The Vintage Seamstress

I have been a busy bee yesterday and today. I have been making quilt blocks for some new couch pillows. I plan on using them once the living room is painted. I made them ahead so I can put them ...

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My friend Barb who has been learning to sew with me on Friday's made this cute tumbler quilt. I quilted it for her.

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THis is a quilt I made for a Veteran's retreat at a local mission. It's the first military quilt I ever made. This is a little wall quilt I made for my hubby instead of getting him a card...

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My dear husband bought me fabric, I think I will keep him!  He gave me an Indigo Crossings jelly roll, and three packs of the 5" charms to go with it.  And over on Etsy at a nice little sho...

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Happy New Year to all my blogger friends. I am sorry I have not posted much lately. Business never seemed to stop over the Holidays.  I am toasting everyone that this year will be the best year ...

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Happy Halloween bloggin buddies! If you need a little chill or scare to get you in the mood for the festivities make sure you read my ghost story called "Ghost Dog."  Hope you all are having lot...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/10/happy-halloween-bloggin-buddies-if-you.html

Hard to tell in the photo but it does match the curtains. Outside we are getting just a taste of the storm, some very cold rain and I think we had flurries this morning. It looks sunny but its f...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/10/got-bedskirt-did-and-some-of-mural.html

 Not the best pictures ever but wanted to show you my end tables husband made. He used two old treadle irons, a Singer and a White. Its hard to tell in these photos but the red matches the red ...

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Pictures of the bath, still a few little things to do.  Red and caramel blocks painted with Latex paint, stenciled stars then aged with an umber glaze, plus 4 coats of water soluble poly....

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I have just about finished our bedroom. We installed new crown molding (we had to because of the ceiling tile, added a chair rail, made new curtains (quilt still in progress). Husband built faux ...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/10/installment-2-here-is-our-bedroom.html

Hello! I have been so busy and still am but have one part of my project done that I wanted to show you. Its our guest room in the front of the upstairs. Loving the primitive and colonial look...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/09/faux-log-walls-in-guest-room.html

Ok, so me hubbs made a piece so I could finally use my Grace pattern perfect. I like it but I want more I guess and am thinking pantographs are gonna be the way to go. I have a laser stylus comin...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/08/using-grace-pattern-perfect-stylus-with.html

I found this Juki machine add on youtube and I just thought it was a nice way to show off the Juki. I have a Juki 2000 and I love it. I have sewn on just about every old Singer model there is an...

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If you are using a Hinterberg Original quilting frame to long arm quilt  are you using pantographs? If you do use pantographs where are you placing your laser stylus and what kind of laser stylu...

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  I found the tutorial on youtube. It is called "the self binding baby quilt (receiving blanket).  It was so easy and it makes great mitered corners. And for a finishing touch you get to us...

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Our little sewing club sewed up some loot for Victory Noll's gift shop in Huntington, In. We made quite a few pillows, rosary bags and a throw. One of our member's, Marilyn Brown is an associate...

http://thevintageseamstress.blogspot.com/2012/07/here-goes-our-loot-to-victory-noll.html

I finished it today, it will go to charity. I don't care if it is a cheater quilt, it felt good to get it finished! I much prefer a pieced quilt but I do like the colors of this one, kinda spic...

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I have had this in my stash a heck of a long time. Been meaning to sew it up so I finally got around to it today. I think it will look much better once I quilt it and add a border of some kin...

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THE sky is brass, the lordly sun Looks down with a fiery eye, The shallow rivers scarcely run, The streamlet's bed is dry. The meadow's crust is stiff and hard, The trees have a sombre ...

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Just a short note to show you my doll  I made recently. She is a short legged girl but I kinda like her. A friend of mine gifted me with a long quilt shelf. I am re-doing the upstairs guest room...

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My poor old yard used to be so green and pretty... Can't even burn the fire pit or roast a marshmallow because we are under a burning ban. We had no fireworks for the 4th like a lot of othe...

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This photo is from our local TV station, I was too in awe to run and get my camera and take my own photos but I may get another chance. It even thundered a little. I did have enough sense to ...

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I finally got off my butt and pulled some weeds and spread some black mulch and planted a few flowers. Not sure what took me so long this year, possibly because I was working out back, or repai...

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This baby is loaded, tons of feet and even the Bernina Cut "N" Sew. Very nice case and accessory case, manual and all the bells and whistles. I sewed with it for quite awhile and now I'm in lov...

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Looks like I am getting ready for the 4th of July does it not? Actually these are going in my upstairs hallway where an Americana make over is under way.  I think I may need to more yet to fi...

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