Sewing and Knitting Vintage-Style

  • Jungle January: Feline Style Is the Cat’s Meow

    Looking at the calendar, I see it’s January. Not just any January though; this is Jungle January as hosted by Prttynpnk of Pretty Grievances. Not one to let a parade (especially one including both cats and sewing) pass me by, I’ve made up a skirt. Every time I read something style-advice related where someone wants…

  • Work-in-Progress: Some Sort of Jacket-Looking Thing

    At what point do side-projects become just another form of procrastination? I’m not sure, but I do know that it was quite satisfying to temporarily leave off my current work-in-progress project for Guinevere’s recent puffy-dress. I fear crossing over that line of “I’ll just make this other thing up quick so I feel like I’m…

  • Violette Field Threads Chloe Dress: On Trend for Spring 2013

    If you’ve been anywhere near Pinterest in the past month or so, you may have noticed that quite a few people are pinning pictures of tulle skirts and/or expressions of their excitement over Pantone naming Emerald Green as the color of 2013. I can’t say I’m disappointed in their choice of emerald green. It’s a little…

  • Blogging Awards

    I’ve been nominated by Anne of Pretty Grievances for a couple of blog awards. Thank you Anne. My job now is to pass these along. The first is the Premio Primavera award. This is a thank you for commenting award. The rules ask one to acknowledge the last nine people who commented on one’s blog…

  • BurdaStyle 10/2012 #128: The Chocolate Mint Dress

    It feels like a really long time since I’ve made something for myself (it hasn’t been that long, but with my sewing time split between making things for myself and other members of my family, it sometimes seems long). When I was a teenager, and into my early 20’s, I had an almost entirely made-by-me…

  • Quirky Kitchen Art

    In my last post I showed off my Mom’s sewing skills. Now I’d like to show off something of my Dad’s. He doesn’t sew. I’d always thought of drawing as being my Dad’s main creative outlet. He tends toward comedic sketches most often. He likes to write, but doesn’t usually show us what he’s written.…

  • Butterick 5145: The Original Version

    Up front, I’m going to make sure the first thing that I say is that I didn’t make this coat. I wish I had. I planned to make it originally. I just didn’t end up making it, and since I wear it often during the winter and it’s fairly distinctive, I find myself regularly explaining…

  • Butterick 5145: The Furry Version

    This is actually a jacket I started Fall 2011. I had this idea that I wanted something casual and relatively short in length that I could throw over my clothes to keep wind and rain at bay. I had thought maybe something out of fleece would be nice, maybe in a black and white plaid…

  • Burda 9501: Girl’s Winter Coat

                                        I hope I’m not going to be taking away from Auntie Laura’s Maxi Dress Saga, but I’m going to switch gears into the woolen and wintry today. In between all-night painting sessions to try to get the…