Guess who’s partner scored his dream job?! If you’ve been following the drama with my May Giveaway Day: Prom Dress Giveaway, you’d be correct if you’ve guessed Clare, the giveaway winner.  Clare emailed me on Friday telling me the good news.  She’s so eloquent with her writing (which is natural since she’s a writer and has her MA in… Read More »

Since the weather held up, I was able to go out and take some pictures of my completed Dubarry 5836 skirt. I love the V-shaped waistband yolk of this skirt.  For some reason I think of this shape being modern, but this pattern is from the 40′s so I’ll have to readjust my thinking.  The… Read More »

Felix just shared a video with me and you guys seriously have to check this out!  It made me all teary-eyed; it’s seriously so cute. I think I may need to borrow someone’s dog for a quick hug.  :) Hope you are all having a lovely weekend, and I hope you have a nice Memorial… Read More »

I’m a bit off schedule with my posts for this week due to the May Giveaway Day.  So my normal Wednesday knitting post has temporarily moved to Friday for this week.  I feel I’ve been a bit knit-heavy lately on my blog, but I’ve officially finished my scalloped skirt.  So if the weather cooperates, I’ll… Read More »

For starters, I really REALLY !!!! had a hard time trying to figure out who to give this dress to.  I was hoping there would be that ONE magical comment that would make me say “YES” and instead I just wish I could give one of these to everyone.  You sure know how to make… Read More »

I’m so excited to be participating in this year’s May Giveaway Day hosted by the wonderful shop, blog, and forum: Sew, Mama, Sew! While I’ve hosted some fun giveaways in the past (1 and 2), I think this one takes the cake!!! I’m giving away a handmade, vintage dress decorated in layers of lace, chiffon,… Read More »

Hey peeps! Karen of MontanaChic has put up a really funny list of questions on her blog yesterday.  She’s trying to get as many responses as possible in one week’s time so that she can share the results with everyone. Here’s Karen is in one of her latest creations the dandelion dress:  This all came about because she had a funny… Read More »

When I was back at home visiting my mom for mother’s day, she insisted that I go through some of the boxes of stuff I had kept from high school and earlier.  I admit that I kept little, just because I have no place for it in my apartment.  But then she brought down a 2… Read More »

Instead of another jumper, I thought for this week’s free knitting pattern I’d share a lovely little accessory, the zebra-striped snood from the January 1953 Stitchcraft magazine. Zebra Striped Snood The pattern lists this as a shower/bath cap yet this lovely lady is pictured outside her front door, fully dressed and sans bathroom.  But I think it’s… Read More »

I’ve been eagerly anticipating this year’s Vintage Bazaar for at least 6 months now and was giddy to wake up on Saturday morning for the event. Vintage Bazaar is basically where a lot of vendors get together and sell there wares, in an flea market style, indoors.  The type of vendors is a mix of people who have physical locations, have… Read More »