Thrift Store Find: Butterick 4808 - Late 1970's Dorothy Hamill Tops

This is another pattern I found at a thrift store recently and would have purchased it had it been in my size.  

I sort of wished I had bought it as I liked the pleated sleeve detail I have on a garment before.  I might have been able to adapt that to use on another pattern, but I am trying not to drag home anything I will not actually use.

Those under the age of 30 may only know her from her brief stint on Dancing With The Stars in 2013, but Dorothy Hamill was a 1976 Olympic figure skater and this was one of her endorsement deals after that win.  She was captivating to watch on the ice.

In the above picture, she is wearing her signature hair cut that many a gal copied as it was flattering if you have a nicely-shaped head, long neck and pretty features (which left me out of getting this cut) and easy to care for.

Thift Store Finds - 3 Butterick Patters - .40 Cents

Franciscan Family Thrift Store had a 1/2 price sale this weekend.  The patterns were not marked so I took a chance in picking them up ,but was ecstatically surprised that the original price was .25 cents and I picked up the above patterns for .40 cents.  Had I known the price, I would have picked up a lot more patterns as to me, they are pure gold.

As the fit on any pattern that had not been tried before can be a little tricky, and some sewers would prefer trying in a muslin material, I like to buy thrift store bed sheets before investing in a higher dollar fabric to see if the fit needs to be tweaked or if the pattern looks great, but not so great on me and time to donate it back.