I finished it! I made this silk charmeuse chemise with french seams and a hand-rolled hem to showcase the straps and yoke I crocheted from a 1920′s pattern. I’ve been working on this for months! I found the crochet pattern here.
This was my first time with filet crochet and my first time with silk charmeuse but it turned out pretty good, if I do say so...
Working on my filet crochet 1920′s nightie. Almost done!
Can you see where I messed up the pattern in this strap?
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My Aunt just had a baby boy named Avery! It is the first addition to our little family since my brother and I so it is a really big deal. I haven’t met him yet but when I go out to Colorado to film my Sew It All TV segment, I’m going to also get to see them in Boulder.
In anticipation of my visit, I’ve been working on this sweet little set for him:
I worked both...
Jennifer Cantwell crocheted this doily out of discarded tapes to honor the feelings she has when she is looking at artifacts of other people’s lives while thrift shopping. This one is Sgt. Peppers. Jennifer, you are a girl after my own heart. Sew Crochet on. (I found this on Craftzine today; they found it on Unconsumption.)
What have I been up to today? Let me make you a list....
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I’ve been doing a lot of thrift shopping lately. I went to one of my top secret sources the other day and picked up this Clark’s ONT crochet edging booklet from 1947:
When I opened it, I discovered that the previous owner added a homemade sample book page of 6 different...
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