Birthday dotty dress
The Bean’s birthday request was polkadot dressed. I happily complied. it’s made with this vintage pattern right one top. the orange and white polkadots. per her...
Read MoreBirthday dress in a Jiffy
I have a stash of patterns that my Grandma gave me, used by her in the 60′s (for my dad’s little sister)… some of them are SO awful it’s funny, and some are just plain wonderful. this one was wonderful. it’s the Jiffy Dress on the upper right side…. I tried really hard to get her to hold still so I could photograph it, but this is the best I could get. and this is the shot of the back…. Luckily, it really was pretty quick to make up, because her first time wearing it, we went to Busy Bee and then picnicked in the park with friends, and her dress...
Read MoreKCWC finale: Vintage patterns….
C and I had a morning date to the antique flea market, and while he was busy inspecting and buying a vintage cash register (seriously, for work), I stumbled upon these gems. Priced at $2-3 each, I absolutely could not resist. none of them are the right size, but I can grade the size 1′s up, and save the 6…. The Bean, of course, wants this dress with the doll first. sorry, not going to happen…. I ADORE this sunsuit, and cannot WAIT (until after market) to make it. I’m thinking something polkadot…. btw, does anyone know the dealio with sharing vintage patterns?...
Read MoreSorting
The kiddos and I are sorting through that giant bin o’ stuff. So far I have a bias bin, a ribbon bin, and a piping/hem tape bin. Hopefully I can figure out how to get it a little more organized.
Read Morethe world’s ugliest muslin
I know I’ve kvetched enough about how hideous this fabric is. and I should totally stop, since I’m the one who ASKED for it (my grandmother thought it was so ugly she was embarrased to offer it to me, but I said, no, ugly sheets make great muslins… but this is beyond ugly, isn’t it?)anyway, I made a muslin of these vintage pants for D. As I was cutting and sewing, I realized that there was absolutely NO WAY I would ever let him wear these out of the house (or around the house for that matter!), I hate the fabric THAT MUCH.therefore, I didn’t worry about clipping...
Read Morebaby quilts!
I finished it!here’s the front…and the back…I decided to grade the saturation on the back (like we did for the 1/2 square triangles on the front), rather that just use white.i LOVE it.I quilted it with double diagonal lines, by drawing lines through the points, then lining up my quilting/1/4″ foot on the line, and sewing on either side… so the lines wind up being 1/2″ apart…again, i LOVE it.just to be pretty, I put my other baby quilts on the fence too….D has been insisting on having “wankets” on him all the time, so they’re...
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