Ooooo Do I have the cutest little pattern to share with you today! This pattern comes from the 1950 edition of Women’s Day: To Knit and Wear publication. This pattern was hiding near the back o...
This post is really!! overdue. First things first, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned that I’m in a local sewing club hosted by BurdaStyle. We generally meet once a quarter at someon...
I’m in for the final haul here on Me Made May. I did better over this weekend than last with wearing comfortable me-made items. I only missed taking a photograph for one day (Saturday), but I&#...
Today’s pattern isn’t a knitting pattern but a crochet one! Aren’t you excited?! Does anyone else crochet besides me??? Crochet gets little attention here, but it’s one of my ...
Hey peeps! It was hard only giving you the smallest sneak peek at my new dress yesterday; I wanted to post up all of my pics immediately but I always have to wait until my post is up over on Sew Week...
Hey everyone! I’ve been busy stitching away on my embroidery project and finished in just enough time to submit it to Sew Weekly. Here’s a little sneak peek for you all: This is the back ...
Today’s free pattern is such a cute, sporty top from the May 1951 Edition of Stitchcraft. This is the color image from the front cover: But I think this B&W image shows the stitch definitio...
Thank you soo much for your sweet comments on my Polka Dot Dress Refashion. :) You guys sure do know how to make a girl feel special! I just have a quick post for you all today… This is technic...
Last week’s theme over on Sew Weekly was Family, or more accurately we were to sew using the theme of Mothers. (My Sew Weekly Post is here.) While I do get a head’s up on the upcoming the...
Hey guys! Happy Monday? I wish I could be happy about it but I feel as if I cleaned-ran-slept through my entire weekend. I had a very full, fun weekend but I just wish I had an extra day for relaxing...
I’ve been the happy recipient of both sewing and knitting goodies by three wonderful gals. For two of the three gift-givers, this post is shamefully overdue and for that I continue to feel guil...
Hey everyone! For today’s blog post, you’re going to have to hop on over to Stephanie of Girl with The Star-Spangled Heart’s blog for my very first guest post in which I talk about ...
Hey everyone! I’ve officially made it through the first week of Me-Made May. :) So far so good… I feel like I lucked out of trying to figure out what to wear over the weekend. Saturday I ...
Hey everyone! I’m not sure about you, but I could have used another day on my weekend… Over the weekend, I had the chance to meet up with Ms. Meg the Grand and take her sewing-social-clas...
I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve posted up a knitting pattern for you all! I also feel like it’s been even longer since I’ve actively worked on my knitting. But I am h...
This whole week I’ve been puttering around my sewing projects. I’ve made minimal progress on them but in an effort to remain productive, since I’m only happy when I’m doing th...
Hey guys! As I was picking out what clothes I was going to wear yesterday morning, I was growing steadily nervous. Isn’t that silly?! I frequently wear clothes that I’ve made, but I feel ...
Well….I’m working on a pair of pants right now. I made my first pair last year as part of Sunni’s (aka A Fashionable Stitch’s) Trouser Sew Along. She did a great job and cover...
When I first started blogging a year and a half ago,very soon afterwards I got a blog award. I had never seen one of them before, nor did I know what it was so I just assumed it was spam. But in the ...
Hey Guys! I’m not sure if you’ll be happy (or sad) to hear that my nautical-fever hasn’t abated yet. I myself am super stoked, but I don’t have any more immediate Nautical sew...
I’m sooo late to the Mad Men Dress Party, but better late then never right??? (This is my best attempt at a straight-faced Mad Men pose.) Outfit Details: Dress: McCalls 6802 pattern, c. 1964 in...
Over the weekend, well Friday really, I had my first ever blogger meetup with Ms. Tilly (& the buttons). Tilly was as sweet as could be. We chatted about sewing, blogs, her pattern-making worksho...
You guys had such excellent comments to the question of what era you like best. Being a 40′s/50′s lover myself, I was surprised to see so many of you love the teens, 20′s and 30...
I frequently feel like I’m a day late to the party. There have been so many awesome sew-alongs, meet-ups, and what-have-you that I just don’t have my act together in time to participate....
I just happened to be on the anthropologie site and I fell in love…. with a romper. It’s more like a jumpsuit but they’re calling it a romper. Isn’t it cute?! I’m going...
I got two comments yesterday asking if my skirt was puffy due to a crinoline or from the horsehair braid and I think it’s high time that I did a recap of my crinoline adventures. I’ve had...
I’m really excited that I can officially share my completed Nautical dress! I think this dress may be in my top three projects that I’ve ever made for myself, garment wise. Before you st...
I was hoping to make it to the Charles James exhibit at the Chicago History Museum last weekend, but I got too wrapped up in my Quaker Oats polka dot dress (which is sadly still unfinished). But thi...
I feel bad I don’t have an official post up today. I was up till 1am sewing my nautical dress and the hem remains unfinished. I’m hoping I can finish the hem during my lunch hour. The d...
Since I got a lot of positive comments on the last knit design I posted from Women’s Day: To Knit and Wear, I thought I’d post up another one from the same booklet. The is a little summer...
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