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katmom
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Grace
WACAL Gal WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2020 :  8:57:46 PM  Show Profile
I am ISO = In Search Of an vtg. 1969 pattern... #8551


I bought this pattern over at 'JJ.Newberry & CO." discount store back when I was a young teen.. I made 2 of the long robes... one for me and one for my mother...
As you can see, it is a size small 8-10... well I no longer wear a small nor a medium... I need the Large, 16-18 size.. btw: that equals to a 38 bust & 29 waist....

Sooo,,, does anyone, by chance have this pattern in the large size stashed away... and would not mind parting with it,, I would like to buy it.. I have the perfect fabric to make the long robe and would love to make one...

If I can't find one I think I might contact Simplicity Pattern company to see if they have a 'retro' version of that pattern... or a current version..
I could use my sewing math skills and re-size it,, but that is more work then I care to do. If it were just one size to be enlarged,, I wouldn't mind,, but to go from a 32" bust to a 38".. that's a lot.

Just thought I would ask..


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Edited by - katmom on Aug 08 2020 8:59:41 PM

quiltee
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Linda
Terrell TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2020 :  9:10:35 PM  Show Profile  Send quiltee a Yahoo! Message
Sorry - I know I don't have that pattern. Hope you can find it. Check on eBay.

Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX

Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017


"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl

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Grace
WACAL Gal WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2020 :  9:31:03 PM  Show Profile
Just finished perusing through ebay... going over to etsy next...

I found four of them, 3 are size small and 1 is a size med... but no large.

But,, I also found that there was a child's version, #8570...
so they are out there,, I will just have to diligently search...

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EMGJulie
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Julie
CLAWSON MI
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2020 :  05:22:04 AM  Show Profile
Hi, Grace, I'll keep my eye out for it. Just went through a box of patterns yesterday at an antique store. It doesn't look like that fussy of a pattern so I bet you could enlarge it with good results. Another idea would be to look at dresses and robes in the pattern books at the fabric store and see if there's a current similar pattern. Buy that in your size and build the 8551 to match neck, armholes, etc. I use paper grocery sacks to make patterns and tape them together. Muslin is also good. I know you said you didn't want to do that but I really think you could have success. : )

Julie (awaiting sister#)
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StitchinWitch
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Judith
Galt CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2020 :  12:03:16 PM  Show Profile
I just went through my box of patterns and don't have that one. I wouldn't have had that size back then either; I've also grown with age. If you can't find one in the proper size it looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to enlarge since it is a loose style and not fitted.

Judith

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Red Tractor Girl
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Winnie
Gainesville Fl
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Posted - Aug 09 2020 :  4:06:30 PM  Show Profile
I remember that style back in the day!! Like you, in 1969, my body measurements sure were different from today!! LOL!! Those big bell sleeves were so popular but they always drug through food stuff if you weren't careful.

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl

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Grace
WACAL Gal WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2020 :  11:52:45 AM  Show Profile
Thanx sisters for checking..

I do not want to go into town, stand in line out in the sun, for my turn to go into Joanns Fabric store,, and then sit for an hour or longer browsing through the pattern books.. because I know me and my lack of restraint to not buy other patterns for projects that will most likely become a UFO! lolol!

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katmom
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Grace
WACAL Gal WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2020 :  11:55:27 AM  Show Profile
oh and btw,,, Simplicity has used this number, 8851, three times since the late 1960's.. and ironically, I have another pattern, with this same number for a simple sheath dress.. Now that is too funny! I should use those numbers and go buy a lottery ticket! lol!

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Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!

www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com

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