Yesterday my daughter and I went to Stitches, the knitting convention, which we attend every year. We go for the market, a huge hall where vendors from all over the US and sometimes other countries offer their wares from decorated booths. It is gorgeous and exhausting and lots of fun. This year I got a [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Clueless
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Has Sprung
Posted in Sewing For A on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Right on schedule, the trees are blooming and the patch of violets in the front lawn is providing the first whiff of springtime. I’m going to see the younger daughter this weekend so decided to finish up that slip I was making for her. I had it all finished except for the lace around the [...]
A New (to me) Type of Embroidery
Posted in Embroidery on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve heard of tambour embroidery and always liked the idea of an easier-to-do and not-so-time-consuming method of doing chain stitch. I was at the JoAnn sale this Friday and saw an embroidery frame that clamps to the table, and since there was a discount coupon in the sale flyer, I bought one. The next day [...]
Back Home
Posted in Embroidery, Sewing Machines & Accessories, Vintage Sewing on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The little embroidery machine is out of the shop and back home. The problem was with the thread sensor, apparently. I tried it out this morning and it seems to be fine: My camera is still going crazy, though. At least I can get a few pictures out of it while scraping up the $$ [...]
Marmalade
Posted in Food and Recipes, Thrift and Booksale Finds on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My camera is acting up today, and I am afraid it is slowly losing the fight against advanced age. It is about 7 years old now, and has always been a good little camera. I tried hard to never drop it, which was hard because I am not the world’s most coordinated person, but I [...]
Pattern Tracing Paper
Posted in Pattern Drafting and Alteration on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I used up my roll of butcher paper that I use to trace patterns so it was time to go buy some more. I get my paper at a restaurant supply store near my home. The paper comes in big rolls and is not a cheap purchase depending on the width of the paper, but [...]
Sewing Publications
Posted in Thrift and Booksale Finds, Vintage Sewing, tagged library booksale on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always on the lookout for old sewing books and pamphlets at the library booksale and at thrift shops. Here are two new acquisitions: This is a large ring binder and has nice illustrations and is dated 1961. It is very basic, and is not a comprehensive sewing book that will answer your every question. [...]
Random Thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have been interested lately in the vintage Swirl dresses I have seen pictures of online. Of course, when I was young, I had never heard of these common House-and-About dresses because my mom was not the type to dress in a chic house dress. I recall her usual outfit of an old wool pleated [...]
