Yes, it's true, recently I had a birthday. It was in fact a big decade number. Yay! Blank age is the new _______! Never mind. Anyway, I got a few very nice gifts that are sewing related.
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| Ceramic spools of yarn and herringbone tape, lift off the lids and they are candles! |
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| Here's the top of the herringbone spool. |
My best friend gave me the green one for my birthday and then I got the blue one from my sister for Christmas. Do these ladies know me or what? The candles can be purchased at Anthropologie. I'm sure there are many colors and sizes, I haven't check but I think I might need one more to make a little trio arrangement. I LOVE them!
Another gift I got was this adorable book- Sew Retro! It's a history of home sewing in the US. Who knew that Ebenezer Butterick was the first one to put out a sized pattern? Well, some of you might have but I didn't.
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| Cover of Sew Retro: A Stylish History of the Sewing Revolution by Judi Keiteler |
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| Time line of history of home sewing and the sewing industry along the bottom of all pages |
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| History by decade or era |
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| This book is full of projects that home sewists can do today! So popular right now: aprons! |
This is a really cool book with little projects throughout. The projects are a little more on the crafting side than the fashion side, but they definitely take me back in time- that's for sure! Great gifts from my great friends and family. Thanks y'all- no, I'm not from Texas but really, sometimes ya gotta y'all.
Ok kids, I'm off to bequeath my old sewing machine to some cute little nieces and give them their first sewing lesson- a patchwork pillow- on this snowy/rainy day before new years eve.
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