out & about

have a wonderful weekend!

p.s. it's the memorial day long weekend here in the states so I'll be taking monday off too :)

thursday = embroidery

I finished embroidering another custom order:



now I'm moving onto some projects for an upcoming baby shower that's not until july, so probably won't have much to share for awhile...

although you can always count on a weekly vintage pattern - this week in the immortal words of david bowie - let's dance!



and because I am a child of the 80's this is the image of david bowie that always comes to my mind first:



I'd forgotten about that muppet tossing & kicking...those pants though - those I totally remember ;)

happy stitching!

lounger

recently thrifted

did a little research, however didn't find an explanation for why they choose to give it a name that sounds more like a feminine hygiene product than a camera...

gypsy shags

{copyright 1972}

I heart fridays...

and cupcakes :)



{hope you have a delicious weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

recently thrifted stitching:


and this week's vintage embroidery pattern:

happy stitching!

out & about {night}

out & about {day}

recently thrifted

I learned a lesson thrifting recently...


don't judge a table by it's side view:

out & about

{have a lovely weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

my latest custom hoop is on it's way to a new home:


I'm hoping my thrifting turns up some new paint by numbers soon - they've been few & far between lately...

on the other hand, I did find an envelope thrifting recently for an embroidery co. I'd not heard of before:


anyone familar with them?

the logo would be very sweet stitched up I think, so I made it this week's vintage sample:


happy stitching :)

a picnic, pleather pants, a banjo...

and every sweater named for a car - it's not right how excited I was to find this!

fury pullover:


continental cardigan & grand prix pullover:


nova pullover:


cougar pullover:


vega pullover:


maverick vest:


roadrunner pullover:


{copyright 1972 columbia-minerva corp.}

some pink

{yeah, um...let's pretend I did not just post another thrifted clock}

I was going to do laundry...

but then my newly thrifted clock told me not to:


it can also tell me things like:
eat out
shut up
skip shower
sleep naked
wake dancing

must. obey. clock.

he might be "the one"

I have hesitated to mention the thrifting search for my version of the perfect vintage alarm clock because I'm a great believer in the power of the jinx - but I think I'm ready to announce this latest one might be mr. right :)

and they lived happily ever after...

{have a wonderful weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

I haven't been doing much stitching lately - I need to get some new projects going & finish some abandoned ones. I did do a couple custom orders though:



I love all the different word/image combinations people ask for...it's so much fun & I'm very grateful to be part of creating something unique & personal for someone's home :)

now that I'm back to regular blogging the weekly vintage embroidery sample is back as well:


{note: while the image looks small it's actually 15" x 5" when you download it so don't be fooled}

happy stitching!

recently thrifted

signs of ca

hey sis, thanks again for stopping the car constantly, turning around all the time & taking way longer to get anywhere than it should so I could take photos of signs:











{there are additional signs over on flickr}

this concludes the photos from my trip to california...I hope you enjoyed them :)

long beach, ca flea market

even more of my flea market photos on flickr...but you probably already knew that :)