Hand stitching

Look at what I bought on ebay! I bought the fabric to make the pink pin tuck dress but I am not going to do the sheer overlay and it is not going to be pink. I bought a cotton poly blend fabric in a robins egg blue for the dress part and the collar is going to be a natural cream color. I hear pintucks are a pain.

I want to make the shirt dress with the belt in the patten below after I finish the blue one. I don't have fabric for it yet but I want it to look vintage. I love the 1950's, Lucille Ball era and have been wanting some vintage pieces but they are sooooo pricey! So I decided to go the less expensive route and although my dress will not be truly vintage, it will have been made from a truly vintage pattern!

I can't wait to get started! But in the mean time, this is what is taking up some of my time.

I bought a pattern to make this set of felt fruit for Mia's retro kitchen she got for Christmas. I am trying to get these finished and then maybe I will try doing some veggies, bread, pb&j, cheetos, and sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles etc. I bought the pattern so that I could get the jest of how to make this stuff but I think I can do the other stuff by just wingin' it. It's a nice project to work on after the kids go to bed because a lot of it is hand stitching. Hopefully I can get quite a bit of it done in time for her Birthday at the beginning of March.

If, and only if the dresses turn out I will have to post how they turn out......oh wait, I still don't have a camera!

By the way, does anyone have experience with vintage clothing patterns?