I feel like I haven’t been around here much these days. Partly, I’ve been busy doing a lot of this sort of thing:



This is one of the quilts I am making to sell — well, it’s one of my samples. I’m working on the binding. I’m planning to fill you all in on how my business preparations are going at some point, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet!

In the meantime, there was a ton of fun at work today at the Bobbin’s Nest. Someone brought in some patterns of her grandmothers that she thought we might be interested in putting out for free for our customers. I hope this nice lady wouldn’t be disappointed to find out that her vintage patterns aren’t likely to get any further than the staff!

There were so many that I wanted, but I tried to be at least modestly realistic about this, so I only picked up these:

Vogue 7800

I’d love to have the sunglasses, scarf, and bracelet to go with it! This one lists double knit as one of the recommended fabrics. I think not. Originally purchased in 1972, when I was one year old!

McCall’s 3201

Will I be bold enough to make the tunic with the shorts version? Not so sure, especially since the shorts have an elastic waistband, which I don’t personally think is all that groovy.

McCall’s 7832

Okay, this is adorable. It’s described as a “brunch coat.” So, is this meant to be a coat that you would wear over something else, or a dress that is sort of styled as a coat?? I lean toward the dress option, partly because of the sleeves. Coats don’t ever have short sleeves, do they? Either way it’s really cute.

Simplicity 5844

Couldn’t resist this one either. Love the blue and white tank version!

McCall’s 2135

When I saw this one I thought it was PERFECT to do for a class at the shop. The pattern is getting very brittle, so I have already copied the pieces that were on the verge of disintegrating. Also, the instructions for this one are missing. But there is a lot of information on the pattern pieces, and we have located a pattern in a modern book that is pretty similar, so we can probably reconstruct it. It’s just so cute. Check out the embroidery on the flower and that ric-rac!



I hope it won’t be too long before I can tell you that I’ve at least attempted to make one of these, but several other things take priority over this right now, sadly. But soon!