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I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn

December 11, 2025December 11, 2025by harpandsong21 Comment on I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn
I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn

True sweater weather has come early this year! Where I live in Virginia, it is rare for us to get snow before Christmas. So far, we've had two good snow days and another is forecasted tomorrow. We're not even 12 days into December yet! I tend to get cold easily, but sweaters layered over a [...]

Art & Needlework

I Made a Dress from a 1940s Pattern!

April 4, 2025by harpandsong21 Comment on I Made a Dress from a 1940s Pattern!
I Made a Dress from a 1940s Pattern!

I've been wanting to make this one (Simplicity 4230) for a while! I made the blouse almost two years ago. I had also planned to make the jumper out of royal blue fabric. The pattern included an embroidery transfer, and I thought white flowers on royal blue would be gorgeous. However, I realized that I [...]

Art & Needlework

1940s Colorblock: The Strawberry Blouse

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024by harpandsong22 Comments on 1940s Colorblock: The Strawberry Blouse

Welcome to today's edition of "How much can I eke out of this scrap of fabric?" In my stash, I had this super cute strawberry print. I believe it is vintage because of the quality of the material, the style of the print, and the natural fibers. The drawback, it's less than a yard of [...]

Art & Needlework

A Fall Skirt in a Weekend: Copying a 1950’s Skirt

September 30, 2023by harpandsong2Leave a Comment on A Fall Skirt in a Weekend: Copying a 1950’s Skirt
A Fall Skirt in a Weekend: Copying a 1950’s Skirt

I was in the mood to make something versatile for fall/winter. I have a few lovely lengths of wool in my fabric stash. Unfortunately, most of them are only about a yard long, which definitely limits what you can make with them. I was hoping for a nice wool skirt, in a 1940s style which [...]

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