In this day and age I'm so used to popping on down to Ikea to pick up bits and pieces of furniture and organizing boxes (perfect for pat...

Hello lovely readers. Many of you are already aware of my on-going hunt for patterns from the 1930's S-Series of patterns by Simplic...

It's now that time of year. The time of year when I start thinking about Christmas (I like to get an early start) and what I'll sew ...

For today's Sew Expensive I present to you the lovely Butterick 3402 , which recently sold for a meager $126.56 . This amazin...

A very interesting antique shop that was composed entirely of chandeliers. The sting of shell-fish poisoning (Damn you, moules marinière...

 Not too long ago (though it feels like forever) I wrote a post about sewing this apron from a 1930's Pictorial pattern. So many of you ...

 Happy Halloween to everyone! I have been back from a trip to France for a week now and badly neglected the blog. Shell fish poisoning an...