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Adventures in Vintage Style and Dressmaking. Wednesday, 29 December 2010. With in mind I wanted to bring a little of the midcentury modern look into my flat, and as we needed a small table lamp to brighten up a dim corner of the flat it seemed a perfect oportunity for experimentation. One 1950s atomic inspired table lamp! Yellow acetate lining f.
A compendium of costumes for LARP, reenactment and fun. Thursday, 5 January 2012. I realise that I failed fairly spectacularly to get this blog off the ground last year, mainly due to being too busy sewing to write about it! I made a toile, mainly because I wanted to mess around a lot with the pattern. On the two front pieces I extended the centre fronts by about 4 inches each , guessing at how far they needed to extend. With the back and side pieces I added plenty of length, after measuring from.
A menagerie of thoughts, hopes and wishes. You know when you stumble across an author or a poet who writes something full of words that could have leapt from your own mind? .
The Blog of a fashionista in St Andrews, Scotland. My World Travel Map as of December 2008. I went to Madison last Saturday and saw His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
All I want is Mickey Mouse Waffles. Saturday, 31 January 2015. My big sister got married! My sister got married last Friday! It was a massive cry fest. Managed to get there just in time! Jamie woke up with an allergic reaction. Like, full on red face! Then I kept crying! Congratulations Mark and Rhiannon! I took the ab.
A foray into the world of edible delights. As a sideline to my fledgling business of Vintage Tea Parties and Bake to Order treats, I am also going to be selling vintage cake stands. A Cook Book or Two.
Fashion for Queen magazine, 1951. Dress fashions for the Simplicity Pattern Book, Summer 1953. New York City, 1965 - photo by Joel Meyerowitz. I would look so cute on a scooter. Peck and Peck - 1965.