Hello folks! Happy Independence Day!
I thought I share with you what I’ve been doing in my spare time (besides picking blackberries;-))
I call it an “everyday colonial dress”.
It wasn’t at all planned on my sewing schedule. It wasn’t even extensively labeled and packed with appropriate trims and notions, like my other future projects. I just discovered [...]
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Filed under: sewing on July 4th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Last week we visited Goodwill: the best to find the good, the bad and the ugly as far as fashion goes. But for costumers, any old shirt or dress can be transformed into something completely wonderful! For ideas on how to use thrift store items I highly recommend the book Elegantly Frugal Costumes.
I had [...]
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Filed under: Photos, sewing on May 27th, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I was so thankful that we had this opportunity to go to a “real ball”! God is so good in blessing us this way!
We received an invitation a couple weeks ago to a “Vintage Family Ball”, held and taught by home schoolers in Bedford. Since our friend E.M. from church wanted to attend as well, [...]
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Filed under: Photos, fun, sewing on April 8th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well, here it finally gentlemen! Would I ever go back on my word? I hope this shall inspire y’all to expand your costume wardrobes; or begin one if that is the case By the way ladies I’ll have you know that the gentleman’s costume is far from boring.
I realized that my last post [...]
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Filed under: Odds and Ends, sewing on January 29th, 2008 | 19 Comments »
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