This past week the Joplin airport had a special open house event featuring the B-17 “Sentimental Journey” , which is one of the world’s few remaining airworthy B-17s. My hubby loves airplanes and I knew when he mentioned the...
On a whim this past Saturday I woke up and decided I was going to make myself a vintage romper. A romper is a one piece garment, commonly used in children play cloths. The romper has been around since the early 1900’s but their popularity...
The second dress I decided to try my hand at, this summer was another vintage pattern by Simplicity. Pattern 5869, copyrighted 1965, is of a loosely fitted dress has elastic waistline casing, slit neck opening, collar, and back zipper closing...
The first of my sewing projects this summer I decided to try my hand at my Vintage Simplicity 8890 pattern. The pattern’s copyright was 1970, and I had bought some fabric I knew would be just perfect for it the jumper (version 1). The pattern...