Sewing and Knitting Vintage-Style

Here it is. My finished dress using the fabric from Alessa’s Moon Munkie Giveaway. I first wore it for a day off with my husband which we spent wandering about a few areas in West Portland. The most interesting thing we did was to tour the Pittock Mansion. I can’t believe I’d never been to this…

I can’t believe that school starts next week! Not only that, but this year I will have two kids in school. Romeo is pretty easy to dress for school. Jeans, polo shirt, hoodie, with or without a heavy winter coat depending on the weather. It seems to be pretty much the default look for the…

About 2 months ago now (how the time has flown by this summer) I won Alessa’s Moon Munkie Mystery Make. Part of the deal with winning was a promise to post something made from the mystery package within about 4 weeks. Obviously, since this was about 2 months ago (give or take a bit for international…

I wonder how Susie H. and Auntie Mary are progressing on their maxi dress projects. Mine is finished—in my mind. I have the pattern picked out, have the pre-washed fabric, have the whole month of August to turn this fabric 100% cotton fabric. I think these are crab apples, but I could be wrong. I…

This story starts with a fabric. This fabric to be precise: A few months ago we did that thing where we went to Hancock Fabrics during a sale and I let Lady G. run around pointing out fabrics she liked. She was very insistant that she looooved this fabric. Hmmmm. I asked “why”? “Because it has…

Where have I been? Just trying to find my way out from under the drop cloth in the basement. Had to drag it upstairs…and outside. Takes two people to fold it. Now have to return it to my mom.  I don’t know where she got it, but it’s nice of her to let me borrow…

If those traversing the Oregon Trail in the 1800’s knew how many allergens awaited them when they reached the Willamette Valley, would they have been as eager to undertake the journey? I guess it’s now a moot point, but as I’ve been sniffling through the last week or two (even with Zyrtec and Benadryl), I have…

I have two projects I’m planning for myself, but I’m procrasinating horribly. One because the fabric is special and I’m scared to cut into it, the other I’ve already cut out, but I’m worried about the fit, so I’m delaying getting to the sewing. Enabling myself to continue procrastinating, I worked on a different project instead.…