Help me choose a pair of slippers!

Happy Monday everyone! 

I had a lovely weekend. I had a private lesson with my dance teacher, and worked on some of my shortcomings. Then, later that night, I went dancing and caught up with some friends I had not seen in weeks. Sunday I finally got to the bedroom and unpacked it pretty much all the way. I also emptied my last packing box, huzzah!

The living room!

Catalog Sunday

Because the Air Raid is this approaching weekend, I thought a nice selection of fashionable dresses from McCall Style News, July, 1940 seemed in order.

Enjoy.

In Memoriam

Whitney Elizabeth Houston 
August 9, 1963 to February 11, 2012

January Pattern Showcase!

Happy February everyone! As I finally unpack my sewing goodies (which seem to be a good 1/5 of all my belongings), I found my stash of last month's goodies.

Because of my sudo-fast, I didn't buy a lot of patterns. I did skip eBay and got some from a few vendors online, as well as Etsy.



Still unpacking...

Oh man. I had it all planned. This weekend was going to be the end of my unpacking. I was gonna knock some out on Friday night, then Saturday and Sunday it was going to be a home run (or should I say touch down considering the weekend it was) in getting all the rest of the bit put away. Well...

Put up the spice shelves in the kitchen.

Catalog Sunday

This Sunday as I wade through this...

This is my Sewing Area. I just have to neaten it up a bit :)
...I finally set up my scanner and am bringing to you lovely scans from Singer in a sampling of all the major pattern companies from winter 1939.

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