Get My Thrills Thrifting #11: Sewing Attachment Jackpot

Day 290: Thrift store treasures have been few and far between lately, but that is how it is when you are searching feast or famine.  Yesterday it was definitely a good day with a box full of little feet that I have to do some more ID research on, a Singer ZigZag and a Singer Blind Stitch Hemmer attachment.  Then at another store a box full of WWII brass jacket buttons.

Things have been so incredibly busy around here lately and while I miss blogging I am very blessed to be able to be this busy with  my sewing.  If you follow me on Facebook you can see some of the things I am working on, I can only show pictures of some of it but some stuff you have to wait to see until after a photo shoot or the fashion show coming up!

What will you create today?

Get my Thrills Thrifting #10: Off the Shoulder Creations

Day 281  FINALLY finished another really awesome project.  Bill Fort, the Owner and Artist behind Lovelight Boutique gave me a hand drawn design and some thrifted fabrics to turn into off the shoulder creations.  

Find these and other unique creations at Lovelight Boutique here in Albuquerque 147 Harvard Dr. SE, one block from UNM and Central! Or check out Lovelight's Facebook page  it really has a selection that makes you want to put the fun back in fashion again!  

I love turning 2D ideas into tangible goods.  It keeps the creative brain working overtime!

This blue one is a sort of crepe material but sturdier.  It has a nice flow and feel to it.

 This nautical satiny print is my favorite of the bunch.  Very soft.

 This was originally a large polyester scarf but was too skinny to fit over my mannequin.  Very cute sheer print.

A cotton tie dye print.  Reminds me of Summer!

I am calling this the mardi gras print because it was satiny with a white on white sparkly print and over that the black ironwork type swirls and multicolored dots.  Very silky on the skin.

Here are a couple of examples of how they look like on.  You can wear them so many ways...just plain off the shoulder, cinched up with a sparkly brooch on one side or both or tied and draped over a cute belt!  This is the type of top that can be used to dress down or dress up depending on how it is worn.

Go check out these and other creations at Lovelight Boutique!

What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #9: Rad Plaid Suitcase among other things

Day 277  Found the perfect little plaid suitcase to take with me to store my traveling sewing projects.

Its so cute. And in perfect condition just needed a good wipe down.  Now I can lay the suitcase flat and unzip for an easy peasy little work station.

Also found more variety of vintage DMC threads.  Got some samplings to try out before going back and picking up more.  Here the samples are laying in the inside of the suitcase.

And FINALLY I get a mannequin~you know me, I find the cheap but quality goods here and with a lot of patience I found one!  Gonna have to give her a name before the mole guy gets too uh attached to her, doesn't he look pervy and I SWEAR to you I did move him there, it wasn't until I pulled up the image that I saw him checking her out.

Got a great Mad Scientist project we just wrapped up to show you, very steampunk, made by my husband and my youngest daughter and I have already been wearing mine.

What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #8: Sewing and Silent Film

Day 273 Successful day yesterday of thrifting.  Thrifting on a small, really small, like loose change, budget makes me really picky and I was happy to find some vintage silk floss from Switzerland, some cotton DMC, an old doll pattern, a crewel pattern and a vintage baby bib or apron.

I actually finally found a mannequin.  I have been looking forever for a price within my budget and this was well under.

Mostly this was a successful day for my teen daughter.  She is really interested in 8mm filming and we found a really nice gentleman through Freecycle who had this Editing machine and a few random old films of unknown families.

While most of the films were from the 50s and 60s, including some that were shot here in Albuquerque, the oldest film he had was probably from the 30s/40s? (not too sure about film history here) and it was in black and white.  Here is a still shot from it of one of the little girls in the family film.

My daughter found this great old projector practically in mint condition and it was well within her budget.  I don't think it had ever been used it was that pristine.

The man we visited that had the Editor also found these movies of Willie Mouse and JFK so we spent last night watching silent 8mm films.

He also gave her this Brownie camera, case and lenses that were his parents'.  He only asked that she dedicated her films to him when she becomes a big movie maker lol.

She has some great ideas going, I can't wait to see what the kids produce.

What will you create today?

Touch My Stitches #14 : Brunhilda, Zellandine, Talia, Briar Rose, Aurora, Sleeping Beauty

Day 268:   Whatever her name in the past my favorite is Briar Rose.  It amazes me at the sanitized versions of fairy tales compared to the original adult gruesome versions.    

This an embroidery from www.UrbanThreads.com  I love, love, LOVE all the choices I have on their site.

The roses on the left side are original to the vintage pillowcase.  For the embroidery portion we picked colors similar to the roses.  I really like how they truly complement each other.  Even the words did not turn out too dark so that they blended better.

I loved working on this old cotton fabric.  You can tell the quality of workmanship compared to today's products, this was so thick and heavy and will surely outlast modern wovens.

 Here is a picture of the back of the stitching.  I am very proud of how my hand stitch work is progressing over the years.  I really like the look of the back, one day I might even use the back as the front!

This will go into the Artfire shop tomorrow, I need to soak the tracing marks off and do a bit of ironing.
Next up are some His and Hers Zombies!

What will you create today?

I Get My Thrills Thrifting #7: Aprons and Vintage Sewing Books

Day 263   Having a bit of trouble with the new Taichi format so hopefully we will get it out tomorrow.  In the meantime you will have to just be satisfied with a few treasures from our thrifting adventures.

  I love sales at thrift stores.  Picked up a bunch of unique pillow cases for my reclaimed fabric aprons that will be coming out starting this week.

Found this gem sitting amongst the books.  Excellent condition for a paper booklet.  I might just have to make some of these shirts up for the hub.

This was my favorite find of the week.

And it came for patterns for each featured item in the book.  I just love seeing history all wrapped up in sewing and needlepoint.

What will you create today?

Sunday Best #5: More vintage Aprons

Day 259 Got a few more vintage aprons posted into the store tonight!

What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #4: All we got for Christmas....

Day 230:  This Christmas my hub and I were determined to only get things we found within a certain price range (read dollars and change) at local thrift stores and flea markets.  So we either were given or gave these things as is or we used them to put together into other gifts (that will be the Mad Scientist Monday post).  Here is just some of the awesomeness: 

A White sewing machine virtually untouched beneath its cover.  I don't think the original owner ever touched this or sewed from it at all because everything was brand spanking new when we lifted off the cover.  

My girls found this Sewhandy by Singer for me as a Christmas present.

An adorable machine for kids beginning to sew on.  

This wasn't really on Christmas but afterwards because I was searching for buttons for a project.  A lovely grab bag, you never know what will be inside.

How mod are these?

Spools of thread dug out of a tool box of all places at a local thrift store.  I am surprised at the good condition of the thread.  I often use thread from the thrift store in my hand stitchings.

This lot of vintage blue buttons was a gift from my kids.  The ravens on top were just gift tags to use for contrast because I couldn't get the color to come out right.

These 2 are among my most favorite gifts, a vintage scale and an electric pencil sharpener!

Some vintage mysteries I found for my girls for Christmas presents.  There were also some amazing vintage Sonic the Hedgehog comics as well.

One of the best was a tea set that belonged to my hub's mom that she played with as a kid.   My youngest loves tea sets and playing tea with her American Girl dolls and this was a big surprise.  You can see some of the vintage cookie cutters that we also put in their stockings too.

All in all it was a great holiday.  Great in that we all got things that we will cherish and use and were meaningful to the recipient.  This took a lot of planning and luck but I think it will be a tradition that we will continue from now on....one bonus was we only had one bag of recycling because there was very little packaging and we didn't have to wrestle with any unopenable plastic boxes YAY!!

I'm going to go get that new to me White machine up and running today. What will you create today?