By Gum, By Golly - Knitting, sewing, and living a DIY life with vintage flair. Creating my dream cutting table for sewing. Spring green batwing sleeve bolero. Perfect 1950s cropped pullover, by way of modern knitwear design.

Vikingstæsj og andre ting jeg lager. Jeg har laget enda en busserull i bursdagsgave. Samme ullstoff som den forrige. Knappene er 50-øringer fra 1968, samme årgang som jubilanten. Er den norske varianten av en tradisjonell arbeidsskjorte som var vanlig i Europa fra 1800-tallet. Den har primærsnitt og er ganske enkel å konstruere. Has made a success out of selling busserulls. Jeg sydde enda en Ultimate Shift Dess.

Sixteen separate garments to mix and match. My closet is happier for it. I tried to push through as quickly as I could, photographing in between torrential downpours. I picked it up at my local Joann after realizing how badly I wanted a wh.

This time, I used a pattern from 1968 which is a bit shorter and a bit more fitted. As usual, there is more to read and see about this dress on my blog.

Creating pretty, elegant clothes with vintage dress patterns. I have embarked on a project of seeming epic proportions.

Vintage inspired sewing and living. Wednesday, 12 August 2015. Luckily a few were posted to the Facebook page for me to steal and show you here. I think this was right before a big fight scene. A Snap from Back stage.

Sunday, May 22, 2016. Goodbye Blogger, Hello Wordpress! Some of you might have already heard but about a week ago I made the change from blogspot to wordpress and so if you are following me via GFC or blogloving you will no longer get an update when I have a new post up. I apologize for the inconvenience but the good news is that both of my blogs are now together on one page that is so much easier to navigate! Head on over to my new page, Harlow Darling. Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

Welcome to Pearls and Purls! A place to read all about vintage goodness. Saturday, 29 October 2016. Thursday, 21 July 2016.

Remember that rime frost that I posted back in November. Well, these pictures were taken the very next day. One day the cold fog blew in and froze the world into a beautiful sparkling white wonderland, and the next, the sun came out from behind the clouds and melted it all away. Photos would be nice but.