the magic of crochet

copyright 1941 - the spool cotton company

huh?!

{found at wal-mart}

out & about

saturday at the ulrich museum:



where we went to see:



it was a very nice day...

I seldom wear necklaces...

but that doesn't seem to stop me from thrifting or making them :)

{have a lovely weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

here is my first project from jennys new book:


I had every intention of embroidering directly onto the jeans {which by the way there are some great hints on how to do in the book} but when it came time to pick floss colors I was stumped & kept coming back to a pretty piece of scrap fabric I had recently picked up. so in the end I steamed-a-seamed the embroidered birds onto the jeans & called it a day.


birds of a feather flock together, or something like that...so I thought it only fitting that this week's vintage embroidery transfer be a bird:


happy stitching!

matchy matchy - two ways

cute:


creepy:


{both images from spring/summer 1976 mccalls needlework & crafts magazine}

lovely things

this quilt I got at the thrift store on sunday:


this book I'm very excited to get in the mail any day now:


this movie I finally went to see because I found out it wasn't a sappy love story:


this cross-stitch:


these places I go to see inspiring photography:

bleu bird vintage
feaverish
hula seventy
mandy lynne
mary ruffle
bliss
deerlings
life love paper

better late than never

from a 2007 roadtrip to the grand canyon:






{more here if you're interested}

kitty nests

I build her kitty nests on the couch:


and in exchange she wakes me up every morning at about 6am:


she is definitely getting the better end of this deal...

{have a great weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

I finally finished the stalled project...and see, it was funny I said stalled because its an embroidered ode to vintage wood-paneled cars:



the overall piece is 18" x 11" & I got the illustration from a thrifted book. I created the wood paneling by scanning a piece of wood-grain contact paper then manipulated it in photoshop to make the scale & perspective work for the image, then printed it out on avery printable fabric. vroom vroom!

moving on to...this week's vintage embroidery transfer:


and guess what?! I finally set up a pool on flickr where people can show off finished projects they made using patterns I provided :)

I've seen so many beautiful pieces people have stitched up & realized that others might find inspiration for color or type of stitches to use by seeing them too - so please become a member & add your photos to the pool.

happy stitching!

what to wear this fall? try knitted knee pants!

newsmaker vol. 456 - bernhard ulmann - copyright 1971




and hey - thank you all so much for sharing your name stories! it's been so fun & interesting to read them :)

name game

per my sister's college roommate's suggestion I was named after gina lollobrigida:





I'm curious - were you named after anyone or have a story about where your name came from?

out & about

note to self: running errands on a saturday afternoon wouldn't take you so long if you left your camera at home...

more small thrifted things

thrifted at the same sale as debbie’s dream house:





{have a great weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

just a quick post today to share this week's vintage embroidery designs:


hopefully next week I'll have a finished project to share...

happy stitching!

children & animals

copyright: 1935
publisher: whitman