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Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
One Christmas, I got a big box of handmade clothes for my Barbie
haron Collier"
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I loved that the old Barbie clothes had tiny snaps and itty-bitty zippers.
They were made just like real clo
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:04 AM
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I had a Barbie doll dress kit.
I said that I learned to sew, period.? But I should add that it was sewing
for my Babette doll (a cheaper im
I watched my mother sew from the time I was very young.? She learned from
her mother and had designed and made her own formals in the late '40's. At
5'11" in a day with no Tall Catalogs, it was a necessity!? She made a
"Princess" dress for me for a second-grade production of Sleeping Beauty.?
I
I learned to embroider because boyfriends liked their sign of the zodiac
embroidered on a chambray shirt. I went through several boyfriends and a
lot of astrological signs between '69 and '72!
Martha
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I learned to prefer natural fibers.
I learned the beauty of long flows of fabric in motion, as in long
full sleeves, long full skirts, shawls, etc.
I learned that ANYTHING can be embellished (not only embroidery on
blue jeans but also painting on raincoats, making trench coats out of
floral
designs.?
Catherine
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From: annbw...@aol.com
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I had a Barbie doll dress kit.
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From: Sharon Collier
To: 'Historical Costume'
Sent: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 8:26 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of
sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twist
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Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM
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I learned how to sew, period.
Ann Wass
things did you learn in the 60s?
Back in the 1960s I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery. (Any ethnic
garment that survived into the 21st Century is strongly historically based,
because nowadays "ethnics" all over the world wear things like t-shirts.)
So nowadays I use ikat from
> What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
Tempera paint & crayon masks, cutting holes for eyes in sheets. I
think I learned to crochet about then to make bridles for my Breyer
horses. I was a small kid in the 60s.
PS. Really enjoying stories of what the college kids were doing in the 60s.
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I learned how to sew, period.
Ann Wass
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In a message dated 7/8/2009 2:52:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
kay...@gmail.com writes:
and Folkwear Patterns, are two
prominent products of the 60s Hippie movement
I love that Folkwear is in Barnardsville, NC. Alas, I'm on the coast and
Barnardsville is near Asheville i
Back in the 1960s I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery. (Any
ethnic garment that survived into the 21st Century is strongly
historically based, because nowadays "ethnics" all over the world wear
things like t-shirts.) So nowadays I use ikat from Guatemala, saree
fabric from India, and mud
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