1920's Stamped Embroidery Kit (obviously I can't think of a catchy title.)

Long time no post. No anything really. I haven't touched a needle and thread in ages mainly because it's FOOTBALL SEASON! I stay fairly busy Monday thru Friday and football season means my Saturdays are devoted solely to going to games and screaming my guts out. But I can always make a little time to hit up estate sales and peruse ebay. So, since empty blogs are sad, I'm going to share one of my latest finds. :)

I've been collecting stamped embroidery packages from the 1920-30s for several years now. I have kits for everything from toys, to dresses, to curtains, and throw pillows. I just love them! They come with the pattern and embroidery design stamped right on the fabric. Most of them come finished to some degree, but I have never found one that was completed and still with its envelope until today.

The fabric is lovely. It reminds me a lot of geiger Swiss batiste. 

The neck is finished with buttonhole scallops and trimmed with a slightly gathered french lace and embroidery. Buttonholes have been worked along the neckline and sleeve so ribbon can be woven through and tied in bows. I love the coral/seafoam color combo. 

The hem is finished with hemstitching and scalloped lace.

These are some of my other antique kits. I'll have to share another one sometime. 

Finished!

The sunnysuit is finally finished. I'm the slowest sewer ever. It was started before Christmas! It's not perfect, but not terrible for my first try at sewing something bigger than a dress for a 5'' doll. The buttonholes were traumatic for me. On the bib you can see that one buttonhole is slightly higher than the other. I briefly thought about ripping one out and repositioning it, but after studying the dense, minuscule stitches I realized ain't nobody got time for that. So it stayed put. And it drives me NUTS.

This is the base pattern. I added the Madeira appliqué and the embroidery. Hopefull I'll have some time to finish my version of the pattern soon so I can post it here (for free of course!).

*The base pattern was printed in 1936 and was never filed with the US copyright office. It is in the public domain. 

Jumping on the blog-wagon

Just to have a place to chronicle my full size sewing endeavors and hopefully share my patterns with others who will find them useful. In the past I made teeny doll clothes. There are only so many details you can squeeze on a 3 inch long dress, so I'm branching out to bigger things. :)

I'm currently working on a little sunsuit made from a reworked antique pattern and inspired by this vintage romper I saw on pinterest.