fly zipper closing.
A: side front welt pockets. B: shaped, side front pockets & back pockets. C: side pockets. A,C: back button welt pockets.
Both are not in the pattern envelopes anymore. But neither have been used. My other half has gotten a bit too well fed for these to be useful to me. So in the spirit of freecycle, I’m passing these on to those who can make better use of them.
How to get these:
It’ll be on a first come first serve basis. I’ve been a bit negligent in updating this blog, so I don’t expect there’ll be enough instant traffic for a proper prize draw.
So just leave a comment with your email address and I’ll get in touch to get postal address.
I would love pattern 8919 if you still have it rsolodky@gmail.com
We would love Vogue 1928! That one would fit my DH, and he likes pants without front pleats.