Hey! The coolest podcast show on the web has just published it's December Show!
It's our Best Holiday
Issue Ever! (What do you mean it's the first holiday season for the show? What could that possibly have to do with anything? :-)
Sewing Nightgowns, Robes, Men’s Nightshirts, and Ideas for Pajamas too. Laurel is a classic romantic when it comes to nightwear sewing. This
month she shares some of her favorite night garment sewing patterns, thoughts
on winter gown and robe fabrics, and an audio tutorial on sewing tucks. The show also includes an informative
interview with Anthony G., another student in the Cañada Fashion Sewing
Program, some of which was surprising to Laurel when it came to what Anthony shared
about natural fibers and Harry Truman!
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Simplicity 9898 is the Nightshirt pattern I use for my husband Unfortunately it's now out of print Though I saw some for sale on the web |
MccCalls's 6231 is a newer pattern that's very similar It doesn't have a collar however |
Wonder how many times I've made Simplicity 9898 flannel nightshirts for my husband? It's the ultimate, non-fashion item. I sew them and he wears them out. We turn the worn out nightshirts into cleaning and polishing rags, just as families have for generation after generation.
My favorite deep-yoke nightgown Touches of machine embroidery |
* Tucks are a great embellishment for romantic nightgowns.
* Sewing Sample Tucks on paper first
Kaity Rose obviously likes her new tucked nightgown |
* Tuck Sewing on Wikipedia. I'd forgotten about the reference to sewing tucks in Little Women!
* The Folkwear Gibson Girl Blouse is the perfect medium for making tucks, once I get some more practice. For the time being, a doll's nightgown is the perfect project to work on improving my tucks-making skills.
I blogged about my in-progress doll's tucked bodice nightgown recently in my posting Imperfect Tucks are Not the End of the World as We Know It
Download classic retired American Girl Doll Patterns for free! They're big files and I highly recommend that you avoid doing more than one at a time, just wait until one finishes, then click on the download link for the next one. Thanks to Pleasant Rowland and the rest of the American Girl team for sharing these free patterns.
* Here are the lyrics to Good Night My Someone from the musical The Music Man, a wonderfully classic romantic and humorous turn of the 20'th century movie
* Patterns for Future Warmer Weather Nightgown Sewing
Stephanies pj's close up |
* Graphic Artist Stephanie, from my Sewing Class, gave me permission to post photos of these cool pajama bottoms she made using a basic elastic waist pants pattern. Love her use of the black knit for a band, and the way she sewed down the cord at the back seam (to avoid slippage), then pulled it across slightly before reinserting into casing to look like a designer label.
McCalls 6472 |
I also like view C on McCalls's 5989. I do not like the long sleep shorts, but I am likely to try out the robe as well. I would make it in a plain, slippery, satiny fabric. But it would look nice in a brocade as well. I just already have two brocade robes!
McCalls 5989 |
Kate Blanchett as Elizabeth I of England |
Butterick 6837 is a classic romantic's robe pattern |
* The movie Elizabeth starring Kate Blanchett is a constant source of inspiration to sew another robe. Her red velvet robe in the movie is stunning.
* I have made several warm weather nightgowns by extending a peasant blouse pattern, which is pretty much what the the vintage pattern, braid-wearing model in this pattern is wearing, if you add cuffed sleeves and a waist casing. The pajama-trousers on the other model are straightforward to, I've made palazzo pants by angling out a standard elastic waist pants pattern.
* A great article on Sewing Versus Shopping by the Wearing Hitory Blog
* The SewingPatterns.Com site has good prices on a variety of patterns. The dress pattern, Vogue 8810 ,that I'm working on making into a Tried and True pattern, (printed price $25.00) is currently selling there for $11.99
This month's show includes an interview with Anthony G. , a new sewer in my Beginning Clothing Construction Class at Cañada College in Redwood City. Anthony has sewn a ton of stuff since he began taking classes in the program. Here he's wearing a long relax around the house vest over a shorter traditional wool vest. Underneath his jeans (no, they don't show!) he's wearing loose linen drawstring pants with cargo pockets. He's also sewn four very cool long sleeved tee shirts and the hoodie below.
And yes, he has taken two other classes this year as well as having a life!
Anthony completely lined this Kwik Sew hoodie in linen |
Hi, Laurel :) I just tuned in to your podcast last weekend--I've listened to all 4 in 3 days! I am SO enjoying it. My husband--who grew up in Redwood City (graduated '74 from Sequoia)-- has worked for a Caterpillar dealership in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the last 9 years. I am back and and forth from US to Mongolia and sew and teach sewing on both shores. I've listened to your podcast while sewing and I like the longer version--I can't think of a thing I would shorten or omit! Each episode teaches me something and often makes me laugh out loud. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteOh Scenic Route, I enjoyed hearing from you so much! You've given me a new goal, now I hope someday I can come to Mongolia and take a sewing class with you! Wouldn't that be a blast?
DeleteI'm so honored that you feel you've learned something from me! Also I love it that you listened to all the episodes. I always do that when I find a podcast I enjoy and it makes me very happy to think you are doing that with mine.
Hope to hear from you again :-)
Just found you Delighted!
ReplyDeleteBTW---on internet explorer my signin id was not recognized. It works on my kindle. Others may need to know this if they are having trouble leaving comments.
When I have time I will also bring up iTunes to try to leave you a great review.
Now I am going to your website to try to find the name of your book because I have forgotten.
Hey Villager! Thank you for the very nice comments. I found them while working on the January podcast, which I hope to have done soon, and they really motivated me to keep at it.
DeleteI'm going to have to download Internet Explorer and see if I have any challenges with writing posts. Thanks, I will mention that in the Contacts part of the 'Cast, which I'm recording right now.
Hope to hear from you again :-)