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Preserving vintage textile make-at-home patterns, one design at a time! Long Covid has ended my former career, but made room for my passion project: www.preservepatterns.com #vintage #sewing #knitting #crochet #macrame #tatting #adhd #canadian
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07.05.2025 11:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I feel seen.
21.04.2025 12:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very smart-looking! What's the outer fabric?
21.04.2025 11:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Adorable!
21.04.2025 11:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wish there was a developed chain of supply of clothes too ruined to be sold, from vintage and thrift stores to home sewists and upcyclers. I know cast-offs go to rag houses but I'd love to be able to access some of the fabrics, zippers etc.
21.04.2025 11:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Vintage metal toy sewing machine circa 1920s, painted blue with small flowers, with many spots of rust.
This little toy beauty sitting on my dad's workbench awaiting a clean-up....
#vintagetoys #vintagesewing #sewingmachine
Great photos of your makes! I love thrummed knits too, they are super warm and last forever.
21.04.2025 11:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
oh my heart this sewing pattern cabinet...if only I lived near Parma, ID. Someone please score this awesome piece and get that non-sewing crap out of the drawers!
hibid.com/lot/24050012...
He's single, go for it
08.04.2025 00:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was just reading about how to handsew buttonholes...if done with silk thread, are you finding they stand up over time?
28.03.2025 23:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Freezing rainstorm incoming. Putting some emergency prep stuff in our basement is always on our list to do, but we never get around to it. Some water, some long-storage food...what else do you keep on hand for storms, floods, neighbouring countries trying to take you over, that kind of thing?
28.03.2025 22:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If you live near Franklin, NC and like to sew, these old sewing weights are pretty nifty (auction closes April 2). I'm always amazed that so few of the vintage patterns I buy and sell have any pinholes in the pieces. Is using pins mainly a 70s-to-current-day thing?
hibid.com/lot/23893509...
I don't think most folks realize how tough it is to run a vintage biz, what with only being able to list one inventory item at a time. But your online reach continues to grow, which can only help! Hopefully business picks up as summer approaches and supports more help!
28.03.2025 21:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why, yes, local thrift store...don't mind if I do.
28.03.2025 13:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have several times wondered how on earth you have time to keep up the video posting schedule that you've managed this year.
28.03.2025 13:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, poop. Itching to work all day listing digitized pattern repros, but Covid-19 had other plans for me. I did manage to list this adorable baby cardi pattern today, one of my best sellers...because picot edging + baby = explosive cuteness!
www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...
I have no WIP to show, but I had to stop and say this piece is stunning!
22.03.2025 23:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I updated this vintage sewing pattern repro yesterday, just in time for Easter! Easy and cute.
www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...
#vintagesewingpatterns #eastersewing #eastergift #sewingpattern #plushiepattern #stuffiepattern #bunny
I just realized I should post the rebranded patterns I've been able to post to my new Etsy shop...I'll start with this adorable 1940s bias-cut, panties pattern. This digitized pattern includes letter/A4, A0, and projector formats. www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...
14.03.2025 14:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm working hard to rebrand my 300+ digitized vintage knitting, crochet, macrame and tatting patterns to post them in my rebranded Etsy shop....but it's slow going, because I can't help but tweak them all as I go....
14.03.2025 14:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not quite enough on its own, though I wish it was - prearranging a job here is the one of the "easier" routes. You'd need more warm clothes than you have at present, I suspect! π
14.03.2025 14:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
