Collaborations
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1930s Separates with Treasured Threads for Poppie Cotton
I have one more 2022 make to show you…this one I made for Thanksgiving but had to wait to share it until today, which is my day on the Treasured Threads blog tour! I selected a few vintage… Continue reading
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Sunshine & Camomile Blog Tour: Polka Dot Blouse & Ruffly Dress
I got the opportunity to play with a few prints from the new Sunshine & Camomile fabric line by Poppie Cotton. As usual, I gravitated toward garments. First I made myself a classic blouse from a 1950s pattern. … Continue reading
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Songbird Serenade Project Tour – Patchwork Dress & Applique Runner
This sweet new fabric collection called Songbird Serenade from Poppie Cotton has the loveliest soft colors and prints. Of course my three-year-old was entranced by the “birdie” fabric, so I decided this would be a good time to try… Continue reading
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1950s Amethyst Daisy Dress
I have to say this is one of my favorite things I've made this summer. It turned out exactly how I had envisioned. I had wanted to use this 1950s pattern for a while, and when I got a… Continue reading
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Late ’30s Purple House Dress with Basin Feedsacks
My darker cotton house dresses were in constant rotation this summer, so I wanted to make a few more. I had this length of 1930s repro cotton from Riley Blake Design's recent line Basin Feedsacks, so after a little debate,… Continue reading
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1940s Brown Floral 2 Piece
Fallish fabrics are finding their way to the top of my sewing queue these days. Such was the case with this pretty floral, another color way of my favorite Lori Holt print from her recent Cook Book fabric line (you… Continue reading
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1940s Brown Print Dress with Lori Holt Fabric
While vacationing back east this spring, I got a cute 1940s pattern at an antique mall. Luckily it was complete. I ended up pairing it with my second favorite of the new Lori Holt prints (fabric is from Cook Book… Continue reading
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1940s Pinafore Duo with Poppie Cotton
I'm a sucker for strawberry prints, so when I got the chance to work with this new fabric from Poppie Cotton, of course I chose to sew with the strawberries to make a 1940s style coordinating pinafore set with… Continue reading
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Forget-Me-Not Dress
Yet another versatile basic…pin dots! Poppie Cotton has a lovely quilting cotton basic called Country Confetti, and with some new Bright colors coming in, I had the opportunity to make a dress with one of them. Of course I had… Continue reading
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Versatile Basics – Gingham 1950s Summer Suit
I thought it would be fun this summer to do a hit-and-miss mini blog series featuring quilting cotton basics. Every fabric company has their own version of basics – including a solid, some other classic prints, and perhaps a few… Continue reading









