Archive for August 28th, 2009

• Vintage Vogue 1253 – Focus on Embroidery

  

  All that stitching on the zebra block made me think of a another satin stitch project from the past. I actually made this poppy dress twice (and the green one once for my sister). The first dress I made in the 70′s and I ended up giving it away to this crazy girl who lived [...]

  August 28th, 2009

• The Book of ABC

  

  Since “Y is for Yak” is not finished, I thought I would post one of my vintage picture books. I love to collect ABC, nursery rhyme and fairy tale “linenette” books, mostly from the 1940′s. The books have heavy-weight, textured pages and are usually pretty thin, with around 12 pages although some have as many [...]

  August 28th, 2009