**Vintage Fun**

Yesterday I had the girls help me sort out my vintage button collection. I had bought some cute jars at Ikea and wanted to color sort them. There were soooo many buttons that I didn't have enough jars. I only bought 4 when I should of bought 12. LOL Anyways, I snapped some pics of some of the coolest buttons and then of my newly displayed button jars, which I think are too pretty!



Here's the button trays that were my grandmothers. I'll use these until I can get back over to Ikea for more jars.



Jars displayed above my serging table. L to R blues & greens, pinks, whites, orange & yellows.



And then as I was organizing, I snapped a quick pic of some of my vintage ribbon and trim collection. Such cool stuff back then! I'm a sucker for vintage. :)




Oh and just for fun, here's a pic of most of my vintage ric rac collection!

Twist on ModKids & DWK collaboration!

I recently made a dress for a customer using Patty Young's Modkid Frida pattern. The customer wanted it to be a bit more grown up looking so I changed a few things and really like the outcome! She wanted me to use the same Tillbrook fabric that I had used on my own dds Frida dress, which I just love!
The changes I made were to eliminate the sleeves and pockets completely, and then I added a sash that is sewn to the dress in the front and then ties around the back. What do you think of the results? I really like this pattern!

Front:


Back:


Also, I wanted to post pics of a recent collaboration I did with Andrea of Dwell Wool Knits on the Universal Mama hyenacart congo. I cannot tell you how much I wish this set was mine! I love that yarn colorway (Mosaic Moon winter pear) and adore anything with birdies! This round neck top is from an Ottobre pattern.

~ The start of Fall ~

More sewing for my girls - although this time they are dresses that will be layered up during the fall! I've been itching to play with some of my more 'fall-ish' fabrics and spent the last day and a half on these.

Tiered knot dress





Panel knot dress





Tons of mixing and matching between fabric designers and lines. I love how these turned out!