There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I came across this amazing website that houses over 85,000 vintage sewing patterns. I was afraid to log on in fear that it would be a jumbled mess with an ugly interface like Reddit (my personal opinion). I was pleasantly surprised in the ease and look of the site.
It is sorted by garment type and when you click on one, such as dresses, it takes you to a page that has sub-categories to help narrow down your search. Once you are in the sub-category of interest, you can select on any of the patterns. If there is one for sale, there will be a link to the seller. Of the five I checked, four of them had a link to a website for purchase. You can also do a google search with the pattern name and number to see what that yields.
This is an amazing resource and with this Spring like weather here in San Francisco, I have caught the sewing bug. Now I just need to get that dress form I've been searching for! Happy Sewing!