Dyed Yarn

Here was the rest of the yarn I dyed from cranberries, onto fisherman's wool. One came out darker than the other, and this is to finish my Civil War Norwegian Morning Hood !! Enjoy!!

1943 Vogue Vintage Reproduction Dress

Front of the dress, it wasn't entirely sewn, I had to resew it because it was only basted! The side is still zipper-less.

Note - I'll have to put upload the rest later because apparently my stupid internet is acting up on and off today, and it's impossible to upload these!

Hope you enjoy the dress photos :D

Learning to dye yarn!

Ok, today I finally decided to learn to dye yarn! It started with using the legs of a chair to get that wrap around yarn and then tie it so it wouldn't fall off and to put it in the pot of dye! LOL.. wow my left arm hurt from going up and around the darn legs, lol! Ok, need to get skein winder do hicky for to do the looping wrap around stuff! Anyways, I dyed the 3/4 strands of fisherman's wool yarn with CRANBERRIES, above all things.. it worked!! Had the yarn soaked in warm water with some white distilled vinegar and had that in for about 20-30 minutes and had on at the same time the water with the cranberries and put a little bit of red food dye in that.. whatever food/flower/dye you use whether it's beets or onion skins or kool aid or blueberries.. make sure you keep that on for about an hour to settle in, and then put in your yarn and let that simmer and boil for about 40-45 minutes... it's so cool to watch that process from your plain white wool yarn turning to that pink/blue/ purple/brown color that you're aiming for!!! Then once you had that done boiling, you rinse in warm water and then set it on a drying rack (say for laundry) and put the yarn on a plastic bag just so it doesn't leak everywhere.. it needs to dry and keep some towels around if it's around in the kitchen. This is so easy of a project that anyone can do it!! I'll have pictures of the yarn before and after posted up tomorrow!! I'll be sure to be posting MORE blogs this month than in the past couple .. being scarce and few... and not having a lot of energy to pull together to get some knitting/crocheting projects done or any sewing projects... I'll be making sure to do so this time!! Alright, will be writing again soon! Happy Sewing!

Great site for original clothing from 1750's -1930's !!! Definitely take a look see!!

This site is soo wonderful, I found it off of TheSewingAcademy's post of things.... and the clothing is to die for!!! These dresses are rich and vibrant and so neat!! This has become one of my new favorite sites, and yes, it originally is in french, but the english part should be ok. Anyways, if anyone takes a look see at it, feel free to say what you think on it!

http://www.abitiantichi.it/collezione.html

Annie's People by Beverly Lewis - fantastic amish novels!

I know it's a bit off topic, but there's a series I just finished, by author Beverly Lewis, called Annie's People... it's a great series, and I cannot wait until I get to read the others she's written! Anyone ever read her novels? The books in a nutshell summary is that Annie Zook is forced by her father, the bishop, to choose between her forbidden art and joining the church, the only life she knows.

One of the best sites known to female Civil War reenactors!!!

Check out this site, it's just so good!


http://www.thesewingacademy.org/

Original 1950's Simplicity pattern halter top w/ cumberund dress - in progress

This is what I've got done so far... the skirt I accidentally did first, but now started the bodice and I'm doing it on my Great Grandmother's Singer Sewing machine (treadle foot) and my Mom used it too when she was a teenager and young girl so I've been using it for a good while. Anyways, enjoy!