As I was catching up on my rss reader feeds and reading Annabellebumps' lovely post about being featured in BurdaStyle's Best of October projects. I decided to…
Month: October 2011
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Stitchcraft Freebie: Lightning Zig Zag Ribbed Jumper
For you today, I have the 'Lightning ZigZag Ribbed Jumper' from the May 1942 edition of Stitchcraft. To download the free pdf pattern: Lightning Zig…
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Flea Market Finds
The strangest thing happened on Sunday... My husband woke me up to go to the flea market instead of the other way around. I'm not…
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Stitchcraft Freebie: Cherry Ripe Jumper
I have the cutest little jumper pattern for you guys today, called Cherry Ripe from the 1942 Edition of Stitchcraft. To download the free pattern…
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You Know You’re Sewing Too Much When….
...You run out of pins. On the table are 4 empty containers of pins; they each hold somewhere around 120 pins. I have four on…
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40’s Classic Knitted Dress
Hello dear readers! A lot of you have left me such sweet comments on my Lady Grey Coat along with my first fall outfit and…
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Reinforcing Pencil Skirt Seams & Setting in a Godet
Last week Two weeks ago I posted up a tutorial on how to reinforce an inward corner, that would receive some stress and wear. And as promised, today's…
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Burda Tie-Front Blouse and High Waisted Trousers
While these aren't the first pieces I started sewing for the fall, they are the first (& second) completed ones at any rate. I'm quite embarrassed that…
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40’s Striped Jumper
As promised, this week's free knitting pattern comes from the Complete Guide to Modern Knitting and Crochet book that I featured last week. Several of you wanted this…
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Baxter likes Fabric
My bun, Baxter likes fabric almost as much as I do... Sorry for the utter lack of blog posts this week... It's now Wednesday and…
