In one phone call life was forever changed. Grandma Joyce has passed away. It doesn’t matter that she lived 100 years, 5 months, and 11 days, we weren’t ready to lose her. No amount of time ever seems adequate when it comes to the people you love. As we’re now preparing to celebrate her life,…
Little Dress On The Prairie
There I am, scrolling on social media, and I see cousin Brandi in Missouri, asking if anyone has a little girl’s prairie dress she could borrow. I’m intrigued so I asked her why she needed one. Apparently her daughter Reagan, a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, wanted to wear a dress and bonnet to the…
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…
A Clearance Doll Gets A Make Over
While shopping I came across this doll in the clearance section. The box was sun faded and torn up. The doll’s hair was askew. But the price was right! I couldn’t pass up such a deal. Especially with two little girls in the family. There were actually two of these dolls on clearance, both of…
A Book And A Bird
Once upon a time at Grandma Doris’ house, we were up in her sewing room messing around with her sewing stuff. Grandma showed me this old book, and asked me if I wanted it. She said it had belonged to Grandpa Bert’s mother, Sophrona. She said she had thought about throwing it out. Who would…
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,…
The Family’s Support System
I’ve been having to slow way down on my sewing. I considered cutting back on blog posts from weekly to bi-weekly. While talking this over with family, Dana had the great idea that I could get co-writers for my blog. Lots of us craft, and could write about that. She volunteered to go first, by…