“Fashion changes, but style endures.” ~Coco Chanel So many of these 1960’s dresses are perfect for Mia. I had this fun fabric that I had bought when my local JoAnn Fabrics was going out of business. I told Mia to pick out a pattern to match the fabric, and this is the one she chose,…
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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…
Loveliness In Green
“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…
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…