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The 1920’s Egyptian Revival Gown
The Embroidered Zig Zag Dress
The 1929 Pansy Dress
The 1930’s Silk Velvet Dress
Sailors are My Weakness [The Dorothy Lara Dress]
The California Poppy Blouse
The 1950’s Robin Hood Dress
The Broderie Anglaise Birthday Dress

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Bogart (the cat) is not a favorite or anything. 💞💞 He's doing a good job comforting poor Fiona, who is not feeling well.

#SewTheFantasy contest. I call this my "Green Haw

#SewTheFantasy contest. I call this my "Green Hawaii" fantasy dress as I'm imagining wearing my Shaheen dress to see Elvis in 1961. I used the Charm Patterns by @gertie18 Lamour Dress pattern and made this beauty out of vintage GVH Hawaii 1970's barkcloth. Super impressed by this pattern and the fit of the bodice and can't wait to make another.
More details on my blog, Mrs. Hughes (link in bio)
#charmpatterns #lamourdress #cscmakes #curvysewingcollective #curvysewing #plussizevintage #vintagefabric #vintagebarkcloth #shaheendress #vintagesewing #plussizesewing #mrshughesblog #handmade #sewing #handmadeincalifornia #polynesianAF

I really like this album, a new discovery for me.

I really like this album, a new discovery for me. I'm also doing the ubiquitous poser with a record pic that my husband complains about seeing on IG. #tomrobinsonband #poser

Christmas is over and packed away and I get to wor

Christmas is over and packed away and I get to work on my dish-play of favorites! I recently got a full minty set of Fire King tulip bowls and have been looking forward to putting them in the cabinet. I also got a pink napkin lady in her 18th c finery with her children (salt and pepper shakers) for Christmas. I've been asked before if I use my dishes -- I do. However, I keep the Pyrex I use on a daily basis in my kitchen Hoosier and cabinets and these favorites are in a hutch in the parlor. I would use them and wouldn't have a problem with it, but I have others that are very special like my great grandma's primary bowls and my grandma's flamingo pink and lime green casseroles that I use quite often. #pyrex #pyrexcollector #vintagepyrex #fireking #cathrineholm #lefton #kreiss #napkinlady #thriftfinds #estatesalefinds

I scored this vintage 1950's Egyptian print Dan Ri

I scored this vintage 1950's Egyptian print Dan River pre-cut on eBay! I remember @shopmakethislook having some Dan River pre-cuts for sale before and I didn't know that they had come in such neat prints as this! It's 4 yards of fabric, so enough to make a dress with my go-to vintage 50's Simplicity pattern. #vintagesewing #vintagefabric #danriverfabrics #1950sfabric #midcenturyfabric #egyptianprint

My 2019 Top Nine! You guys really liked my first 1

My 2019 Top Nine! You guys really liked my first 18th c gown! That definitely took up most of my making time this year. I loved embroidering it and even more so wearing it. I look forward to making another 18th c next year!

I have a degenerative eye disease called keratocon

I have a degenerative eye disease called keratoconus, which is a thinning cone-shaped cornea that progressively gets worse. My keratoconus is severe in both eyes. In October I got corneal hydrops in one eye, which is a torn layer of membrane in the cornea. My eye had a large white spot over the pupil which was painful and I couldn't see out of the eye. My opthalmologist, who is a corneal specialist, recommended a cornea transplant. He only gave me a 10% chance of being able to see with corrective lenses (I wear scleral lenses, which are occular prothesis that allow me to see with my eye disease) after the hydrops healed, so I scheduled my transplant for January. After several weeks of dealing with loss of eye sight, one day I felt like there was some improvement and I put my scleral lens in my hydrops eye and I could see! I felt like I wouldn't need to have the transplant as my eyesight seemed about the same as before the hydrops. I had an appointment with my optometrist, who is a specialist in keratoconus, and she agreed that I wouldn't need the transplant and that my vision was the same as before. She consulted with my opthalmologist and I cancelled my transplant surgery. A cornea transplant, while usually successful has no guarantees and there is a long recovery period. I am blessed to be back to "normal" after a terrible prognosis and feel very fortunate to have my sight.

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! I hope yo

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! I hope you're enjoying a wonderful day, whether you celebrate or not. 🎄🎄

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