“Well, anyway let me say you’re welcome.” — Maui David had a request for me. The drive in theater that he works at would soon be showing Moana 2, could I make him a Moana shirt? Of course I could! I’ve been trying to use up fabric that I already have, or I try to…
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Bathing Suit?
“A baby girl arrives, and just like that, everything changes. The world gets bigger, hearts grow fuller and life means more because she’s in it”.~Unknown With summer upon us I thought it would be a great opportunity to sew a summer outfit! Mia looked through my patterns and picked out this bathing suit from 1962….
Clothes Pin Apron
“No scent is better than clothes and linens right off the line.”~Anonymous I love this apron so much! This innovative design, from 1951, has detachable pockets along with a detachable bodice. This allows the wearer to decide if they want a full apron, or just a waist apron. I was excited to get to work…
Buttons And Bows
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”~Leonardo Da Vinci I have so many apron patterns. Aprons were such a daily staple in homes in the past it’s not surprising that the pattern companies produced so many options. Aprons, that would protect the wearers clothing beneath them, were as stylish as clothing itself! This apron from 1948 would…
A Long Time Ago, In Cloud City…..
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away……. Mia got tickets to an event at Disneyland, Star Wars night! Being a huge fan she wanted to dress up for the occasion. Usually, Disneyland does not allow guests to dress up as characters. However, this rule doesn’t apply to Star Wars night. She didn’t…
Grateful For What Is Given
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”~Theodore Roosevelt I had scrap fabric leftover from Mia’s Mystery Dress. I didn’t want such wonderful, and vintage fabric scraps it to go to waste. I decided to piece it together and make a scrap bag! See previous blog post where this fabric was featured,…
What We Give
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”~Winston S. Churchill With my two year mark of my blog behind me and my third year beginning I had lots of things to reflect about. As I look back on my last two years of trying to sew every…