my favorite #vintagepledge make of the year. Congratulations on another successful year of Vintage Pledging, friends! In my case, I was much more successful this year than last. Since basically all of the patterns I use are vintage (well, or retro/repro) this is doubling as my year-end round up as well, although I\’m not including…
Archives for December 2015
A Needlepoint Belt
Do y\’all remember literally one million years (well, over a year) ago when I mentioned working on a needlepoint project? I finally finished it! Absolutely ages ago, I ordered a needlepoint kit from Needlepoint by Laura on etsy. She worked with me to design a belt canvas with the campus of my husband and my alma mater. We…
Share your 70s Sewing! Simplicity 8013
When Emily of Mai Attique and I decided to sew 1970s inspired dresses, I knew I wanted to make Simplicity 8013. What a beauty! I think the 70s get a bad reputation–polyester leisure suits, right?–but this is the era of DVF\’s wrap dress. Come on. That\’s glamour.And oh my gosh, how glamorous do I feel…
Durham Distillery
Alex and I visited a cool new spot downtown this weekend: Durham Distillery. dress: The 50s Day Dress | jacket: olga road | shoes: similar I wore my skeleton dress, which I still adore. I haven\’t been doing a lot of, like, quilting cotton sundress-type sewing recently, since I\’ve been trying to stretch myself, but I do love a good cotton…
Autumn in Asheville
I\’ve been a bit slack on my Wednesday series, What I Wore and Work in Progress. Some weeks I\’m wearing repeat outfits and the sewing room is a disaster zone and I simply don\’t have anything particularly pretty to share! This past week, though, I took a trip to Asheville, NC. It\’s only about 4…