Sewing
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1950s Girl’s Fall Floral Dress
Still trying to catch up with documenting my fall sewing before I start the holiday things… This week I want to show you the fall-floral dress I made for my oldest daughter for Thanksgiving! I had these two Riley… Continue reading
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1950s Maple Leaf Thanksgiving Dress
I have been in quite a sewing mood lately, and have been whizzing through my pile of fall projects quickly before it's time to sew for Christmas. My Thanksgiving dress was my latest fall finish – and though delayed by… Continue reading
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1950s Ditsy House Dress
I'm trying to catch up with my finished projects, so you get 2 blog posts this week! This time it's a house dress I made for myself with some 1930s repro quilting cotton and a 1950s pattern. I haven't… Continue reading
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1950s Girl’s “Dandelion Dress”
Fall project finish! I actually made this dress several months ago, but it still needed a sash – and I didn't get around to spending 10 minutes making the sash until this week, so here it finally is. We snapped… Continue reading
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Country Kitchen Accessories – Prairie Sisters Homestead Blog Tour for Poppie Cotton
Fabric speaks to me. When I received my sample bundle of Prairie Sisters Homestead fabric by Poppie Cotton, I put it on my shelf with a plan to make a couple of woven pot holders out of it at least.… Continue reading
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1950s Birthday Girl Dress
The week my oldest daughter was turning 4, I pulled out some girl size patterns and asked her which one she would like for a birthday dress. She picked the one with pockets, of course! And when I let her choose… Continue reading
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Another 1950s Rose Dress
Everything's coming up roses, apparently! Actually, since I was pregnant all spring I didn't get any of my dress ideas for my spring-ish fabric made, so now I'm hurrying to stitch some of them before fall arrives. As a result,… Continue reading
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1950s Dress and Basket Quilt with Poppie Cotton Delightful Department Store
Time for sewing with one of my favorites ever of the new collections by Poppie Cotton! This one is all about midcentury, which of course was right up my alley. Of course I had to make several things with… Continue reading
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1930s Parasol Dress
I'm so glad to be back sewing garments again! Our sweet little son was born on June 18, and now that I feel back to normal I'm taking advantage of the long newborn naps to get some summer sewing done.… Continue reading
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Two Little Bunny Dresses
I finished another coordinating dress set for my two little girls last week. I had intended to do these for Easter (because bunnies!), but when the last set of dresses turned out so cute, I ended up using those instead.… Continue reading
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