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Inspiration

15 Friday Mar 2013

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Instagrams From the Week:

*Sliding Down the Giant Slide at Pier Six

*Family in Josie’s Doll House  (She just re-discovered it this week and has been putting babies to sleep and making everyone visit the potty)

*Fridge Art and Alphabet Magnets

*Josie Loves Daddy (She is pretending to play guitar on the TV remote)

*Giraffes, Bronx Zoo (The strange sky painted behind them made them look like they were in a museum, until they moved)

*Josie Arranging Fabric Spots on the Bed (These are from my scrap fabric box and by far a favorite plaything)

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Flea Market Finds: Vintage Down Pillow

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

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PillowThis pillow is one of my favorite vintage finds in the kids’ room.  It is stuffed with feathers, covered in pretty vintage stripes, and the perfect size for a little head.  I throw the whole pillow in the washer and dryer as needed.  This vintage find is much nicer than most child-sized pillows I’ve seen, and it was only $10!  Etsy has some pretty examples here.  Sleep tight.

Summer Bubblesuit and Pinafore

19 Thursday Jul 2012

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This easy project is from a vintage Simplicity Pattern, #9395.  The fabric is from Ebay, and I suspect was once a curtain.  (Who remembers that scene from The Sound of Music?  I loved that movie when I was little).  This pattern for toddlers is great because it can be worn three ways and is nice and airy for summer weather.  And, when else can you make your child wear a curtain?

Inspiration

25 Friday May 2012

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Instagram photos from the week:

*Headband circles for Renegade

*Louisa’s vintage dress

*Wovenplay screen-printed skirt

*Todd Oldham Kid Made Modern tape on a cardboard box fort that Ada made

*Ada’s vintage umbrella from Brimfield

*What we found in the back yard (so far).

Have a lovely long weekend!

Inspiration

18 Friday May 2012

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Instagram images from the week:

*Ada’s metal noisemaker

*Fabric pinwheel

*Vintage Fabric

*Detail from Cells, Jeanne Rondeau 2005

*Butterfly from Ada’s dress.  (A stoop sale score when I was pregnant and secretly hoping for a girl)

*Waterlilies from an old painting in our bathroom

The weather looks beautiful for this weekend in Brooklyn.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Pinwheels

14 Monday May 2012

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Pinwheels made from vintage fabric for headband crowns.  I found a big box of cut circles at a flea market and the prints were perfectly bright and preserved.  I remember a quilt made from these at my Gram’s house when I was little.  Yesterday Chris took the kids for the day and left me to a quiet house and NPR Podcasts and production.  So lovely!  I am working during the kids’ naps and between art projects to get lots of crowns done before Renegade in June.  I love a project!

Bubblesuit Romper

02 Wednesday May 2012

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We have been longing for warmer days and our Friday forecast calls for sun and 80 degrees.  This bubblesuit from a 1971 Simplicity pattern (#9395) is perfect for a toddler in summer weather.  I think my sister had a similar one when she was little. The vintage fabric is from Ebay – I love the abstract bright figures.  You can find similar ones on Etsy here.  Be sure to check the quality and yardage when you are buying vintage fabric.  This Simplicity pattern also comes with a matching pinafore- so cute!  I’ve made a few versions of both from different fabrics and they are some of our favorite warm weather outfits.

Renegade

30 Friday Mar 2012

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I’ve been excited about making these headband crowns for kids lately.  Yesterday we found out that my friend Marissa at Soor Ploom and I got into Etsy’s Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair.  Hooray!  We will be selling our children’s clothes and crowns on June 23 and 24 in Willamsburg.  I’ll put up more details as the weekend gets closer.  For now I need to get crafting!

(The crowns and Soor Ploom’s sweet clothes are also both available at Acorn Toys if you can’t wait until June).

Cherry Blossom T

26 Monday Mar 2012

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The cherry trees are just starting to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  The festival is not until April, but it is exciting to visit each week and watch the progress.  We made this T-shirt in their honor.  You will need:

*Blank T-shirt (we used a child’s American Apparel T.  They have great organic options too).

*Fabric

*Tulle

*Buttons

*Pinking Shears

*Needle and Thread

1. Cut fabric and tulle into circles with pinking shears.  We made 1 inch circles from vintage fabric scraps.

2. Layer fabric and tulle slightly off-center.

3. Place circle layers onto shirt with button on top and stitch down through button holes.

Hand wash, or turn shirt inside out to launder.  Hooray for Spring!