sewing saturday! future projects and vintage finds

Sorry, no sewing progress today.. I'm taking a bit of a break from Sewing Saturday. Instead, I'm sharing next week's potential projects!

I'm giving you guys control over this one. Which blouse should I make - a 1950s crop top in quilted cotton fabric or a peter pan collar blouse with long sleeves in rose colored broadcloth? Whichever blouse gets the most votes wins.. just let me know via comments!

Here are the pieces I found while antique shopping in Lebanon.. vintage crochet collars, a pretty 1950s bed jacket, and a couple of Holly Hobbie portraits - one an embroidered piece with brown ankle boots and a patchwork skirt. It seems I'm reliving 12 again, and I'm alright with that.

In preparation for my spring vintage lookbook (coming next week!), there will be no shop update tomorrow. Instead, I'll spend that time working on the shop and adding items I intended to list in earlier weeks, so keep an eye out for new listings and even lower markdowns in the sale section. Hope you had a great weekend!

shop update! black velvet and polka dots

Shop update! Polka dot culottes, sheer floral dresses, flannel plaid, and velvet jackets.

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Neil and I spent our time doing autumn-ish things, like visiting orchards and drinking pumpkin lattes. And I received my fabric today! Sewing Saturday, here I come.

shop update! black lace dresses and velvet skirts

1990s Black Velvet Skirt

1950s Pleated Heirloom Dress

1990s Studded Platform Clogs

Vintage Crochet Collar Cardigan

1990s Black Lace Mini Dress

New to the shop today! All of my favorite things about the autumn.. long skirts, crocheted collars, and velvet.

Preparing for our Atlanta trip in two days.. IKEA and H&M and Madewell shopping, magical southern restaurants, sister get togethers and blogger meet ups!

shop update.. 1940's watercolor dresses and polka dot blouses.

1940's Watercolor Floral Bow Dress

1990's Pleated Polka Dot Blouse

1950's High Waist Gingham Reversible Shorts

1980's Crochet Collar Floral Dress

New to the shop today!

Neil and I have had a crazy morning. The water heater in our closet broke, which soaked everything in there and consequently gave us a plumbing problem. Now we're waiting on the plumber to bring in a new one. The bad news? Due to waiting around, we're late to work. The good news? Since we have no water and can't make any coffee at home, we have an excuse to go out and order coffee at Bongo (breve!). Hope you guys are having a better morning than we are!

antique shopping on kentucky lake

Floral Crochet Collar Dress, Leather Macrame Belt - Thrifted

Vintage Carpet Bag - The Hip Zipper in East Nashville

Black Lace Up Oxfords - Daixiaole on Etsy

Last weekend, Neil and I ran away to Kentucky for a couple of days to spend some time alone on his parent's docked houseboat. Man alive, just writing this makes me feel relaxed again.

Antique shopping was fruitful. I found a pair of 1940's navy lace up heels, pictured above, as well as a 40's rust colored dress with black nautical buttons and some vintage hair combs. I was tempted by a couple of white lace Edwardian blouses. How great would one look with these black velvet shorts? I've been on an E.M. Forster movie kick (Where Angels Fear to Tread, Howards End, my favorite - A Room with a View.. I'm watching A Passage to India tomorrow) and the early 1900's styles are really influencing what I'm into lately.

A new Sewing Saturday project scheduled for this weekend! I've also been catching up on crafting lately. A friend of mine is putting together an underwater photo shoot and she needed floral hair pieces inspired by these lovelies (sans rhinestones). I've never worked with wire before, and it's been an adventure. More soon!