Jane's Altered Lovelies

stitches notebook

dress hangers

clothes pins

glitter gift notes

altered cinderella golden book

altered clip board

bag lady

altered train case

art collage {amy}

sewing bag

note flat- sewing kit

childrens sewing pattern

canvas collage

paperdolls

{lovelies via jane's apron}

I've posted about Jane's vintage whimsical altered collage lovelies in the past, but I had to devote another post to her creations because....I just can't get enough. I love vintage sewing patterns, so to use them to create one-of-a-kind darlings makes my heart flutter! I want everything {and more} I featured above. Well, I think I'm going to mosey on over to Jane's Etsy shop to do a little shopping.

Enjoy.

Jane's World {Thrifting}

sweet note cards

sewing pattern clothes pins

pattern gift tags

sewing pattern clipboards

collage door hangings

a grouping of vintage whimsies {I was gonna buy the tin box on Etsy but I waited too long - Darn!}

thrift scores

{images: jane's apron}

Julie Thompson of the lovely blog, Jane's Apron, makes the cutest note cards, collage door hangings, clip boards, gift tags and clothes pins (Yes, clothes pins - they are too cute!) all made from vintage sewing patterns & altered children's books. She scores the best thrift stuff,too! Don't you agree? If you do, you should drop by her Flickr site & Etsy shop to see more of her vintage lovelies.

Vintage Vogue Pattern Magazines

Vogue Pattern Book magazines are filled with wonderful color photographs, illustrations, articles, descriptions of patterns and trends of the season. Great vintage fashion "eye candy". See more here.

Vintage Sewing Patterns

I still haven’t given up on the idea of learning to sew one day, but in the meantime I love looking at sewing patterns, particularly vintage sewing patterns. I am really infatuated with 50s and 60s style dresses with the form-fitted bodices and twirly-swirly skirts. I dream of sewing one of those type dresses, with a retro floral print, for myself. I would love to go dancing in that dress and twirl the night away! In my search, I discovered a site called betsyvintage, which specializes in vintage sewing patterns from the 1930’s to 1980’s. The patterns are lovely!