the best 66 cents I ever spent

there was a basket full of these ford times booklets at the same sale as the petticoat...if that bluebird one hadn't been on top I would have never gone through them. you can be sure I will be watching more carefully for them in the future though!

thank you!

UPDATE: sadly the host for this pdf has changed & in the process the file was lost plus I'm not able to find my original file so I can't make it available again...so sorry...if I happen to find the file I'll update this post again with new info.


your happy birthday wishes on my last post were so sweet - thank you all so much!

p.s. I thought if you needed a quick thank you printout you might like to use the one I made, so I turned it into a free 5x7 postcard download...just click here :)

petticoat junction

I thrifted a petticoat this weekend...it was a silly & frivolous purchase but it seemed an appropriate way to celebrate turning 41, and besides I thought it might be fun to photograph:



the dog seemed to lack my enthusiasm:

surprising restraint

I was not immune to the draw of target's liberty of london collection, however I really surprised myself & only bought a few things {although I would have bought every pattern in a nice simple a-line skirt if they'd had it}. it's not that it isn't all very pretty...maybe it was that there was just so much of it & so I missed that thrill of the hunt I get from thrifting.

in the end I got the swim coverup, although I'll be using it as a shirt or to sleep in:


and I could not resist the bras & undies...which is slightly embarrassing to admit, but they are pretty dang cute:


plus, wearing them under layers of winter clothes when cold weather comes again will be a fun reminder of spring :)

{have a wonderful weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

here's a little cross-stitch piece I thrifted recently:


the back says it was received as a gift in 1972.

and here's this week's vintage embroidery design:


happy stitching :)

1972 sewing room

{copyright simplicity sewing book}

estate sale time machine

I picked up that wall-hanging I showed you yesterday at an estate sale on saturday. but this was no ordinary sale...this house was so unusual I had to run home to get my camera:










the house sold on the first day of the sale {thursday}. I suppose it will probably be gutted & updated by the new owners...I'm glad I got to see it.

some good advice

somewhere...

driving between kansas city & wichita:


{have a lovely weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

another car wip:


probably should have posted that yesterday considering how green it is :)

and here's this week's vintage embroidery transfer:
happy stitching!

home sweet home

{from august 1959 family circle magazine - william h. payntor architect}

recently thrifted

girlie stuff:

fabric wrapped pendant

I have so many little scraps of fabric that are too pretty to throw away, which recently gave me this idea for a quick & easy necklace:


I started with this pendant from hobby lobby:


took it apart, & used the smaller teardrop shaped piece to wrap a thin strip of fabric that I had pressed one edge of. at the end I just cut the fabric to stop on the backside & used a bit of glue to keep it from unraveling.

speaking of using fabric scraps, this book looks like it might be interesting:


{available for preorder here}

I always

put strawberries in the blue bowl because the color combination makes me happy.


{have a lovely weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

tie wips:


of course there will also be cars:


and of course there is the weekly vintage embroidery transfer:


happy stitching :)

p.s. the rocket & girl tie patterns are from sew lovely embroidery

lady baltimore

{1964 lady baltimore advertisement - from holiday magazine}

recently thrifted

when you create a record collection based solely on cover graphics you will find when you finally thrift a record player that you will have to start a new record collection that takes into account what the music actually sounds like & whether or not a record is scratched.


however, because you never actually looked at the records you will also find you have inadvertently acquired some pretty colored records & that will be a very fun surprise :)

experimenting

with rub-on transfers:


and a porcelain pen:

out & about

{have a wonderful weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

making things for friends is one of my favorite things to do. sometimes they even get pregnant just so I can have babies to make things for {thanks jill, michelle & now patty too}!

other times they actually suggest something specific, which is great because it pushes me out of my comfort zone & challenges me. recently I was very much challenged by a tie request {hi marco!}:



I had issues with how it looked though {that t-shirt transfer paper didn't work well on silk, it puckered alot around the embroidery & it's really not wearable} so I made another one as a sort of a consolation prize:


in the end I've come to the conclusion that I like working on ties, but I'm going to try appliqueing on them instead - if it works I think they might even be a new shop item.

next on my list of friend projects...word plates for wendi & a banner for the new baby!

and finally, here's this week's vintage embroidery pattern...yet another of the girlie stamped linen designs:


happy stitching!

{p.s. that's an amc javelin if you're curious}