Everything must Go!
Friend-of-the-blog Nora is doing a little pattern divestiture on eBay — you can check out her listings here.
Now you all know I have nothing but love for the professional pattern-sellers, but I have to admit that my heart quickens when someone tells me that they’re selling off some of their “collection”. I think it’s because, rightly or wrongly, I figure that they are selling off things regretfully, only because they need some space, and that regret is because what they’re selling is freakin’ awesome. (Which seems to be true in Nora’s case — nice pattern up above, what?)
This belief of mine is carried to a ridiculous extreme when I think about estate sales — I mean, c’mon, this is stuff people died holding on to! It must be incredibly great! and no matter how many times I go to a sale that consists only of wash-and-wear polyester 1970s housedresses, archival issues of TV guide (“Who’s the Boss?” always seems to feature prominently), and absolutely NO fabric OR PATTERNS even though “sewing machine” is listed in the ad, I keep believing.
[Of course, I am SO EVIL — so evil, that if I ask about patterns and the estate sale runner is dumb enough to tell me that they threw them out, so sorry, I always say “Oh, that’s too bad — you know, some of those patterns go for $30 each, or more!” even if I *know* they probably tossed a box of 80s-puff sleeved monstrosities. Such cavalier behavior on their part must be *punished*.)
But back to this pattern. Boy, I love that yoke! I’d make this in a charcoal gray with red buttons and wear it with a red belt (but not red shoes). So cute!
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