HOLD ON! I bought that book in 1972; it sits with all my other costume books. At the time it was very cool and taught how to sew alternative lifestyle clothing - recycle, reuse. Sound familiar? It was a great introduction to a couple of my friends who were convinced they'd never learn to sew because they didn't want that Chanel look. Very basic instructions, ideas for recycling and repairing clothing - it was a great book for its time. It was a 'hey, even I can do that' sort of book for non-sewers.
Yes, I admit that it's very dated, but the basic ideas of how to sew, how to modify or repair or reuse existing clothing were there, in between the 'far out' and the 'heavy' and the 'my old man' comments. It was a more immediate, more personable version of Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Book. Denise, enjoy your little slice of underground living. LynnD On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Far out! > (An expression I learned watching The Flintstones) > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Land of Oz <lando...@netins.net> wrote: > > > but soon to be! > > > > I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own > > Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam. > > > > I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was > going > > to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past > of > > clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full > of > > hippie phrasing like "my old man" "groovy" "fairly heavy cat" "funkiness" > > "up-tightness" and even the f-bomb. > > > > I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old > > tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp > > rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was > hilarious. > > We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able > to > > correctly interpret such phrases as "he was a fairly heavy cat" lol! My > > mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I > had > > admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed > sheets, > > and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the > pant's > > legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!) > > > > Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s? :-) > > This book may prove to be a valuable reference! > > > > Denise B > > Iowa > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
