Vintage Sewing Pattern Plus Montage Dance & More For many years my family and I have participated in Vaudeville at the Baker, an old-fashioned variety show. This year’s theme was Rat Pack V...
~ My Dream Vintage Girl Scout Troop ~ By Tam Francis What’s a vintage mom supposed to do when her daughter joins the Girl Scouts? Form a Vintage Ambassador Troop, of course. Here’s my story o...
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~ Making History Come Alive Through Vintage Sewing ~ by Tam Francis I recently had the honor of playing opposite my daughter in a charming period play called Chicago Gypsies, set in the early 193...
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~ My Favorite Halloween Costume Projects ~ It seems like this year’s Halloween has snuck up on me. Only ten days before we get to play dress-up. Of course, wearing vintage on a regular basis, I...
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~ How we beat the end of summer blues ~ As another summer comes to an end, my mind reaches back to a wonderful end of summer when we were still living in San Diego, California… My haunches rest...
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~ Costume vs Historic: The Art of Sewing Vintage ~ I’ve been sewing since High School. When I watched Demi Moore in “About Last Night” and coveted her wardrobe, but knew I couldn’t afford...
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~ Vintage Patterns ~ My vintage patterns are organized by era and style, mixing the Hollywood and Butterick, McCalls with Vogue, and strange envelopes with New York returns: Ann Adams and Marian ...
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New? Start Here! Thank you for visiting my Vintage Living Blog. Inspired by my love of vintage living and my fictional writing. Most of my vintage living blog posts are micro stories with some h...
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