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Sewingswing
sewingswing.blogspot.com
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Miscellaneous stuff and thoughts about vintage clothing, shoes, sewing and swing dancing, plus the occasional tips on home renovating.
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Someone please buy this dress...

I mean... Just look at it! This is just about as perfect as a vintage wrap dress gets. Starting bid is 19$, no bids yet...Also, its larger size with 54" hips, up to 36" waist (with tie to pul...

19 may 11

Noooo! Anything but this! Please?

Been quiet for a while... Very busy, quite tired, you know how it goes.Actually my absence from the wonderful world of blogs started because first I got really sick and stayed that way for a very lon...

23 mar 11

Easy Summer Dress - The Instructions

First, Id like to apologize my English. Im not a native speaker and translating from old Finnish proved to be bit of a challenge. ;)And now, as I promised: The instructions for that easy breezy late ...

24 aug 10

Ill be right back...

I got back from my mini holiday (and vintage shopping spree) in Sweden... more than two weeks ago. It was fun! I found a lot of nice stuff and got to dance plenty in Herräng. Pictorial review of Herr...

18 aug 10

Old projects - Part 3

This time its two light and breezy summer dresses... tent dresses to be exact. I think this might be one of the easiest dress "patterns" Ive ever worked with. First of all there is no pattern...

22 jul 10 1 person likes this

Old projects - Part 2

I have this thing... I keep making stuff that Ill never wear. I still dont know how I ended up choosing pale apple green for this dress after I found that nice border print in aqua. Total waste of fa...

19 jul 10

Old projects - Part 1

I thought I should show you some of my old sewing projects... now that I finally found pictures of some of the lovelies Ive already passed on to new owners. This is also a sewing blog, right? ;)First...

17 jul 10

What a week!

Weve been experiencing warm weather lately here in Finland. If it gets over 30C its a record around here... and thats happened like three or four times within a week. I couldnt be happier! The heat w...

16 jul 10 1 person likes this

Giveaway alert!

Jessica of Chronically Vintage is having the greatest giveaway: a $75 gift certificate from CollectibleSpectacle! Im super excited. Im always lookin for "new" vintage frames.Here are some of ...

06 jul 10

Home renovating and decorating - a never-ending process

Last weekend I finally got to spend Sunday putting up wallpaper. Yay!Im so exited. Ive been waiting for this ever since I picked out the wallpaper almost two years ago. Its a vintage travel ad themed...

29 jun 10

France Mediterranean

Just a short pictorial summary of my holiday in southern France... This was in mid May when theyd just had this unbelieveable storm with huge waves and hail and snow. At the same time the volcano in ...

23 jun 10

That dress...

After I saw this dress here chez The Retro Modern Housewife I just couldnt stop thinking about it. I mean... silk, slightly oriental design, slit sleeves... its just stunning. ...And now its mine. Wh...

11 jun 10

Been busy lately...

Insanely busy would be the correct expression. Ive been busy at work, studying and (very little) dancing. I promised not to spend my time in internet while I had these other, more pressing things to ...

06 jun 10

Salvation

I recently found this cute (unfinished) 40s day dress in Ebay. Its made out of really adorable feedsack fabric and is kinda my size, so I couldnt just pass it. Naturally it was also quite a bargain b...

02 may 10

I did promise myself... but it was on sale, right?

Honestly, I promised myself I would spend less money during the end of March and all through April. After I found tons of vintage shoes, clothes, hats, purses and other stuff that I just had to have ...

23 apr 10

No time to play

For the past one and half months I’ve been working like crazy to finally finish my studies. I have to graduate in July if I want to avoid loads of extra work (and actually graduate at some point), so...

12 apr 10

Vintage Expo finds

About a month ago I went to Helsinki Vintage Expo with my friends. We had so much fun! I also spent loads of money, but I couldn't help it... they had deadstock shoes in size 2 1/2!!! See what I mean...

08 apr 10

I'm sew inspired!

Vogue Patterns has a sale going on, so I dropped by to see if there was something worth ordering in the Vintage Vogue section. I only found two new dress patterns (that I don't already have) and was ...

29 mar 10

Computer problems

I'm currently experiencing some techinical difficulties. First my pretty pink laptop didn't want to play no tunes anymore... and naturally this happened only an hour before I was cheduled to dj in a ...

15 mar 10

Before and after

A little bit of makeup and a nice hairdo will work miracles... Here's an example:These pictures were taken some weeks ago before the great Swing Cruise (24 hours of dance and fun). The first picture ...

22 feb 10

Down with a cold

I'm not feeling right. Runny nose and sore throat, but no fever. Can't say I'm enjoying myself much at the moment. It could be just a punishment for having too much fun though. ;)We just came back fr...

17 feb 10

The Unwanted Dress

Two weeks ago I had to go through my things to find something to sell in a vintage/swing market we had during one dance event... I found some great things and made some flower clips to sell. The flow...

11 feb 10

Cute but wrong size for me... and mostly blue

For the last two day's I've been searching for cute/classy/pretty (yet inexpensive) vintage dresses from 40's or early 50's on Ebay. I found some that I'm considering and already bought one, but ther...

05 feb 10

Una@Helsinki

Last week I had to go to Helsinki for two days. The trip was work-related and the days were long and exhausting. The bonus was that I got to stay one night in a nice hotel... :)My room was small but ...

02 feb 10

Glamorous giveaway chez Fleur!

The lovely Fleur of Diary of a Vintage Girl is having a very glamorous giveaway! Check it out, because every girl needs fabulous lingerie... What she has to offer is a gorgeous set of Kiss Me Deadly ...

19 jan 10

Happy New Year!

I'll be dancing through the whole New Year's Eve... First in a musical and then in a party. It's going to be great! What are you doing for New Year's Eve?

31 dec 09

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas! Here in Finland we are having a white Christmas as you can see...This is a view from my balcony this morning. All nice, snowy and peaceful...

24 dec 09

And the winner is...

...Olivia, of Big Mama Introspection! She took the double chance and won the perfume. Congratulations to Big Mama!! (The drawing was performed at the office under the eyes of my co-workers... no hat,...

23 dec 09

Giveaway!

I won The Big Mama Introspection lipstick giveaway the other day (If you haven't still visited that blog, you really should do it! It's very hip, very cool and extremely entertaining!)... and because...

17 dec 09

Fabric finds... and dreaming about Josef Frank designs

My last trip to my favourite local thrift stores was very fruitful in many ways, not only the fox stole and those fedoras... I also found fabrics! Two vintage bedsheets, amazing colors, cotton satin,...

14 dec 09

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