Since I got my sewing machine last September, I’ve been looking for good deals on fabric. I’ve you’ve priced fabric at the crafts stores, like Joann’s or Hobby Lobby, you’ll discover that fabric isn’t cheap. Nice...
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...
