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PATTERNS ON DEMAND!!

8/5/2015

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So ... I didn't even know about this until I read someone else's Facebook post ... BUT ... Simplicity has a new service. They are starting to offer out of print patterns on demand. It's expensive, $25, but I've seen many of these pattern going for more than that on eBay and other similar sites.
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Here are three of mine that are now available ... BUT!!!! even better ... a bunch of Martha McCain's wonderful Civil War stuff is there, including her men's clothing, which is the best out there.


I asked what kind of paper the patterns will be printed on and this is what I was told.


It’s a heavier-gauge white paper (much sturdier than tissue but lighter than copy paper).  The pattern, instructions and yardage info is printed on a single continuous sheet of this paper, which is then folded, hand packed and shipped in a cardboard box.

This link will take you to the ON DEMAND page.

So ... let me know the patterns you would like to see offered and I will pass your requests along.
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EEK! - making a video

8/3/2015

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SO ... this has been a fun, exhausting and different week for me. FIRST, my older son was here visiting, we went to the beach for a couple days and he made this great drawing on his iPad of my husband and me sitting under our umbrella.

BUT, it was a really good thing he was here now, because Simplicity has asked many of their costume designers for a short video to introduce ourselves. I couldn't have done this without him.
I AM NOT a movie actor, this was so much harder than I thought it would be! We must have filmed enough to make a 2 hour movie. 

So, to make up for missing a few days of blogging I will share some favorite out takes today.


We did a bunch of tries like the one above before someone FINALLY (might have been my daughter-in-law) pointed out it would look a lot better if I got the mess of the futon and turn it back into a couch.
The closest didn't make the final cut ... my son said it wasn't interesting enough. AND the videos have to be less than 3 minutes.
The designer movies will be put up on the website starting soon.



Next week Simplicity is shipping it's new line of patterns and I have quite a few. So, lots of interesting blogs in the future.
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