Inspiration

I have recently been reading the blog by Fleur de Guerre. She writes a blog titled Diary of a Vintage Girl. She has so many pictures of her in cute vintage outfits since shes a vintage inspired model. What a cool job? The links on her website include vintage clothing and lingerie. I'm wondering if she would be interested in a cute sweater??

Here's a link to her blog http://www.diaryofavintagegirl.com/

and a link to her website http://www.fleurdeguerre.com/

Rockabilly Vampire

In the mood for Halloween, my friend and I surfed for movies on Netflix and found Rockabilly Vampire. Couldn't have sounded cooler, but I went in knowing it could bad. It was a very low budget film but it was entertaining and had lots of rockabilly music. The rockabilly boys were dreamy, but I thought the girl could have had a cuter wardrobe.

I would watch this again but I think someone out there should remake this movie. With all the vampire fans out there now there could be a bigger budget to make this movie into a bigger hit. I can supply the rockabilly sweaters!

New Hat

The weather is getting colder and what better time to knit a new hat! I found these vintage patterns on Etsy!


I am thinking I will make the fedora first, how film noir!

Retro Style

Yesterday a girl at my work said she like my outfit. And here it was just something I had thrown together! I was surprised and flatter that when she said she had noticed my outfits before and I thought that was so sweet. It inspired me to dress up a little more today.

Today I am wearing a lime green pencil skirt that goes to mid calf. Since I am so short I had to skip my usual flats and wear heals. On top I'm just wearing a black polo. I'll try to take a picture of it to show off. Although its too warm to wear it all day I brought my most recently finished sweater along. I'll definitely add pictures of the sweater.

Finished!

I finished my vintage sweater girl pattern and love it! Its still drying at home right now or I would have worn it to work today. The picture below is a better pic in terms of showing the lace detail and true color. I hope that blocking will fix the sleeves from rolling up like they are in these pics.

I so want to order more yarn to start another vintage sweater pattern but know I should wait. Stitches Midwest 2009 is a little more than a week away and I can't wait! I already have plenty of patterns I want to use so this will mostly be a trip to look for yarn. I am looking for yarn for stockings and a hat from Romantic Hand Knits as well as yarn for some other vintage patterns. In the next few days I'll be planning what exactly I want to look for so I don't go buying to much unnecessary yarn!

Almost there

I've started finishing my vintage sweater and its coming together so nicely! I don't have any pictures yet because I've only sewn 1 side seam and 1 sleeve. Once I finish sewing I need to crochet an edge around the sleeves and create button holes in the back. I should be completly finished by this weekend! This is one project I've actually started and worked all the way through until finish without getting distracted by another project! I hope this will be a new trend!

Retro Inspiration

My Aunt had some left over fabric she found from a 60s party and she brought it over for my use. She knows my style! I should have enough to make a cute 60s pencil skirt with this fabric but sad to discover it doesn't quite match my lime green pumps. Posted above is best picture I could post. Its a yellow green with turquoise and not quite as shiny as it appears above.

I've found the manual for my sewing machine so hopefully I get a chance to sew this weekend. Of course I'll work on finishing an old skirt before working with this fabric.