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McCalls Pattern 7431
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:56 am 
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The "Lanz of Salzberg" nightgown. I love this pattern. I've made a small change when constructing - the yoke has a facing which isn't really keeping with the nightgowns I used to know so I just cut two yokes and one becomes the facing.

Unfortunately, I've made so many that my patterns is in tatters. :( If anyone has this and would like to sell, let me know !


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Re: McCalls Pattern 7431
PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:00 pm 
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Hi!

This reply might belong under the "tips of the trade" thread, but when I took sewing lessons my instructor told us to trace all our patterns onto thick tracing paper and then cut from the tracings, not the originals. Not only does this keep your original in good shape, it keeps from cutting a smaller size and then being stuck later when you need to make a bigger size and the bigger has been cut away.

The tracing "paper" she recommended came on a roll and feels almost like interfacing, so it's very sturdy and reusable. I keep the tracings with my original pattern so I can find and reuse them when I need to.

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Re: McCalls Pattern 7431
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:10 am 
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That is a good tip, but I haven't started doing that until recently when I ordered a large roll of tracing paper.
I may just be able to recreate the pattern - yes, in the larger size - with the paper if I'm unable to find the pattern.
Back in the prehistoric era, when I took sewing in HS, they only suggested tracing onto the fabric.
Thanks for the response.


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Re: McCalls Pattern 7431
PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:13 pm 
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Thank you for this!!! My mother in law LOVES Lanz of Salzberg nightgowns and spends WAY too much on them for my girls- Every time I see them I tell her I could make one but I've never found the just-right pattern.

ETA: OK, just looked up the pattern and see that this one is for adults- Is there a children's version out there? Do you know the number?

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