Refashion a tee with lace! If there’s a too small or boring T-shirt lurking at the back of your wardrobe, add some lace at the sides to upcycle your old, ill-fitting shirt into a beautiful new piece! 😀 Continue reading DIY Lace T-Shirt Refashion Tutorial
Some years ago, I crocheted this beige backless summer top. Continue reading DIY Backless Crochet Top
A while ago I bought these dainty vintage crochet lace gloves. The crochet thread is a very fine white cotton thread. They have two different crochet lace patterns: a decorative pattern on the upper side, and a simpler mesh pattern on the underside. Continue reading Vintage White Crochet Lace Gloves
I used scraps of my DIY crochet lace skirt (made from a crochet lace tablecloth) to make this pretty summer hat. I zigzagged the lace scraps together and stiffened the hat with millinery wire and transparent nylon cord. Then I trimmed the hat with my DIY silk and rayon flowers. Here I’m wearing the crochet lace hat with my 1920s afternoon lace dress.
I love the beachy look of a white crochet lace tote bag! 😀 For my nautical crochet bag, I used white cotton yarn and silver wire to make rings for the drawstring closure. Continue reading DIY White Crochet Summer Backpack
Make a quick and easy crochet lace skirt from a tablecloth!
I’ve always wanted to have a crochet lace skirt but I didn’t want to spend weeks to crochet the skirt! 😉 So then I had the idea to turn a crochet tablecloth into a crochet skirt. And it worked! 😀 Continue reading DIY Fast & Easy Crochet Skirt – From A Tablecloth!
This is part 2 of my series ‘Vintage Embroidery And Sewing Techniques’. Now I’m sharing with you three samplers with hemstiching and tucks.
This is a samper for a linen dress. Continue reading Hemstitching And Tucks – Vintage Embroidery And Sewing Techniques Part 2
A while ago I bought this antique Victorian or Edwardian 100% linen chemise. The chemise is light grey, really heavy and soft – probably because of the washing and mangling. The fabric might be hand-woven, and is very dense (unlike modern linen fabric). Continue reading Antique Victorian/ Edwardian Linen Chemise
In the Victorian era, women usually wore a woven wool scarf or a knitted sontag, but sometimes they wore a crocheted scarf. I’ve used a rather scratchy grey wool blend yarn (mostly wool and just some other fibers). The yarn had blue and red wool dots which I’ve removed. This took the most time! 😉 Here are three CDV of women wearing similar scarfs: two colored scarf, light colored scarf, and dark scarf with flowers.
For an Edwardian chemise, I’m making a lace yoke in maltese crochet – the pattern can be found here. Continue reading Edwardian Nightgown Yoke In Maltese Crochet