Vintage Notions Coloring Book


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FASHION THERAPY-From dresses to hats and stylish accessories-gorgeous art is waiting to be brought to life through your artistry. A coloring book filled with more than 150 beautiful Downton-Abbey-era illustrations from The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, which was founded in 1916 by Mary Brooks Picken. The light shading of the illustrations has been retained to add depth to the coloring. Try experimenting with pens, pencils, and metallic gel pens to enhance some details of the design. They make the beading shimmer and the jewelry sparkle! Inspirational messages have been added to the back of each fashion page from The Woman's Institute publications as well as sage fashion advice suitable for framing. 108 pages to color with full color cover & back.




Amy Barickman's Vintage Notions


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Presents essays, advice, and projects for each month of the year.




Vintage Notions Coloring Book


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Pattern Play, the second in the Vintage Notions Coloring Book series, will take you back to a time when there was a sewing machine in every home and women made their own garments for day & night. This fun collection of over 150 vintage sewing pattern illustrations comes from Indygo Junction pattern designer Amy Barickman's vast vintage archives. Discover styles from long-lost pattern designers such as Advance, Hollywood, DuBarry not to mention your familiar favorites Vogue, Simplicity & McCall's. Iconic sewing instructor Mary Brooks Picken once said: "Prepare yourself mentally for sewing...Put on a clean dress. Have your hair in order, powder and lipstick on." This may seem funny to us today, but the happy homemakers of the 1950's always dressed to the nines for all occasions. We have included some of our favorite (and funny) vintage wisdom in these pages sure to inspire your inner Donna Reed. 120 pages to color with full color cover & back.




Vintage Notions Coloring Book


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In Quilt Therapy, the love of quilting meets the joy of coloring. Just like quilting, coloring provides much needed stress relief from our busy lives. As you stroll through the pages of Quilt Therapy, Amy Barickman shares with you some of her favorite quilt block designs from her vintage collection. As you color your way through the book, learn the names of your favorite quilt blocks and create your own color and pattern combinations. Amy has also included some of her favorite creative quotes and quilt inspired sayings to color! 200 pages featuring 80+ quilt designs.




Found Style


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For most folks, creating a home where the decor reflects their personal style and taste requires more than just simply perusing the pages of a catalog. Unique style comes with successfully blending the old and new, the unexpected with the familiar - a white antique stove and modern chrome refrigerator placed side by side, or a 50s kidney-shaped coffee table accented by an Adirondack chair. Enter Found Style, the modern-day guide to the mix-and-match aesthetic. From vintage treasures to contemporary furnishings, family heirlooms to flea market finds, authors David and Amy Butler take a friendly approach to creating spaces that are courageously unique - and undeniably stylish. Illustrated with 200 inspiring color photographs, Found Style offers up a host of innovative ideas, as well as tips for honing one's flea market savvy, and blending old and new with unexpected dash. Found Style is a celebration of creating eclectic personal style and a resource for those who live for the hunt.




Farm Girl Vintage 2


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"Farm girl vintage 2, brings even more quilt blocks and projects for all Farm Girl Vintage fans to enjoy. Lori has rounded up 45 unique 6" and 12" quilt blocks inspired by her rural roots. She has also designed 13 new projects in this book, including quilts, pillows, a pincushion, and of course a fantastic new sampler quilt! As always, quilters can mix and match quilt blocks from Lori’s previous books, so they can piece together endless possibilities." -- Amazon.com




Vintage Wedding Style


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A photo-driven wedding look book that's two parts inspiration one part DIY, 'Vintage Wedding Style' is packed with ideas, projects, resources and above all gorgeous photographs of real weddings to help brides-to-be design and dream about their special day




The Magic Pattern Book


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Presents six dressmaking patterns that can be used to create an entire wardrobe that has thirty-six different looks and a total of over two hundred garments and accessories.




Going Through the Notions


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A retired schoolteacher—and yes, daughter of an F. Scott Fitzgerald fan—Daisy Buchanan has finally found her calling in the quaint village of Millbury, Pennsylvania. While her husband endlessly renovates their old house, Daisy happily presides over Sometimes a Great Notion, a quirky shop that sells sewing bits and bobs, antiques, and jewelry. Daisy has her eye on an antique dollhouse and a classic Singer Featherweight at the local auction—until her friend and mentor, auctioneer Angus Backstead, is led away in handcuffs. It appears he bashed in the head of a drinking buddy who stole a set of fancy fountain pens. Daisy’s sure the sprightly old-timer couldn’t have done it. But if Daisy can’t stitch together the bidder truth—and soon—Angus will be going once, going twice… gone forever. Includes creative tips for vintage notions!




Dressmaking Made Easy


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The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken offered a wide variety of correspondence courses to women beginning in the early 1900's. This beautiful reproduction is a very early edition of the school's coursework guide. It provides a synopsis of the lessons in sewing, dressmaking, tailoring & millinery. It also includes interesting articles explaining the value of the education the women would receive including saving money, creating a profitable business and improving their style & fashion sense.