Catalog Sunday: Chicago Mail Order, 1939-1940

 

I made a doggie bag...for my doggie.

Hello all.

This is the reason for this post today. I love her and invite you all to follow her on instagram.

If you haven't followed my Royal Chrome adventures from a few years back, I invite you to revisit those wacky times.

A few of sewing unmentionables.

Good morning lovely people. Virginia says hi on top of a mound of freshly laundered bed sheets.

A few more bags I made! I'm on a roll!

I made some more bags! These are quilted, super sturdy, and outfitted with some cute fabric.

Take a look, and buy one! Yay!

Back to my sewing machine!

Pick up a vintage fabric tote bag from my etsy store!

Hello lovely people.
I hope your week will be amazing and filled with greatness.

I'm attempting to hope the same for myself, but things be trying, yo.
But I did manage to make something.
I'm trying my had a some limited edition runs in between patterns.

This first time I made a pattern and produced 10 amazing tote bags. I designed the pattern and made each one myself. Each one is unique, and made with vintage fabric from my personal stash!

These bags are great for everyday running, grocery shopping, or going to the beach.

Details are in the etsy listings.

This coming month is gonna be another hard one for me. I hope to be able to tell you about a few of the trials soon, but if you can buy a tote bag, it would help me out like you wouldn't believe.

More coming from me soon.

Have a great week!

The second satchel bag is complete - with a MONOGRAM!!

Hello lovely people.

I made the satchel again using a maroon colored denim and a light cotton plaid curtain I got from the thrift store. I felt extra special and cut the inside lining on the bias.

So how many men's pajama patterns do you really have?

I'm so glad I can answer a question no one asked.

I suppose 'why' would be the question to ask that no one asked, but I'm at a loss as to why I currently own 5 men's jimjam patterns. And YES, I know the lower left DuBarry is a onesie, but come on, it's a onesie!!

Let's stop with the random.

"Hey Shelley, what DID you do this weekend?"

Finished my reworked hiking bag (with awesome pictures!).

Hello lovely people.

Brian had a playmate with his new 'sister', Brandy. She was afraid of Brian at first (naturally) but after five minutes, she was barking and trying to get big man to chase her.

You know, dog stuff!

Speaking of stuff, I have something to show you.

This was the sketch I doodled after I began working on the new hiking bag after I vomited on my old one. It was past its prime anyway, so the gaminess of its new smell just helped facilitate the transition to another bag.

Food poisoning got me to sew.

Hello lovely people.

This has been a really shitty week.
As I was eating up the remaining goods in my cupboards, I cracked open a carton of tofu I had just bought in my fridge. Little did I know that later that night I would feel like I had been drugged as I had ever vertigo and could barely stand.