Plaid and glad
The last time I was at the fabric store (in a failed attempt to find trout-themed fabric) I found a plaid I loved. I had been musing for a while on the theme of "what if cozy plaid shirt - but long?" This seemed like the time to answer that question.
I have made several dresses in the past year with the same pattern, and I'm trying to use different details so they don't look too similar. For this one, since I was thinking about shirts to begin with, I decided to put on a faux button placket in front. Actually, I though about making a real button placket, then I decided to avoid all that extra work for something that wouldn't be needed/functional. . Next step was to pull out Ye Olde Button Box (ot os very old . . belonged to my grandmother, and she passed away in right before I was born) I wanted three matching ones, medium size.
Sha-zam! That woman had SO many buttons. Thread, hooks, eyes, zippers, rick-rack, bias tape, needles. Everything.
So, hopefully today I will be able to put the last few stitches in the neckline of this, and add the buttons. Then I will have a soft, comfy, plaid shirt dress. With X-large, wonderful pockets.
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I when my great aunt passed away I was able to collect some of her vintage sewing notions. There was a wild variety of embroidery needle books and buttons and all sorts of little Knick knacks. I was finally able to put this shadow box on display with her pieces as well as a few of my own. The love for textiles lives on 💚
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Jenny Collier Photography
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fossil soup pincushion on my Etsy made with hand designed jacquard woven fabric
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What a cute little sheep, you might think
Surprise! It is a tape measure
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The new Indiana Jones movie should be just Indy hiding the treasure in a Royal Dansk tin and forgetting about it and no one thinking to look there because they assume it’s just sewing notions.
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My maternal grandmother was really, really into sewing and fabric crafts. When she passed away she had an impressive stash of thread and notions, many of which I still have even though I’ve been sewing myself for decades. At this point, these button cards and packets of needles and pins seem like they have some kind of historic value - or that I could possibly put them together in some kind of artwork. Ephemera, maybe? A lot of them have prices written on them; 5 cents for the pink buttons at the top, for example.
There’s a tiny, functional Singer sewing machine. That box is about 9 inches / 23 cm square. And
an equally tiny very, very old model, also functional. Snoozing kitty for scale. These machines have been sitting in a drawer for who knows how long, certainly longer than I’ve been alive. I just don’t know what to do with them (the same as so many other things I’ve inherited).
* Born 1901, died 1969
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Trying out making fabric covered buttons as a potential way to use up fabric scraps & maybe to sell them at my shop. I got the feel of it at least! Right now, I much prefer with the mold & pusher tool pack than the ones with teeth on the back.
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November Book Club - The House That Lars Built
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