Adventures in Vintage Resales... fka adventures in baby-sewing

A new-to-me fun etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/thestockroom Just bought some new fabric from them and they are from Waco, TX. 

I did some sewing recently, finished a UFO or two, and some quilt blocks, but not enough to really matter.  I only recently started blog reading again.  I have been so busy with four kids and working, there's not much time for fun stuff.  My husband is now working for a friend's start-up company for oilfield services.  I took over a lot of the operations of his freight brokerage business that is in our home office.  I walk past my things and want to sit down, but it hasn't happened much recently. At least I am blog reading and learning from all of you. 

It has been forever since I have blogged.  I really haven't done much either except crochet baby hats for sale, seen on the etsy sidebar.  I don't have a working desktop computer right now, so blogging is not on the priority list.  I am finishing an Easter dress for the youngest, hemming now.  I have a denim jacket in progress for her, too and a top for me.  I promise a picture soon.

I cannot find a photo of the pattern online, it's either 1980's or 1990's, girls range.  First two of the top, broadcloth with a beautiful eyelet overlay on the front yoke.  The last is the gown, cotton voile-like fabric, insertion on the bottom of the front yoke, knee length.  Very versatile...

For this three day weekend, Mike and I embarked on a project - turning our master closet into a family clothes closet. This part of the house sees the family activity: there are two full baths, one with shower, one with tub, connected by a short hall with the closet. My washer and dryer are in the shower bathroom, so the closet is three feet from the dryer. It is unusual, but this section of the house was an add-on by the previous owners. The kids dress in these baths every morning and bathe there in the evenings. The girls' bedroom is off the shower bath, but the boys are all the way in the front of the house. For the last few years, all the current clothes were in my master bedroom to ease dressing, but we are overwhelmed by laundry baskets. I am not 100% done, but 5 out of 6 sets of clothes are now relocated. The kids are in cubbies, like you buy at Lowe's, with the cloth cube baskets. Sunday things are hung. We already had a decent setup as we installed Closetmaid rods/shel...

It has been too busy to post - it has been months... Work, kids, husband, baseball, I barely have time to get laundry done, much less sewing, but I have been working on the blocks from The Farmer's Wife Quilt book, Swoon quilt pattern and a few other minor things. When I get the chance to take some pictures, I will. It does feel great to post a bit again and catch up reading on ya'll's blogs.

AMAZING. I got some recently in a fabric.com order and love it. Wool blend, with heathery colors blended so it stripes for you - wow. I just ordered some more... almost every color as I am making crocheted lacy scarves for Christmas craft sale booths.