Name My Shop and Win!

I've been busy, busy sewing up some new skirts and market bags! I am preparing to sell them at our local crafts and antique market and also on etsy. Problem is, I need a catchy name for both! Here's a sampling of the goods:

Small Market Bag

Apron Ruffle Skirt Front

Apron Ruffle Skirt Back

Apron Ruffle Skirt Detail

Yellow Apron & Bow Skirt Front

Apron & Bow Skirt Back

I need to get some more items photographed when it's not raining!

All of the items I will be selling will be made from vintage fabrics, mostly sheets and hankies. Therefore, I was thinking something along the lines of The Vintage Linen Closet... but "meh"... some thing better than that. Cute, Whimsical, Vintage, Handmade are all ideas I want to express in the name.

Here's where you come in! Would you like to win a skirt like one of these, but custom made for your child, grandchild, little friend, or heck, I can even make one for YOU to wear! You pick the style (ruffle apron or bow apron) and post your clever name for my shop here! I will make one of these skirts for you in your choice of colors and size if your name is chosen! (Allow two weeks.)

It get's better!!! I will also take ALL of the comments and randomly choose one winner to receive a vintage sheet market bag! You may post one comment for each of the following:

1. submit a name idea
2. become a follower
3. post a link to this contest on your blog
4. tweet about it
5. Face Book about it

Just provide a link to the mention in your comment!

Thanks for playing and good luck!

New Toy!

I was able to finally purchase a serger yesterday and man, oh man, do I love that thing! It makes everything go so much faster and produces much more professional results. I am seriously in love with it!

Our local Green Market opened for the season today. We have been waiting all the long summer for this day. The best organic veggies, flowers, amazing lobster bisque soup and our very favorite cheese vendor are all there in one spot! Not to mention the cider donuts (yum!) In anticipation, I whipped up this market bag last night with the new serger.

It was very comfy to carry around at the market and I fit a ton of stuff in it! I actually had a compliment on it which made me happy!

You can get two out of one pillow case. I just used coordinating sheet scraps I had for the straps and of course I had to add a ruffle. I completed two in a half hour! One is for me and one is for my thrifting buddy, Karen. She is taking me to my first auction tonight and I am very excited!

I will be back to tell you what I scored at the auction (if anything).

Have a great weekend!

A Skirt A Day!

I have been having way too much fun making new skirts! I finished this cutie last night. (The skirt, not the kiddo.)


I used a vintage pillow case, vintage mini ric rac, vintage ribbon and buttons along with a vintage hankie for the apron. I love having such a huge stash of vintage goodies to work with, but at this pace I hope I don't run out!

Isn't she a cutie?? (The kiddo, not the skirt.)

I dropped my camera last week and now it is taking very blurry pics. Oops.

On the bright side, I have enough of all of these supplies and I am working on one just like it for the shop! Right now I am off to the thrift to hopefully find more vintage goodies for more, more, more new skirts!

Pillow Case Shirt

I Know it's getting cooler in most parts of the country, but here in South Florida it is just now becoming tolerable to be outside. We had the hottest summer I can remember, too hot to spend time outdoors really. it is finally starting to cool down to the low 80's! Yay! It feels so nice to walk outside and not become instantly drenched in sweat. Yuck.

Anyways, I dug out a couple of my thrifted Vera pillow cases and made cute tops out of them!

Here's one of them, the other I wore yesterday and is in the wash already. The lady at the post office complimented it and even my sister thought it was store bought!

I loosely followed the instructions in this awesome book! So many ideas for vintage pillowcases! I think my next project will be making a bunch of reusable grocery totes from more vintage pillow cases. I love pillow cases, can you tell?