As the end of summer and the beginning of fall approaches, I am so excited! COOLER WEATHER! It makes me actually want to move around again. The coolness permeates the house through the open windows in the mornings. It is invigorating, and I think, 'What will I do today?' Now don't get me wrong. I'm not so full of spunk that I am going to clean all the rooms in the house today, or get that huge project finished, or anything funny as that. But I do see some progress in my work, which to me, is quite exciting! Sewing is one of my favorite pastimes. Collecting sewing notions is something that I just cannot stop doing! I decided to pull together some pretties and show them off this week. Below, packages of Silhouette trim were a recent find that are going in the 'keep' collection! I hope you are all having a lovely week! And that cool breezes and refreshing days are part of your future! Take care and thank you so much for visiting me! Blessings, Doni
You have almost no cutting and only a few seams to sew with this pattern for a graceful negligee from the 1920s , courtesy of Ruth Wyeth Spears. Ruth recommends that you use a soft fabric for this dressing gown. The negligee would make a great and quick gift. If it is intended as a gift, Ruth recommends that you try to harmonize with the colors in the wearer's bedroom. Delightful!
In this post, I'll go over how to find free vintage sewing books. There are a lot of vintage and antique books that are in the public domain now.
An online archive of digitized knitting magazines lets you flip through pages looking for patterns and helpful articles, from 1800 to the present.
Quick & Easy Summer Wardrobe Patterns 1948 Woman & Beauty July 1948 Self Draft / All Sizes Kindly reproduced by Miss Rayne who blogs over at Vintage Chic Free 1940's Sewing Pattern Here
I am loving being able to work in my studio again. I made this cute little necklace with the tiniest little antique change purse. Not...
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Pictorial Review 8948; ca. late 1910s or early 1920s; Ladies' Wrap. [insert your photos of this pattern made up] [insert your username, and make sure your preferences allow for people to contact you via e-mail. Do not list your email address here!] Tago poema
Date a Girl Who Can Sew. ~ Lorenza Doyle
From Smart Sewing magazine, 1st edition, 1949.
As the end of summer and the beginning of fall approaches, I am so excited! COOLER WEATHER! It makes me actually want to move around again. The coolness permeates the house through the open windows in the mornings. It is invigorating, and I think, 'What will I do today?' Now don't get me wrong. I'm not so full of spunk that I am going to clean all the rooms in the house today, or get that huge project finished, or anything funny as that. But I do see some progress in my work, which to me, is quite exciting! Sewing is one of my favorite pastimes. Collecting sewing notions is something that I just cannot stop doing! I decided to pull together some pretties and show them off this week. Below, packages of Silhouette trim were a recent find that are going in the 'keep' collection! I hope you are all having a lovely week! And that cool breezes and refreshing days are part of your future! Take care and thank you so much for visiting me! Blessings, Doni
“O que é ser um Storyteller?” – Essa é uma das poucas questões capazes de me fazer parar no meu ofício diário de costurar histórias. Como uma legítima questão existencial para mim, é uma questão difícil de responder, assim, de pronto. É claro que existe uma série de respostas prontas para questões como essa. Mas as medidas prontas nunca vestiram muito bem um Storyteller acostumado a cortar e costurar as tramas, como eu. Isso porque o Storytelling, esse que se escreve com o S capitular, está muito mais para a alta-costura do que para uma produção têxtil industrial. Storytelling não é contar histórias. Cada cliente tem medidas únicas. Para transformá-las em histórias únicas, o Storyteller precisa saber tecer com o fio correto, saber tramar com o intervalo perfeito, saber a hora certa de trazer os pontos-de-virada. Storytelling, com o S capitular, é saber contar histórias. Foi com isso na ponta da agulha que em 2007 juntaram-se alguns contadores de histórias para formar os Storytellers, o primeiro escritório de Storytelling com S capitular do Brasil. Desde então, em cada um dos sete anos que se passaram, novas Sabedorias foram incluídas aos Storytellers. A cada nova costura, cada nova trama para cada novo cliente que os Storytellers conquistavam, mais e mais caminhavam para se tornarem verdadeiros alfaiates das histórias. Fernando Palacios (Click here for english version) Quando vê tudo que se diz e se produz de Storytelling no Brasil, Fernando lembra do passado – quando o tudo ainda era nada. Lembra-se do seu estudo, o primeiro acadêmico sobre o Storytelling na América Latina. “Primeiro”, aliás, é um adjetivo que lhe cai muito bem. O primeiro escritório de Storytelling do país, o primeiro portal de conteúdos de marca, o primeiro curso sobre o tema em território brasileiro, na ESPM, ainda em 2010. Fernando já ministrou cursos em dezenas de países e que, junto ao seu projeto W’nderer Writer, o consagram como um explorador congênito que é. Martha Terenzzo (Click here for english version) Muitas Marthas compõem a profissional com mais de 25 anos de carreira em marketing e inovação. A primeira delas, inclusive, foi responsável pelo lançamento de cases de sucesso como Pizza Sadia, Hot Pocket, Miss Daisy e Vono, por onde passou. Outra importante Martha é a líder, responsável por coordenar grandes projetos em empresas como Cargill, Sadia, Parmalat, Bombril, União, Reckitt & Benckiser, Melhoramentos, Seara e Ajinomoto. A sábia e experiente Martha de hoje é mentoring e ensina um pouco de cada Martha de sua jornada a alunos em MBA e pós-graduação da ESPM, Insper e Sebrae – além de coordenar projetos de inovação em sua empresa, a Inova 360°. Kareen Terenzzo Kareen tinha tudo para seguir sua carreira de sucesso, mas algo a dizia que ela deveria mudar – e ela resolveu ouvir. Deixou o cargo de gerência da Arezzo para estudar, aprender e viajar por países, livros e filmes – na crença de que para fazer um mundo melhor é preciso conhecê-lo por inteiro. Alexandre Santos Se a vida é um jogo, foi com um tabuleiro à mesa e os dados rolando que Alê percebeu que todo grande jogo tem uma história ainda maior por trás. Se nos jogos ele é um mestre RPGista, no Storytelling ele busca aprender as regras do jogo para construir uma história épica. Fernanda Werson Apaixonada por estórias, teatro, chocolate, diferentes línguas e culturas, Fernanda, depois de viajar para o exterior, aprender inglês, alemão e espanhol, trabalhar como professora e finalizar o curso de teatro, formou-se em Publicidade e Marketing na ESPM. Sem planejar, caiu de paraquedas em Los Angeles onde decidiu estudar para se tornar escritora. Com a personalidade completamente integrada ao elemento “água”, suas mais visíveis características são a capacidade de se adaptar e se envolver nos projetos em que trabalha. Agora, como membro oficial da Storytellers busca melhorar, aprender e se desenvolver sempre. Sua missão é causar mudanças nas formas de pensar e agir das pessoas, expondo-as a novas percepções Tiago Cabral Tiago Cabral é psicólogo e escritor, autor de livros como Sarlack: O Grande Dragão Verde, Ancorner e muitos contos. Entre um paciente e um personagem novo, ele colabora com a Redação Storytellers. Stefano Giorgi Stefano é apaixonado pela aventura e já provou isso no tempo em que serviu ao exército brasileiro. Hoje ele continua sua busca por novas aventuras, seja na publicidade, nas histórias ou em seus textos na Redação Storytellers. Pedro Kastelic Quando o jovem Pedro começava a colocar os primeiros pontos finais nos títulos de seus anúncios, descobriu que queria mais do que a propaganda convencional lhe permitia. Com o Storytelling começou um novo parágrafo em sua carreira, aprendendo palavra por palavra, jornada por jornada, o caminho para as grandes histórias. Pedro Tancini Pedro nasceu do conflito entre a engenharia mecânica e a criação. Escolheu seguir o caminho mais difícil e descobriu nele o seu encanto por contar histórias. Hoje, conta histórias como ator de teatro, escritor literário e produtor acadêmico. No Storytelling, encontrou a linha narrativa que reúne todos esses contadores, e procura nele seus próximos conflitos e nascimentos. Claudio Siqueira Estudante de Jornalismo, escritor, poeta e flamenguista não praticante. Fanático por HQ´s, apreciador de games, cartoons e RPG. Pesquisador de Etimologia e Religião Comparada, escreve drinkando e smokando entre os parágrafos. [email protected]
I spent the whole Day yesterday sewing!! I loved it. I am trying to get my squares done for "Clothesline Club". We are doing a block exchange and I had the hardest time deciding on my block. Some of the girls did theirs on their sewing machines and some did hand applique. I just couldn't decide. So I went with a little of both. I will share with you later what my block is... But it was the best day to just get to sew all day! I put "Murder She Wrote" in the DVD and had lots of tea! And Sewed and Sewed! Hope you had a great day too!!
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Little girl knitting. --- Image by ? Bettmann/CORBIS
I love this picture, it reminds me of me when I first used to sew my dolls clothes, I've had a love of sewing ever since! The artist is Linda Edgerton.
Sunday's Quilt Inspiration had to do with crazy quilts because I needed some ideas for the crazy quilt bolster I've been working on. Well, I'm still working on the bolster and need to see how lace was used on some of the Victorian quilts that I've seen. So I figured that I'd start with crazy lace. Then we'll just see what happens from there. All of these photos are on my "crazy, quilts" board. Notice the spider and spider web in the next piece? I had to find out why so many crazy quilts included them and, it turns out, there was a good reason: women of the Victorian era, both in Europe and in the States, believed that spiders were a sign of good luck. Additionally, because spiders "weave" their webs, they were good luck for weavers of cloth and those who used the cloth--needlewomen. Naturally, because many crazy quilts depicted the interests of the family, needlewomen include the spiders and their webs to represent their own work. Although I found several articles on this topic, two were especially interesting reads: http://www.caron-net.com/featurefiles/featmay.html and http://cqmagonline.com/vol09iss3/articles/1002/index.shtml. I recommend them if you're interested in learning more about crazy quilts in general. The second article is from Crazy Quilts Magazine Online, which has many articles available for free. Enjoy some more pins, these from my "vintage, joy" board. Happy Quilting, Mary
Sometimes, you want to sew a garment but you can't find a pattern for it! Here are some tips to teach you how to sew without a pattern! Read on here!
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"Every child who sews with a will should have a wee birdie to help with his bill." I have long been fascinated with some of the clever inv...
I think it is important for all creative people to take some time to make something for themselves. I know so many quilters who are constantly sewing for others, but never make a quilt just for themselves. The same with garment sewers. To take a moment for you is to encourage creative renewal. When you clear your mind, it leaves room for other brilliant ideas to pop in there!
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Follow these diagrams to create your own custom-fit vintage lingerie pattern. See more on: chronicallysiobhan.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/free-vintage-...
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A few months ago I began a Facebook group for those who are stitching this year's BOM project, "Gentle Domesticity". At first the ...
Before I start showing photos for today's quilt inspiration, I have a special photo to share. My mother-in-law is raising three baby goats in her living room. Three mother goats have had two kids apiece, but a few of the kids are not strong enough to stand up for nursing, so the in-laws are milking the mothers and bottle feeding the babies. As the babies get stronger, they go back to the mothers. I guess raising two sons and helping with four grandsons and 11 great grandchildren may have given her some insights on how to handle this. Either way, she's been wildly successful with these babies. Aren't they just too cute? Okay, so on to our inspiration for the day (or actually, night) which is vintage sewing because I happen to find a few great photos. Aren't these beautiful? I had no idea that Pfaff made sewing machines so early. I always thought that they were a more recent company. The center pole on this dressmaker's form can be removed so that everything collapses down into the bottom of the box. Add the top and you're ready to travel! Brilliant! Happy Quilting, Mary
Gaze at one hundred years of people knitting.
"SEW (long ago)" An altered book containing a collection of vintage sewing notions. The following photos of altered pages end with an explanation of the book and what is on each page. Inside back of book cover contains notions and salesmen samples of buttons. Needles and Snaps. Zipper, Sewing Machine ad, and Baby Buttons. Thread, Measuring Tape, and Advertising. Buttons, Hooks, Eyes, Cross-Stitch. Buttons, Snaps, and Binding. Fabric Swatches, labeled. Quilting, Thread, Buttons, and Needles. Buttons, Needles, and Measuring Tape. Men's Shirt Buttons and Patterns. Vintage Assorted Needle Packet and Advertising. Inside Front Cover has Salesmen Sample Card of Buttons. The great majority of these vintage sewing notions, buttons, and various advertising samples belonged to my maternal grandmother and were passed down to me. A few I have added over the years when I found them in antiques stores and couldn't resist including them in my collection. Back in the day, advertising graphics were (at least to me) miniature works of art. Their colorful illustrations really caught the eye, which is why I believe many of them have survived. They were just too pretty to toss out. This altered book is about 11" x 8" and considering all the 3-D items I have included in it, unable to close completely. Nevertheless, I like having this sewing collection from long ago all in one place and not simply loose in a sewing basket, as it was before. The cover was my favorite part to create - it almost always turns out that way. I saved the best for the cover and it includes an old pair of embroidery scissors, an antique bobbin with thread, a needle threader, tape measure, two cards of vintage buttons, very old snaps still attached to binding, thread, ribbon, cross-stitch, and several pieces of old lace and rick-rack. Small and not seen very well is a ribbon bookmark with a thread card and a miniature silver thimble hanging from it. The book also has tabs on each page - these are marked with the various sewing vocabulary. *Click on any of the photos once or twice to enlarge and see them better.
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Happy Monday!!! Here's a free printable envelope for you.... I really thought it was cute and thought it would be really adorable in sepia.....
While shopping at the antique mall, one of the things I’ve been noticing re-surge more and more are Victorian Crazy Quilts and all of their lovely styles and forms. Since I cannot begin to to…
