tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post1723694593876369273..comments2024-03-14T16:03:32.434-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Featured Sponsor: The Blue GardeniaGertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-89884425293752630072010-06-02T19:17:17.743-04:002010-06-02T19:17:17.743-04:00Oh, I missed this post yesterday! I love the Blue...Oh, I missed this post yesterday! I love the Blue Gardenia and all the patterns I have gotten there! (And yes I've spent many many blissful hours surfing that website too.) Great to read this interview, thanks! I definitely appreciate and agree with Denise's attitude toward preservation, and have a definite fascination about the women (presumably) who were the previous owners/users of patterns in my collection. I feel like if these delicate things have survived this long, I have to be a steward too and keep them as much as possible in a condition that can be passed on and reused after me too... not that I am ready to surrender custody any time soon!Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324854929065302634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-16383397870539915092010-06-01T16:16:21.482-04:002010-06-01T16:16:21.482-04:00Doreen, I love getting a collection from one dress...Doreen, I love getting a collection from one dressmaker. I always feel that I know the woman. I love to think about her life, what fabrics she used (it's so nice when there's a clipping!), what her house might have been like. And I like knowing that other people value her patterns. It's validation for her choices, whether the dress may be a simple apron she used while making biscuits or a glamorous gown she wore to a ball.Denise@thebluegardenia.comhttp://thebluegardenia.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-63728739434875111302010-06-01T13:47:01.576-04:002010-06-01T13:47:01.576-04:00I love Blue Gardenia! Mostly because the patterns ...I love Blue Gardenia! Mostly because the patterns are so well taken care of - treated with the respect they deserve! Hers are the only vintage patterns I have ordered that came not only in the plastic but with the cardboard to keep it from bending. I thought that this was a lovely idea for shipping purposes, but I see that maybe I should be storing all my patterns like that. <br /><br />Ironing interfacing to the pattern has been done ever since there was iron on interfacing. But I have never been that ambitious. I just never took as good care of my patterns as I now know I should have. In fact, I moved from a big house to a small house and threw away a big box of patterns....I should be shot at sunrise!! Now I am looking to buy some of the patterns that were in that box.<br /><br />I think that putting interfacing on patterns would be much like refinishing an antique piece of furniture....loss of patina and value. But if I extend that line of thinking then the never-been-taken-out-of-the-envelope pattern has the most value. And what fun is that? I like wondering who used this pattern before, what fabric and trims she may have used and where was it worn.Doreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-43534028215760618232010-06-01T11:33:10.185-04:002010-06-01T11:33:10.185-04:00Denise, I love what you have to say about patterns...Denise, I love what you have to say about patterns being a part of women's history! I think preservation is SO important. Scholars should (and will soon, I hope) look at ephemera like patterns for clues as to how everyday women lived and worked. If I could clone myself and go to grad school I'd do it!Pattern Junkiehttp://patternjunkie.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-15351766610691541032010-06-01T10:39:35.487-04:002010-06-01T10:39:35.487-04:00I would buy copies of any of these in an instant. ...I would buy copies of any of these in an instant. Is there a copyright issue, or could some enterprising person scan them and offer them for sale?Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592343486103147993noreply@blogger.com