Sewing A Vintage Style Peasant Dress for Layla Practice run of making a vintage style peasant dress for little Layla, helps identify some fitting issues in the sleeves. November 16, 20143 comments
Sewing Handmade Vintage Style Wooden Handle Handbag This floral purse made out of vintage fabric and antique wooden handles feels as if it came out of the past. November 12, 2014Add comment
Sewing A Very Cherrieful Outfit After purchasing this lovely fabric with embroidered cherries on it I knew I was going to make a very cherrieful outfit. October 24, 2014Add comment
Sewing Love At First Stitch – Book Review Having recently gotten my copy of Love At First Stitch, I thought I'd share a quick review and my first project. October 18, 2014Add comment
Sewing My vintage Pattern Stash grows Recently I was given 3 tote full of vintage, and not so vintage, patterns to add to my stash. October 15, 2014Add comment
Sewing Vogue’s New Book For Better Sewing Once in a while you get a gift that is so worthwhile, and for me that was a copy an original 1952 copy of Vogue's New Book for Better Sewing. September 30, 2014Add comment
Sewing Gertie Sews Vintage Casual a Quick Review I finally received my copy of "Gertie Sews Vintage Casual" and in the midst of home repairs I thought I'd take a break and give it a quick review. September 20, 2014Add comment
Sewing Ice Cream Social Shirt My first official button down shirt using fun ice cream print fabric. August 30, 2014Add comment
Sewing Tabitha Dress I made McCall's 6899 dress for my niece, calling it the Tabitha dress because it reminds me of the dresses that little Tabitha would wear on Bewitched July 21, 2014Add comment
Sewing Floral Gathered Skirt Using a fun floral fabric from my fabric stash, I decided to whip up a breezy summer time gathered skirt. July 17, 20142 comments
Sewing Layla’s Summer SunDress Another one of my #StopPinningStartDoing projects I wrapped up a while back was an adorable Summer Sundress I made for my niece, little Layla. June 6, 2014Add comment
Sewing Little Layla and Her ABC Skirt For little Layla's 4-month birthday I decided to use some left over ABC fabric and make her a fun gathered skirt. June 2, 2014Add comment
Sewing Sew For Victory Dress – Vintage Simplicity 1649 A complete review of my Sew for Victory dress, made from vintage Simplicity 1649 pattern. May 5, 20142 comments
Sewing Retro Jersey Suit – Simplicity 2154 I recently finished up Simplicity pattern 2154, a reproduction of a 1960's suit. March 26, 20141 comment
Sewing Sew for Victory 2014 Lucky Lucille recently announced the 2014 “Sew for Victory” sew along, and I'm planing to join in the fun. March 24, 20141 comment
Sewing A Valentine Dress for @Fatebee I recently completed this Valentine dress for my sister as a very belated birthday present. February 20, 2014Add comment
Sewing Darling in a Dirndl Skirt by Modcloth Today I'm reviewing my new "Darling in a Dirndl Skirt" I bought on Modcloth. January 20, 2014Add comment
Sewing Button Skirt {Vintage Simplicity 1691} The last sewing project of 2013 I completed was this Button skirt I made using vintage Simplicity Pattern 1691. January 7, 20142 comments
Sewing 1942 Skirt {Vintage McCalls 4717} I'm finally getting around to posting about my 1942 skirt, I'd made from a woolen plaid fabric and a vintage 1942 McCalls pattern. January 3, 2014Add comment
Sewing 2013 Sewing Projects This year I only really started learning to sew, yet somehow I managed to pull off a variety of projects. Here's a quick recap of my 2013 sewing projects. December 31, 2013Add comment
Sewing Simple Pillows Today I will be posting my first sewing how-to. For my first tutorial I decided to go with something super easy, a simple pillow case. November 25, 20132 comments
Sewing Corduroy Skirt {Vintage Simplicity Pattern 6124} Known as the "poor man's velvet" corduroy is prefect for creating vintage winter fashion. I just recently used this classic fabric to make a skirt. November 18, 20132 comments
Sewing Black & White Dress {Buttrick B4443} For Halloween I wanted to make a costume that I could use as a everyday dress too. I ended up with this Black & White dress. November 11, 20132 comments
Sewing 1960’s Maternity Party Dress My sister is expecting, and has enlisted me to make a couple of dresses, including this 1960's maternity dress. October 14, 2013Add comment
