All posts tagged: 1960s

Vintage Patterns Part 1

I have a bunch of sewing stuff stored under my parent’s house in Hawaii, and I’m gradually moving most of it to NZ. This most recent trip, I brought back a bunch of vintage patterns which I inherited from my Grandmother or was given by Auntie Artie. They range in age from the 1940s to the early 1980s, and I can’t wait to make some of them up! Here is half of what I brought back.  I’ll share the rest next week:

Great-Nana’s hats: The white turban

This hat cracks me up.  It’s hilarious, and at the same time, it is very elegant. It feel like the confused love child of a wazir and a nurse with head trauma. It can dispense the wisdom of the east along with your prescriptions. Just don’t expect it to provide sound advice or the right medicine. In case you hadn’t noticed, I learned how to make the camera take self-timed pictures, and went a little wild with the technique.