vintage may: roundup and features

Vintage May: Presented by Craftiness is not Optional and skirt as top

Vintage May 2 has come to an end…so soon!  it was so much fun celebrating vintage style again with you this year – thank you for getting excited with us and supporting this series!

i really couldn’t have done it without my co-host Jess.  it was even MORE fun collaborating this year, because we had a couple extra helpers – Sadie and Em have become cute little pen pal buddies, and we now show them what the other one’s mommy sewed and they get excited along with us!  last year, Jess was deep in the first trimester exhaustion phase with baby Ava and I helped with a lot of the back end work, and this year I was preparing for Quilt Market and was out of town and just had a bunch of stuff going on, so Jess totally stepped up and did a lot of prep work – i’m so grateful to her!

i also want to thank Cherie, who was in town staying with us the weekend between week 1 and week 2, who kept me company during late night sewing (and blogging) sessions and even reminded me i had a post to write a couple times (haha!).  man it’s nice to have a houseguest that really understands!  she even got this great “photo of a photoshoot” – i love it.

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and of course, i want to send out a huge thank you to our guest bloggers – you gals are so inspiring.  i loved seeing everyone’s different take on “vintage” and, just like last year, the guest projects seemed to somehow pair up really nicely in color/style/era/feel every day!  if you missed any of the posts, be sure to click through to their blogs to check them out!  beautiful stories, great tutorials, and just plain fun projects!  you guys are awesome.

::  Week 1  ::
delia from delia creates // miriam from mad mim
 dana from made // jessica from a little gray
 heidi from elegance and elephants // melissa from melly sews
alida from alida makes // an from straight grain
::  Week 2  ::
jen and autie from icandy handmade // miranda from one little minute
kirstin from kojo designs // shannon from luvinthemommyhood
jessica from happy together // erin and caroline from hungie gungie
disney from ruffles and stuff // vanessa from lbg studio
and while our guests were sewing up a storm, so were many of you!  here are a few of my favorites from the vintage may flickr group!  thanks to everyone that sewed along – you make this so much fun for us!

vintage may flickr group round up

Row 1:  018, SummerDateNight2, Parsley Pants- Tuxedo Stripe Version, retro style summer dress, Geranium Shirt, Easter dress,

Row 2: Coat nr. 1, Debbie’s Birthday Dress – Views 1 and 2, peasant blouse with crocheted trim KCW day 6, Liberty dress, Lavender Lovelies, IMG_8741,

Row 3: Simplicity 1652, sadly, it did not fit…, Look 1/2: Simplicity 4264 – 1953, Little deer bodysuit, $1 refashioned romper, Vintage Overalls

head on over to craftiness is not optional for jess’ vintage may roundup and HER flickr faves, and we hope you had as much fun as we did!

now who’s going to sew a romper this spring/summer?  i plan to!

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14 thoughts on “vintage may: roundup and features

  1. Shino says:

    Thank you so much for featuring my vintage romper!! It was so fun sewing vintage inspired clothes. I really appreciate you and Jess for hosting this fabulous series!

  2. dandeliondrift says:

    I’ve loved watching all of these posts. Ad thank you so much for featuring my dress. I’m really flattered!

  3. Gina says:

    Thanks so much for such a fun series!! It truly is one of my favorites and I hope you girls will continue to host this as an annual event!!

  4. Cherie says:

    Aww, thanks for the shout out, but you really don’t need to be thanking me! Definitely fun to see you “in action” and I’ve been in that situation many a times, so I can relate. Super fun series again – love the adorable vintage inspiration! The creations in the flickr group are amazing too!!

  5. Dina says:

    Thank you for including Miss Kia in your round up!! I’m over the moon 😀 I can’t wait for next year!!

  6. Delia says:

    You guys did a tremendous job! I feel so honored that I was able to be your guest. And that flickr group? Woweee! I am so impressed and inspired!

  7. sanae says:

    Such a fun series! Great job, ladies! I didn’t get to post photos to the flickr pool this time around, but next time for sure 🙂

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