Vintage Cross Stitch Ideas

This is such a sweet little set, from my very old (1940's?) french embroidery booklet. I would love to lavish time and attention on my children's clothes in this way. I am having a bit of a vintage baby clothes moment (see post last week) but not enough to actually sit down and make any. Besides my embroidery is not so neat.......... Still. the dress is a simple sort of summer affair and you could probably achive the right look with some braid. I am thinking about this section of my stash, combined with next summer, combined with some white cotton fabric:

Pattern Wednesday - Fairisle for the Fellas

Back in August I started trawling through the stash of old patterns from magazines that I was given. Having failed all summer to get around to downloading any, I thought that I would begin again in a more structured way - ha ha. Every wednesday (or so I plan) I will share one of my downloaded patterns. Usually knitting. Usually a 1960's or 70's magazine clipping. It is a real shame that in most cases I don't even know which magazine they came from, and the knitwear designer is so rarely credited. So spare a small thought for the unsung hero/heroine of the needles when you are enjoying the fruits of my Pattern Wednesdays!!

The first one is Fairisle for the Fellas, a 1940's inspired V Neck Fairisle tank or sweater for Monsieur.

Vintage at Goodwood

was so awesome. They even had den building, a sand pit and a roller disco, so the smalls were well entertained. Got lots of inspiration, saw loads of great outfits (!) and had a giggle at the Chap Olympics. Wonderful stuff.

Strawberry Dress

A few snaps of the strawberry print dress that I made from an original 1941 pattern. I finished it a while ago and although it was a little complicated to make I am planning to go back to the pattern to make a little red coat to match it, in a light wool fabric if I can find one, for autumn. I was a bit rubbish at adding the trim, its not that neat, but this was by far the most complicated sewing pattern I've ever attempted!