hey! guess what? i’m turning 40 this month! i decided to offer a happy birthday discount–for the entire month of july, buy 3 items and get the 4th item for 40% off! and you will also get a fun li’l present from me! discount will be applied to the lowest priced item. just pay for your order and your discount amount will be refunded…i don’t think i can make my paypal shopping cart do all that fancy calculatin’ by itself!
i love finding grab bags full of vintage sewing goodies at the thrift store. last week i found one full of vintage woven trim (the kind i like to hoard!) and scraps of fabric. this was some of the fabric! doll clothes panels…click the picture to enlarge!
the prints are pretty cute. i wouldn’t mind a couple of these outfits in my size…
anyways, since i’m hoarding the vintage trim, i thought i would give these away to someone who might like to make them. they are for an 11-12″ doll. do you want them?
i’ve always loved these vintage screen printed sweaters
they used to be all over the thrift stores back when i was in high school, and when i first learned how to screen print i would marvel over how they were screen printed in one piece and then sewn up the sides and underarm.
i still find them now and then. i just picked up this one, it looks like it’s never even been worn…
ps- i forgot to mention there are a few new limited edition skirts on my website, and i made a scherenschnitte print dish cloth!
i finally decided on a new tee style…
it’s a cotton/rayon/poly blend heathered tee. i’ve been wearing around the color combos that didn’t make it onto my website and i have to say they’re super soft and comfy, form-fitting, a little slinky even, but not tight. the neckline is a little lower and loser than the other tee styles. i like it.
the scherenschnitte tee is printed with non-opaque white so it looks tonal and it allows the heather pattern to show through a little. i like the lighter color on the darker tee.
(i have a few of the ringer tees left, they’re still on my website here and here.)
and now my question to you: do you think color names like pine, coal, stone and bark are better or worse than plain ol’ green, black, grey and brown? i like a little color name flair, but sometimes i think when i’m ordering something online it’s better to keep it plain and simple. but then, the heather tees really do look like bark and stone! what do you think?
i picked up this crazy pair at the thrift store a few years ago.
they are made out of bleach jugs. i remember thinking who? what? when? where? why? how? but i knew they needed to come home with me.
you can imagine my excitement last weekend when many of those questions were answered…i was flipping through socorro’s 1972 McCall’s Needlework & Crafts magazine and look what i saw!
hello billy bunny and debby duck, it’s nice to meet you!
i found this really lovely embroidered pillow at the thrift store the other day. bunny + acorns!
it matches the livingroom perfectly, and it matches this slipcover i’ve been crocheting for the livingroom chair…
the colors remind me of the california hillside, that ’antique gold’ color being all that dry grass! like my view from the front porch…
the pattern is called ‘daisies in the dell’, which i found pretty irresistible. it’s a blanket pattern from a 1976 issue of ‘today’s woman granny squares’. i was looking around online for pictures of crochet slipcovered furniture but haven’t had much luck finding examples. have you seen any? have you made one? the chair frame is not upholstered so it’s just a cushion slipcover. so far i’ve finished the front top and bottom. the sides will be crocheted in the gold color, and i’m thinking of using velveteen for the back of it.
well it looks like the ringer tees are really being discontinued. that was my favorite style! bummer. so if you’ve had your eye on the scherenschnitte ringer tees or the fairytale forest tees, i’ll only have the ladies sizes available on my website through the weekend. i’m going to print the same designs on a different style, just not sure which one yet.
now available on my website!
i just added the a-line dutch treat skirt to my website
how many is too many? sometimes i have to ask myself that when it comes to knick knacks or shoes, but i don’t usually ask myself that when it comes to vintage fabric because i know i will use it. if it’s a good deal i just take it all. that’s what happened a couple of months ago when i got a hot tip (thanks jocelyn!) about these brand new old stock Parisian Prints linen tablecloths…
yeah, i bought a lot of them. but they make such a cute skirt border!
the tablecloths are all round, so i’m using the printed part as a flared border on the skirt. and since it’s round it flares out in the most delightful way. the top part of the skirt is cotton twill. i trimmed the edge with coordinating gingham printed bias binding.
these and other new goodies coming to my website this week!
update: thank you SO much again for all of your comments, thoughts and support on the last two posts, the offending items have been removed from the other shop as of this morning.
