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   user-51823 | Aug 23, 2007 07:30am | #1

   sailor beware!love those newfangled 'sliding fasteners'.thanks! that was great. funny, but also a wonderful look back into vintage styles.

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   jatman | Aug 23, 2007 08:59am | #2

   Wow!  That's a little like watching 'Stepford Wives' but very entertaining and interesting.  Thank you for sharing the link!

   JT

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   GailAnn | Aug 23, 2007 07:10pm | #3

   Thank you for sharing.  I loved it!  Guess that answers my "new" dress pattern questions.......  Gail

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   Ralphetta | Aug 23, 2007 07:25pm | #4

   Loved it!  How did you find it?

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   cycler1729 | Aug 23, 2007 08:59pm | #5

   I was doing a Google search for sewing machine cabinets and I came across a podcast by someone who calls her blog "grandma's sewing cabinet" and she mentioned this video.  There are many additional sewing videos at the same site of this one.

   Susan 

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   dotty | Aug 23, 2007 09:21pm | #6

   thanks for that. very funny. The info about using a pattern could still be useful for beginners.

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   VKStitcher | Aug 23, 2007 10:03pm | #7

   I love it!  What a hoot!  Is that the same announcer from "Leave It To Beaver"??

   Vickie

   ...who has been watching too muchTVLand lately...  :-)

   Edited 8/23/2007 3:06 pm ET by VKStitcher

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   cycler1729 | Aug 23, 2007 10:10pm | #8

   I'm glad that you all liked it - I was ROTFL at some of it!

   The voice of the actress is very familiar to me - I know that I've heard it somewhere before!

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   fabricholic | Aug 24, 2007 07:34pm | #9

   Very entertaining. I give it five stars. Thanks for sharing.Marcy

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   BernaWeaves | Aug 27, 2007 06:30pm | #10

   "What happens if the pattern doesn't fit?"

   "Oh it will.  Betty bought the correct size."

   BWA-HAHAHAHHAHA!

   Other than that, the sewing information was great, and well photographed.

   The acting and voice overs were hysterical, though.

   Thanks, for sharing.   I loved the dress she made.  I'd wear that today.

   Berna

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   GailAnn | Aug 28, 2007 02:40am | #11

   You said that you'd wear the dress she made today.  I've been thinking about that.  I would be so nice to have those changes for the neckline, like about 3 dresses.

   Do you think it is nearly the same dress as the Butterick Fitting Shell?  Maybe with a little fullness cut in the skirt front?  Gail

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   stitchintime | Aug 29, 2007 12:04am | #12

   What a riot! Thanks for the laugh.

   So... have we made any progress since 1948???

   Edited 8/28/2007 5:04 pm ET by stitchintime