24 November, 2008

Vintage Patterns for 10c! Yay!

Today I walked into the town centre – such as it is – to get some bleach from the supermarket as I needed to turn something that was cream in colour to something that was white in colour. Anyway, I decided that I would drop into our local op shop (thrift shop) just to have a look around and see if they had anything interesting. Low and behold right near the door a stack of old patterns selling for 10c each! Bargain! I had a look through and in amongst a lot of crappy eighties dresses I did find 3 little gems that I thought were quite cute and liked the look of, and at 10c a pop, well the price is hardly going to break the bank is it?  So I fished out my selected patterns had a quick wiz around the rest of the shop and not really seeing anything that caught my eye I made my extravagant purchase of 30c!


This one is from 1973 but I don’t think I will be making the short version somehow…



This one is from1975. I thought this was quite classic really. Simple lines and a nice drape to it.




This on is also from 1975. I wasn’t too sure I would use this, but once again at 10c I’m not going to be bothered if I don’t make it. I thought the pockets were quite cute. Notice the nice wedge heels that are back in fashion this summer??

3 comments:

Christina said...

Wow, that dress with the center front tab is indeed very similar to the Burda magazine dress! And a steal for only 10 cents. I just love vintage patterns.

EmilyKate said...

Oh, wow, I'm soooooo jealous, they are great patterns, and 10c- bargain! Opshops around here (southeast melb)I've never paid less than 50c.

Kiraph said...

Sometimes living in a little county town has it's advantages!

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