Presenting, at long last, my Fall for Cotton project! The challenge was to create a vintage pattern using 100% cotton fabric. I’m calling it the Sunset Stripes dress because the colors remind me of those in a particularly beautiful sunset (if you like the fabric, you can find it here).I’m[Read more]
Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. I realize it’s actually Friday and I’m sure you will all forgive my teensy little slip-up…am I right? Despite what I said last week about not going to thrift[Read more]
Do you have any tools that you reach for over and over again when you sew? Something that, once you tried it, you knew you were a convert? Today I’m going to share with you some of my favorite sewing tools and let you know why I prefer them.[Read more]
The lovely Jen of Jennifer Lauren Vintage contacted me recently asking if I would give an interview for a series she is doing with newer/lesser known sewing bloggers. I’ve long admired her vintage-inspired style and impeccable sewing and of course I gladly accepted! My interview is now up on her[Read more]
Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. We didn’t do a whole lot of thrift shopping this week but we did manage to get to a few estate sales on Saturday. We went farther than usual-[Read more]
I realized it’s been quite a while since I last posted an update on our antique space! We made a trek down to Los Alamos this last weekend and I took some pictures so I could show you all what’s new. Like I mentioned in my last post in July,[Read more]
Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. We really found some great stuff this week, my favorite being the record pictured above. I’m absolutely in love with the graphics and the color scheme and I[Read more]
Attention vintage lovers! After months of stockpiling lots (I mean LOTS) of vintage pattern finds, I am finally getting these guys up in my Etsy shop! There are lots of cute patterns for fall (like that cape!) and some fun costume patterns for those (like me) who still haven’t decided[Read more]
Have you all heard of the Fall for Cotton Sewalong? When I saw the announcement on Lucky Lucille I knew I had to try and join in on the fun. I mean, vintage and cotton? I’m in! Anyway, I think probably 90% of the fabric I sew is already cotton[Read more]
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds! Phillip and I went to some garage and estate sales last Saturday and we didn’t have much luck at all. The only things we found were some records, shown below:[Read more]