Mom's (handmade) Summer Wardrobe and Beautiful Antique Lace

Ta da!

So, as promised, here is the second piece of mom's handmade 12 piece collection.

Again, this was made with a vintage pattern and a fantastic vintage border print cotton. The fabric has this really beautiful smoky grey/brown background which makes those coral roses pop! Mom fell in love with it as soon as we got it. I don't think it ever saw the shelves.

Remember, we'll be showing you more! So check back soon.

Inspired...

So, motivated by mom's sewing marathon, I decided to start making myself a few things for summer as well. All week I've been picking through magazines and my favorite online stores to find clothes I loved and today I found patterns to match! I'm very excited to go home and sew! 

In Tin Thimble news, a very sweet customer of ours came into the shop last week and gave us her Grandmother's handmade lace trims and dickie. They are exceptionally beautiful. 

The crocheted dickie 

Emma and I were doing the math, and these pieces are definitely over 100 years old. The dickie is crocheted with teeny-tiny thread. 

The gorgeous trims

The little trim at the top is tatted and the other three are also crocheted with itty-bitty thread.  They're to die for! 

Something New

Hello!

We have decided to mix up our blogs a bit. Instead of Emma writing every blog, I (Hannah) am going to  start writing a few as well.  So, hello everyone! We are also going to start showing you bits and pieces of our lives outside of the shop. Yes, amazingly enough we all have time to do things outside of the Thimble!

Mom has been a sewing fool lately. She is on a mission to make herself 12 new clothing items for summer, and we're going to keep you updated on how she is doing. So far, over the past 4 mondays (her only day off), she has sewn herself 6 items. She amazes me. Here is the first one! Drumroll....

This beauty is made from a vintage pattern and the most gorgeous vintage cotton and it fits her like a glove. Keep an eye on our posts for more! We'll be showing you a new one each week.

You know you have the greatest boyfriend ever when....

he crochets you a beanie for Valentines day! He even made it out of wool yarn from the Thimble.

A huge thank you to Matthew for making me such a heartfelt gift. I'll take this over chocolates any day!

Alberta

I LOVE this vest (the man in the vest isn't too bad to look at either ;-)

I wonder if Chris would wear it if I made it for him.....

Hmmmmm.....

Socks & Mod Podge

Ooooo... we knitted socks last night! I already feel the addiction setting in. It amazed me to watch the shape of the heel form right off the needles. The double pointed needles in the round and the 3 dimensions that they create still hurts my brain, but it was getting easier towards the end. Hopefully I'll actually have a pair of socks to share soon! I finished my green, cabled hat but I have temporarily misplaced it. Can you believe that? I put all that time into it and I misplace in the first week of wearing it!? Ugh. I hope I find it soon. Oh, the sock book - This Book is fantastic! If you're going to knit socks, you want this by your side.

Mom has been decoupaging again. The Mod Podge is out and our color cartridge is being taken full advantage of. Don't worry, those aren't the original vintage pattern covers - they're copies. These (now adorable) boxes are going to be the new home for our vintage patterns. If you're local, you'll have to come and check them out. The boxes alone are inspiring!

I Create Too.

I realized that I've only shared things that mom is working on. So, I thought I'd share something of mine. I finally sat down last night and ripped back the row and a half that I messed up on this hat and now I'm back to knitting away. I'm so close to the end! I'm using Elsebeth Lavold's Baby Llama and it is oh so soft and isn't that a great color?! I found the pattern in Interweave Knits Holiday 2007 and the pattern is the Koolhaas Hat by Jared Flood. This is my first go at knitting in the round and cables!

Now, back to mom.... She finished her first basket bag!

Isn't it adorable? Now she's working on a purple one.

I also wanted to share one of the wonderful quilts that we have hanging in the shop. Our good friend, Milton, brought this to us and we are so happy to have it on our wall! We figure it is an early 30s crib quilt and that's Steamboat Willie - one of the first Mickey Mouses. It's actually much paler in person but I upped the contrast so that you'd be able to see the design in the photo.