Fun book find & Halloween

At the thrift store adjacent to my office (which got a monster donation of sewing patterns and magazines the other day, properly culled through immediately by yours truly), I found a 1983 book called “I Haven’t a Thing to Wear!” by Judith Keith (her quotation marks, not mine).

I got it because there were illustrations (and because paperbacks are 35 cents), but it’s actually a very good, timeless book of advice. Apparently Ms. Keith, beginning in the 1950s, traveled all over giving presentations to women about how to dress and how to build a classic wardrobe. There’s a section discussing body types and what silhouettes work and don’t work, a little bit of color theory, and just a lot of all-around advice.

You could probably find a used copy if you looked.

And yesterday, of course, was Halloween! With the work schedule, I’ve hardly had time for sewing, but I did manage to put together coordinating Halloween outfits for myself (Sew U skirt, Built By Wendy) and Winston (McCalls 4686).

Sorry I haven’t been blogging much… who knew work was so much WORK?

Related posts:

1. Wooooooooo, scary!
2. The one-word meme
3. Writing Retreat, Part 2: Set Yourself Up to Succeed!!

November 1st, 2007 Katie Alender

Tags: books, holiday, photo, winston