Thanks for all the entries on the Mrs. Depew digital pattern giveaway! Of course there can only be one winner, and random.org has declared it... Long-time reader Brandy of A Series of (Unfortunate) Vintage Sewing Events is the winner. Congrats, Brandy!! Please contact me as I don't see an email address on your site. Thanks again to everyone who entered, and to Mrs. Depew Vintage Patterns for a wonderful giveaway! ... Read more »
Vintage Dibs and Dabs
Halter style inspirations for summer
It's sure looking like summer out there! Fortunately here we're not having the extreme heat wave some other areas are. (Don't worry, we got it last summer—just remembering the days on end of 100+ temps makes me want to jump in a bucket of ice.) But we have entered the part of summer when I dream of adorable summery outfits but then tend to wear shorts and a yawn-inducing tank top much of the time when I'm around the ... Read more »
New spectacles
No, it's not vacation photos yet. Soon, I promise! Now you may recall sometime in May, I mentioned that I got new eyeglasses. A few astute readers noticed I was wearing them in my last post. And if you follow me on Instagram, they're not new to you at all, as I've been sporting them in photos for awhile. But this is the first time I'm introducing them on the blog. Meet my new specs! I've been wearing vintage ... Read more »
And the giveaway winner is…
Well goodness, with the volume of entries on the Popina retro swimsuit giveaway, my plan of putting all the names into our ice bucket was quite a bit more of a chore than I expected! But dear readers, I plowed on, cutting tiny little strips of paper and wondering all the while if I should have devised a plan to have our paper shredder do it for me. Not-so-fine print: I actually used my hands instead of our silver ice ... Read more »
Popina Swimwear retro swimsuit giveaway!
Hi everyone, do I have something fun for you today. I was contacted by the husband-and-wife team that runs Popina Swimwear, a small retro swimwear boutique in Portland. When I personally am out in nature I'm more likely to be found hiking on a trail or camping than playing in the water on a beach, so I declined to do a review... and one of you lucky readers get to benefit from that! So what does that mean? You could ... Read more »
I’m featured in Knit Now magazine!
Don't you love the feeling when you can finally share something you've been keeping under your hat for a good long while?? I was interviewed for Knit Now magazine, a British knitting magazine, and the issue went on sale today! I'm their featured blogger in this issue! A full page spread and everything, would you look at that! It's issue 19, and I'm on page 62 (the page opposite is an article on British yarns). I ... Read more »