Well, let's just say that when a button collection gets so big that buying two new storage boxes isn't enough, well then, ...

There's always something new and interesting when repairing vintage clothes for Rare Jule Vintage ! I'm sharing some highlights of t...

In addition to all the goings on in Massachusetts that I described in the previous post , I spent several days up in Sugar Hill, NH, visitin...

For me, buttons are just about the coolest things in the world.  I am constantly amazed by how many kinds of buttons people have managed to ...

You guys, I just can't say no to a batch of mystery buttons.  No matter how bland it looks at first glance, there are sure to be treasur...

So, I thought I'd follow up the previous post, about a lovely 1920s beaded purse , with some more vintage clothing repair highlights. ...

Here's to the wonders of social media, especially in the hands of antiquers! I recently posted about this mid-19th century toddler...

I did a tiny bit of repair on this jacket, and fell in love with the buttons.  It's a cropped polar fleece jacket from the late 198...

Well, so, a friend told me she'd found a box in the attic with this long forgotten outfit.  Her mom gave it to her more than a few years...

There’s nothing better than a surprise gift and then when it’s vintage and then when it’s about sewing and then when it has a real vintage b...

  Well, for the last couple of weeks I've been pretty much sedentary due to a broken bone in my foot.  I have found the silver lining...

My friend Julia, proprietress of Basya Berkman Vintage Fashion , comes across some really marvelous old pieces during her search for marvelo...

Sitting out in the back, beading and buttoning on my FFF (folded fabric flowers) project.  This will be another little quilt in the Somethin...

Here's a lovely little chiffon blouse from the Basya Berkman Vintage collection.  The only mending help it needed from me was re-attach...

For those of you, who are like me, totally addicted to Buttons, the Warther Museum is a must-see.  At the very least, it's an idea for w...

This post about creative mending is in honor of my personal New Year's tradition of mending everything I can during this week.  (I don&#...

I popped in to an estate sale at this historic register house near my neighborhood as much to visit the house as to shop.  The house was ...

So, the other day, my husband and I were at the bank to sign some papers on a financial thingy.  We were ushered into a conference room and ...

I spent last Thursday through Sunday at a most enjoyable quilters' retreat. Good times all 'round!  A recently retired friend...

Here are three wonderful dresses from three very different eras of fashion.  I did minor repair work on all of them, nothing dazzling en...