#Starfall calendar march 2017 full#

#Starfall calendar march 2017 full#

In college I made a dress with a full circle skirt with a drawstring waist and drawstring neckline…out of a bedsheet! No pattern needed.Įspecially the waist shaping. I remember sewing dresses with full circle skirts with my Aunt Rose when I was 10 I loved twirling in them. Stylish sheath dresses:Īnd this half of a skater outfit. Check out what a fashionably dressed Barbie was wearing in the late ’60’s and early ’70’s. The other items are from more doll clothing booklets, and I have those, too. I found this dress, along with some other treasures, at Mom’s house.

My Thrumbelina Thrummed Slippers have a very similar super simple shaping.Īunt Vivian used to make clothes for our Barbie dolls.

It used to belong to my Aunt Vivian, who gave it to me when I was in high school. This one is a 1965 reprint of a magazine originally published in 1952. A blast from the had this booklet/magazine that’s been on my knitting shelf for what seems like forever. But that Barbie outfit sent me down memory lane, so I’m revisiting my 2009/2015 posts on knitting and Barbie. This is the top half of the skater’s outfit that my Aunt Vivian knit for my Barbie.Īlso in the picture? A gum wrapper chain check it out in the upper left corner. It says: Step by step instructions, especially designed for young beginners. The Knitting for Barbie canister featured a 2 piece skating outfit for Barbie. This picture he posted on FB caught my eye. The current one is on 1950’s consumerism. They always have interesting exhibits there. My friend Dave Worth was recently at SFO, San Francisco International Airport.