The brown dress no one wanted.
Good morning lovely people.
In my ongoing work of sewing for the vintage store Playclothes, I came across this rather interesting late 40s dress in the repair pile.
Sewing Side Work
Hello all.
I'd like to thank you all for all the support over these past days.
It's been much appreciated.
Still no luck on the job front and I'm trying to stay positive, but stress is stress.
In the mean time, I'm cobbling together some of my odd jobs and seeing how far I can go.
One of which is my gig of doing alterations/mending of vintage for Playclothes.
If you have never been to Playclothes, you should. It's one of the best vintage clothing stores in California.
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