“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca While having a sewing day with my nieces, to sew a dress for Jenna (See previous blog post,”Jenna’s Summer Vacation”) Kira started looking through my patterns. She found this shirt pattern and loved it! I…
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Put That In Your Piping
I decided it was time for a new dress for myself. With warmer weather rapidly approaching I figured I could add a new spring/summer dress into rotation. I chose this pattern from 1968, and this “dress form” fabric from my stash. The pattern seemed easy enough. I opened this vintage pattern to find it had…
And Baby Makes Three? No, It Makes Me Make A Shirt
Someone’s having a baby? YES! My cousins Russell and Marisa announced at Thanksgiving that they were expecting! It was the most wonderful news we had all gotten in a while. I immediately thought of all of the vintage maternity patterns I have in my collection. I sent contenders to Marisa and she chose this one,…
Michelle’s Classic Skirt
In the spirit of never letting an event get past us without an outfit, Michelle picked out this skirt to wear to Grandma Joyce’s 100th birthday party. As you can see on the pattern front, it was originally from around 1933. I love the classic look of this skirt. Michelle ordered a pretty grey fabric…
Pants For Grandma And A Skirt For Me
This pattern of Grandma’s is from the early 1980’s. I can tell by the pieces that were used that she made the pants. Which makes sense because they look like something I can picture her in. I could tell by how the pants pattern was folded that she made adjustments on the length. Grandma was…
Eagle Field Fly In; Part Two!
As promised, there was more than one homemade outfit that made it out to Eagle Field for the fly in. Michael wore a shirt, from a pattern that I’ve previously made, but it was made out of Grandpa’s WWII fabric. The fly in was the perfect place to make a fashion statement with old fabric!…