~ Vintage Patterns ~ My vintage patterns are organized by era and style, mixing the Hollywood and Butterick, McCalls with Vogue, and strange envelopes with New York returns: Ann Adams and Marian Martin. On rainy afternoons or cool winter mornings I peruse and dream of all the lovely dresses and outfits I will make. I […more…]
~ Dance Until You Drop ~ Recapturing the Past I tied a scarf around my wet-setted, perfect 1930’s coiffure. David in a fedora, vintage slacks and Ike jacket, stepped onto the deck of the ferry to Catalina Island. It was our first BIG dance camp since we’d started swing dancing. We’d gone to a couple […more…]
New? Start Here! Thank you for visiting my Vintage Living Blog. Inspired by my love of vintage living and my fictional writing. Most of my vintage living blog posts are micro stories with some how-tos, vintage living advice and writerly ramblings and book reviews. This blogging adventure began with my original writings– inspiration for the novels–interspersed with […more…]
