Croom clearing

Let the 2014 clearing commence! It was time to get back into my croom (creative room) after a few months of using it as a dump sight and start to put things in order so the creative energy could flow again. I was not expecting to confront the issue of gleaning the boxes of decades old sewing patterns I have amassed & been too sentimental over to realistically deal with in the past but obviously the willingness angel had other plans. The next thing I know, I've tossed 2 boxes of fashion history from the 80's. Those I kept fell into one of 3 categories: 1) still viable in terms of style lines or function, 2) would provide a good belly laugh to the executor of my estate and 3) purely sentimental. Here are a few that fell into the latter category. I sewed my first garment from the skirt pattern when I was 10. The Betsy Johnson bell sleeved jacket was the first time I sewed (and matched!) plaid. I was a stylish 13 year old.