Inspiration for Generation C 2.0: As Seen on the Bad Girls Blog

I posted this on the Bad Girls Blog yesteday.

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. -Simone Signoret

Yes, Sewing is the theme today! I thought you sewing Bad Girls might like the above quote to add to your favorites.

Here is my Sewing Themed Inspiration. I love love love collecting vintage patterns, the ones where the front is a hand-drawn design instead of a photograph.

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1. Vintage Newspaper, 2. Sewing Box 3, 3. Vintage sewing machine, 4. vintage patterns and my grandmother's sewing machine, 5. Crafting 365 Day 24 :: Felt Letters, 6. Cool Vintage Find for Me!, 7. another ball, 8. Sewing Room Plaque, 9. Fabric Covered Sketchbook / Journal, 10. Domino Doll - I feel 6 feet tall....., 11. my new printed pattern for letters, 12. pink felt letters, 13. Rag Quilt Letters Tutorial, 14. Sew What, 15. Sew In Love Vintage Bobbin Earrings, 16. vintage French pattern books, 17. Hello Weekend!, 18. vintage womens sewing pattern dress mccalls 5314, 19. Vintage Sewing Pattern: 1950s dress, 20. july reply

Here is my finished project!

I use the vintage pattern figures in my projects, as well as the pattern paper. I've also admired the rag-quilt looking letters, so when I got these wood Say It With Letters "Sew" Letters, I knew I was going to mix up my love for vintage patterns, vintage notions, and some rag quilt styling.

You'll notice that I used the fabrics from our March Feature Kit “Shabby Little Sugar Shoppe” for the border of the letters, creating a rag quilt look.

(I'll tell you a secret, I love the fabrics so much that I only used them for the border so that I'll have leftovers to use on more projects!!!!)