First of all, thanks everyone for leaving me such sweet comments about my newly-cleaned fabric. I really hope you also find some use with the…
Month: July 2012
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Stain Removal on Vintage Fabric
Over a year ago I had bought some cute 50's or 60's light weight cotton fabric at my local flea market. I bought it knowing…
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Holiday Jumper Pattern
Today's pattern freebie is a knitting pattern from the Bishop's Fashions for the town and country, published in 1951. The Holiday Jumper pattern is the…
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Work in Progress: Mail Order 9169
To be fair, my Mail Order 9169 skirt isn't so much of a WIP but a "waiting for the hem" project. When I met Meg…
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Vintage Garage Market Finds
I've had a very 'mixed' weekend; some parts were stressful, others fun, some very productive hours and some where I watched 2 movies right in…
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Empire Bolero Pattern
Today's pattern freebie comes from the Bucilla Glace Hand Knits publication from 1958. This publication was printed by the Bucilla yarn company so it comes as no surprise that…
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Featherweight Love
I'd never really heard about this lovely sewing machine until last summer. It was about 1 week after I had passed one up at my…
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Greta Turban-WIP
After knitting during the multitude of trips I've been on in the past weeks, I never seem to be without a knitting project in hand…
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Striped Sun Dress for little Audrey
My sister, Patricia is in town this week from GA and on short notice she decided to throw Audrey her 4th b-day party on Sunday…
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Stitchcraft Beach Bag and Sandals Pattern
Today I have something a bit different for you all. With the heat wave that is affecting most of us, I decided what could be…
