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...
Look at what came in the mail yesterday:
See the headline, “Discover the ULTIMATE HELPER Sewing Birds” there on the left? That’s my article! The full title? Sewing Birds: Love Charm, Health Tonic and Lady’s Companion.
I always love writing for Piecework, and you already know I like to wax poetic about sewing birds. It is a pleasure to be in the...
Found this estate sailing last weekend and told you all I would post it. Here it is!
Love it.
I tried to look up MME. DU PARQUE but I couldn’t find much. Have you ever heard of her? I want to know more!
Look at everything you get for 10 cents! Not bad, not bad at all:
Hope you’re having a good weekend!
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You probably already know that I have a thing for antique thread cabinets. Well, I was hanging out in Aurora yesterday and I found a really beautiful antique thread cabinet in one of the town’s many antique shops. I want to share it with you! Here’s me and the box:
Here’s just the box:
I have never heard of the Richardson Silk Company but my, their box is...
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