This post is sponsored and contains affiliate links. Collaborating with brands helps me continue creating content, and I'll always continue to be up front and honest with you guys! You can read more about my collaboration policies here.  I had some fun with this antique hat and gifted dress from Nataya this weekend! More and more I’m appreciating newly-made, retro-styled clothing. This dress has pretty embroidered details and a flowy overlaid skirt—yet it’s also hardy enough for my life with toddlers. ? The neckline of this dress was a bit low for my personal preference, so I added ..read more

In honor of November being Aviation History Month, I put out a call for collaborations and guest posts on Instagram and Facebook, and @the_pinup_pilot answered!  She made this *amazing* lookbook inspired by styles from Amelia Earhart's original 1930s line of clothing as well as photographs of Amelia.  I especially love that she's showed where she got pieces and how to mix vintage, old, and modern pieces for these iconic aviation-inspired looks.   ..read more

  I’m very proud of this particular project representing my current home in Alaska! Alaskan-dyed wool, fighter jets, and snowflakes--what more could I need?! I've begun making a garment to represent each of the places I've lived (starting in Idaho), and this one is packed with Alaskan goodness! I chose yarns from Bad Sheep Yarn, a local yarn company, and chose a color scheme mimicking the feel of winter in Alaska. The "Black Jeans" yarn represents the darkness and dark pine trees, and the white "Forty Below" yarn has specks of gray and blue in it, reminding me of the winter sky. The ..read more

New Youtube video!  I needed some nursing-friendly garments for this phase of life, but I needed a way to get them that is more budget conscious. Enter thrifting! What's your favorite look from the haul ..read more

 While I've still got some fluctuating postpartum measurements, I'm taking the time to make things like accessory sets that will fit any time. As part of a set, I decided to break out this 1940s pattern and make the "small rucksack" purse! I love that the pattern is a perfect "make do and mend" style with supplies suitable for fabric scraps and cardboard leftovers to stiffen the bottom. I used a leftover denim I had from my stash. While the pattern pieces are relatively simple, the purse itself is a clever bit of origami!  The closure is made of large buttonholes the strap goes ..read more

Not gonna lie to you guys, this hat almost did me in. I wanted a small project to get my sewing mojo back, and this Wearing History Victory Hat pattern seemed to fit the bill. I had some scrap denim left over, so I decided to make a hat, purse, and belt set out of it.   I got the denim cut out, and the hat is only three pattern pieces. The pattern also called for interfacing or hymo for the cap brim and top, but I thought it would be better to recycle an old plastic dog cone to prevent future creasing if the hat got bent and such. FIRST MISTAKE. Hymo is the main fabric used to m ..read more

I recently got a new dining room table, which I LOVE. However, it is much larger than our previous table, and I didn't have any tablecloths long enough. When Stencil Revolution emailed to ask about collaborating, the dots connected and I knew the perfect way to fix this tablecloth dilemma! I love the vintage stencily/painterly style tablecloths, and I thought it would be fun to give something similar a try for myself. What I love most about creating your own linens is the ability to pick exactly the colors you want.  I knew I wanted something jadeite green and red to go with my kitchen ..read more

I decided it was finally time to make something to hold back my curtains, and I remembered a booklet I have from 1934 with just that type of info in it! This booklet by Mary Brooks Picken features several designs for fabric tie-backs you can make in the "modern Singer way." I used some navy fabrics from my stash and some buttons to make view 2. (I opted for a button closure rather than loops so I wouldn't have to add any hooks or attachments to my wall.) Although they're very simple, they work great! The buttons work well for my frequent opening and closing of the curtains. You can watch ..read more

I'm excited to show you guys my finished 1930s ensemble! It's one of the rare times that I got to use a true vintage pattern, and it turned out just as I wanted. (Also a rare thing, ha!) I made a muslin of this first to try out all the parts of the pattern and make sure all the pieces properly fit. With a couple of length adjustments, it actually fit pretty well right out of the envelope.  It did take me multiple tries to get the skirt vent pleated and placed correctly. You have to snip the "V" portion at the top out of the skirt piece, and on the muslin I snipped too far. I made a ..read more

I'm always looking for projects to use up the yarns in my stash, and when I saw Poison Grrls release their new pattern, the Joanie Boatneck Sweater, I knew it would be perfect! There are five colors on the garment, so it was perfect to use the odd fingering-weight yarn balls I had left over from other projects. I had some odd colored yarns as my options, and none of them seemed to clearly go together. I arranged the yarn balls in groups to see what different color combos looked like, and I ended up deciding on this autumnal theme. I still wasn't *quite* sure if it would work, though, so ..read more