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...
I recently picked up The Complete Book of Sewing by Constance Talbot, the 1943 edition, at an estate sale. As longtime readers know, I have a weak spot for the intersection of WWII and homemaking, so this was a doozy for me.
So much LOVE here, where to begin?
Well, I adore the year-long month-by-month plan for smartening your look through the prudent use of handmade...
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...
I’m so busy working on getting ready for my Sew It All TV episode!! I’m going to be making the Icicle Scarf from my book, Stripped Down Patchwork.
I’ve been studying this episode featuring Ellynanne Geisel to see how it’s done…
I’m so excited/nervous to get a crack at doing this on the boob tube! I’ve never been on TV...
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