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very cute 1950s little black dress in my etsy shop: etsy.me/14D33nk via Etsy

New blog post - making a fool of myself in the name of getting vintage curls: vintagesallyblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-se…

Trying on a stunning 30s evening dress from a friends vintage collection with a fascinating but very sad history

My attempts at a 'selfie' wearing my friends 30s evening dress didn't work out, so here it is on a mannequin instead

The pattern on the fabric has been created in a fascinating way which helps to make the satin cling to your curves

The original owner had collected a beautiful wardrobe of clothes for getting married, but then her fiancé died early in WW2

She then never married and most of the collection was never worn. Very sad. I'll be blogging about the collection when have more photos

Back detail from another dress from the collection

In the shop at the moment: 1950s floor length evening dress creamhttp://etsy.me/14yOD7q via Etsy

In the shop at the moment: black late 50s/early 60s cocktail dress etsy.me/14D33nk via Etsy

In the shop at the moment: 1960s brown with white and black patterned etsy.me/14G9mX3 via Etsy

In the shop at the moment: blue and red flower pattern 1970s dress etsy.me/1gjF8vN via Etsy

Trying to gee myself up for doing nanowrimo again this November - think i need to really plan ahead if I'm going to complete it this time!

Been rather off radar this month as have been doing Nanowrimo (the challenge to write a novel in a month) & so avoiding procrastination!

But yay! Still on target for nanowrimo on day 20 - I seem to have got very good at writing almost exactly 1667 words a day - all awful tho

Meanwhile, my brain seems to think knitting is a winter activity - just picked up sticks again for the first time since last winter

Fascinating article on the beeb about the origins of 'mistletoe and wine': m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

For the many who hate the Cliff version of Mistletoe and Wine, I love this Twiggy rendition of the original song m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBUnX…

And for a decidedly more funky seasonal treat: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBUnX…

Latest hand me down from my Mums sewing stash - 1970s pattern book. Should have done fun with this!