Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I did, yes Allyson. It makes me smile.
I used to sew petticoats for birthday and other occasion presents. For, you know, women. Would have done for guys, too, but nobody ever asked. White only, batiste, french seamed, with a dropped yoke at the hips, rows of pintucks, eyelet beading threaded with colored satin ribbon and a matching ribbon rose, finished with a deep eyelet flounce. I must have done dozens. So much more comfy in summer than nylon. But then slips became passe, so did the pettis.
Oh man, I had to ditch several of my petticoats when I moved. A shame I couldn't get $60 a pop for them!
For those living in major urban metroplexes who've tried to sell clothing to used and vintage places, are you finding those places are super super picky now compared to 10 years ago? I swear, I went to the hassle of borrowing a car and taking 50 or so items of clothing (including a '50s style leather motorcycle jacket) to Crossroads and they weren't interested in a thing. They said they only wanted things that were a couple months old. Excuse me? I thought part of the fun and utility of shopping at a second-hand store was being able to find things much cooler than what's current supposedly in fashion...
Very nice, Beverly! I have wondered if I have the patience to attempt something with that many pin tucks.
Timelies all!
Yay for the blurb, Allyson!
Dear ModCloth Fairy:
I would like you to keep this, this, this, and most definitely this in mind. Just, you know, in case. Ta ever so!
Bev, I am in awe of your patience with pin tucks. I won't even attempt them. The fact that the Infamous BlueJay did pin tucks on a blouse for my Evangeline Ghastly doll blows me away.
ita, Perkins, and Plei: it may be relevant to your interests to know that I have just returned from the post office.
Which reminds me that Bev, I need to e-mail you.
Peter Beagle has excellent taste.
Looking forward to the Festival of Fruit this week. It'll be a (expensive, mostly due to having to rent a car) respite from the stress I've been under for months now. Thursday am I get up hella early to get to USC by pubtrans and pick up the Zipcar, then it's off to the UC South Coast Field Station where they have large citrus and avocado collections (among other fruits). Friday is a tour of Huntington Gardens and possibly a tour of John T. Lyle Center For Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona if I'm still energetic enough. Saturday is a day at Cal Poly Pomona full of lectures, plant sales, fruit tastings, etc. and Sunday is a tour of the Fullerton Arboretum. I hope Julie Frink is leading the South Coast Field Station tour. She's a foremost expert on avocados and they can be a pretty hard subject for the lay person.