Gray Squirrels on a Bright Background

I love this project from Ruth Weyth Spears  Home Decoration with Fabric and Thread , published in 1940. Put squirrels on your drapes! 

A Rug Made From an Old Coat and Scraps of Felt!

This old idea could be pretty great today...and you might not have to cut up old hats and discarded school pennants. Found in Home Decoratio...

Three Evening Dresses in One!

A lovely idea from the  Complete Book Of Sewing By Constance Talbot in 1949. "Several different bodices can be made for one net skirt....

Measuring for 1921 Butterick Patterns

Here we have more from "The New Dressmaker" put out by Butterick in 1921. These are the measurement guidelines you need, even for ...

Altering Waist Patterns - 1921

"Altering Waist Patterns For Figures That Vary From The Average" "For a Figure Broader at the Back than at the Front, for Squ...

Something Blue - A Story from 1956

Here is a charming story "Something Blue" from The New We Work And Play, New Basic Readers, 1956 Edition. 

Two Beautiful Bird Cushions - Gorcy Catalog, 1928

  Hot-iron transfer patterns from the 1928 Gorcy Catalog. Because this was a Canadian company several of the ads are in English and French. ...

New and Attractive - The Japanese Design

This is one offering from the August 1928 Gorcy catalog. Gorcy was based in Montreal and many of the ads are in French and English. This one...

How I feel when I go shopping...

and we're back

my adventures at NYFW F/W 2014 with my girl Margaret Zhang spending time in soho at 3.1 phillip lim pale pink confections at Dion Lee best g...