Get them while they last.  Many patterns at our sister company, Indygo Junction are now 50-75% off original price. Click this link to browse all of the clearance patterns. Good while supplies last.

Projects designed by Angela Harris.

We are thrilled and honored that Angela uses images from The Vintage Workshop in her beautiful creations. These projects were previously featured in Somerset’s Holidays & Celebrations magazine and we wanted to share the inspiring designs with the readers of our blog.

Her Beauty Hanger

• Coffee filters: coffee-dyed

• Hanger: satin padded

• Lace fabric: piece

• Pearled stamen

• Strand of pearls: vintage

• Tulle

Print the Ruth Vincent image out on coffee-dyed cardstock. Tear coffee-dyed coffee filters into thick strips. With the image side of the photo facing down, gather and sew the strips. This creates a bunched frilly border. Twist one strip of coffee filter into a loose rope. Roll the rope into a rose shape and sew onto the corners of the photo. For some of these roses twist a strip of tulle along with the coffee filters. Fold your pearl stamen in half and sew onto center of bottom right rose. Next, attach your strands of pearls on the border of the photo over the threading with hot glue, making sure to put the glue on the photo and not the strand of pearls. Lastly, attach the complete embellished photo onto the front of the padded hanger over the lace with hot glue. Use to display an old prom or wedding dress.

Guidance Tray

• Adhesive: hot glue gun

• Chain of rhinestone jewelry: vintage

• Coffee filters: coffee-dyed

• Family photo: actual photo or vintage image

• Lace: vintage

• Millinery flowers

• Ribbon: velvet

• Scissors

• Seam binding ribbon

• Serving tray: vintage

• Sewing machine

• Tulle

Tear coffee-dyed coffee filters into thick strips. With the image side of the photo facing down, gather and sew the strips. This creates a bunched frilly border. Fold an 8-inch-long piece of tulle in half and sew each end to the edge of the photo, creating a looped effect around the coffee filter design. On the top of the image sew on a vintage lace strip. Adhere the strand of vintage rhinestone jewelry to the side of the photo, the inspirational word from a vintage book on the bottom right and a millinery flower and velvet ribbon on the bottom left with hot glue. Adhere vintage photo to the center of a vintage silver tray with hot glue. Display in large plate hanger as wall art or set in a tabletop easel.

Angela’s Tips

• A certain aspect of gift giving I like to use is the act of surprise. Consider contacting a relative and having them send a photo that your mother hasn’t seen in a while. When the gift is revealed, the surprise and joy of seeing that photo alone is a gift in itself.

• To dye coffee filters, dip white filters into a bowl of instant coffee. Ring out and place on a cookie sheet individually. Bake at 290 degrees for 10 minutes or until crisp and dry.

Angela Harris is 24 years old and lives in Missouri with her husband and three children. She works from home on her blog at www.yourangil.blogspot.com. You can contact Angela for project tips and custom order inquiries at yourangil@hotmail.com.

Found this album and journal at the Antique show last weekend in Petoskey, Michigan. Loved the heavily embossed cover, then noticed how the card had stained previous page with a sepia toned “negative”. I would love to educate myself further on the different methods of lithography printing used to create these beautiful pieces of ephemera..I took pictures of a few of my favorites..

All CD's are now on sale!

It’s easy to decorate baby’s room with our adorable storybook images. Captured from vintage children’s books, these delightful bears, bunnies, chicks, pups and kittens are sure to bring smiles to the faces of your little ones.  The images are perfect for embellishing pillows, wooden hangers, clothing, bibs, diaper bags, scrapbook pages and even the bedroom wall!

These projects use images from our Storybook Collection CD (ALL CD-ROM’S INCLUDING THIS ONE ARE CURRENTLY 50% OFF), but you may also like the images found in our Playful Puppies or Pretty Kitties Download Collections.

“Hurry Please” Pillow

1. Print image on inkjet fabric sheet, following manufacturer’s instructions.  Resize image if necessary so image measures approximately 6″ across.
2. Trim image to include a 1/4″ border on all sides.
3. Press edges of 7 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ plaid fabric piece 1/4″ to wrong side.  Place plaid fabric wrong side up and center printed image (right side up) on top of plaid fabric piece.  Baste in place.
4. Fold edges of plaid fabric over edges of image and baste in place.
5. Use embroidery floss to stitch a running stitch close to inside folded edge, stitching through all layers.
6. Hand sew image with plaid border to center of one 11″ x 11″ pillow fabric piece.
7. Sew a button in each corner.
8. With wrong sides together and using a 1/2″ seam allowance, sew pillow front and 11″ x 11″ back together leaving an opening at bottom for stuffing.
9. Stuff with fiberfill and sew opening closed.

Wallpaper Border

1. Print images on photo quality inkjet paper with matte finish following manufacturer’s instructions.
2. Trim images to desired border size.
3. Follow manufacturer’s instructions and use wallpaper adhesive to adhere images to wall or other surface in a border fashion.

Don’t forget to take advantage of the currently CD-ROM sale. We are discontinuing all our current line of CD’s and they are all 50% off while supplies last. Sale ends Sunday, July 11th. Until next time…

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This image of two children playing at the beach is Amy’s Free Pick for the month.  Be sure to click on the image first to see the full size image. Then right click (Mac: control+click) and “save to” your computer desktop or a folder of your choice.  This process will ensure you get the best quality of the image.

I was just visiting Nancy Zieman founder of Nancy’s Notions and the PBS series Sewing with Nancy. She invited me to be a guest on her program to discuss my new book Vintage Notions. Knowing my love for all things vintage particularly those related to sewing, she gave me a fun book I would like to share…Note the good advice on esthetic and function in How to Look Your Best, the mention of atrocious exaggerations that we are fortunate not to have to deal with in modern fashion, and that ornamentation should never seem to be stuck on, it should seem to be an integral part of the structure and follow the main lines of construction. This fun and timeless advice is very similar to some of the content in my new book Vintage Notions. Visit amybarickman.com for to preview pages of the book and watch a video explaining the story behind the project!

I saw this great piece of folk art. Stamps all dating from 30’s (I think) used to create this US map.

Here is a close-up of  Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

Love this graphic on a child’s tea set!

Now for more photos from this fun antique outing!!

I am finally recovered from Quilt Market and am now nursing a sprained ankle which will give me time to sit down, edit photos, write and post…which I have been dying to do but have found little time since Market to focus energy on. Emma’s Birthday Party-A Spa Party for 12 of her friends was Tuesday afternoon.  The party was manicures, pedicures, and crafting flip flops  with fabric embellishments -no shortage of fabric in the house! So back to Quilt Market. The show is a trade only event where we meet with quilt and fabric shop owners, the press, and other industry publishers and manufacturers. The pictures above are from our from our booth and several feature my upcoming fabric line from Red Rooster. It was a great show- seeing the enthusiasm for sewing and new stores opening was so inspiring!! We introduced 18 new patterns at the show. Here is a link for a closer look.