little part instagram...the mill inside and out...site of a favorite yearly rummage sale this past weekend...as well as our wedding many, many, many weekends ago...favorite estate sale treasures and soon to be favorite shoes...as soon as her feet grow into them...find me @littlepart...

then and now...a dress from the early 90s, i think...picked up at a church rummage sale at the start of summer...cute, but just a little too formal for us..a few snips and tears to the collar, cuffs and hem and some new (vintage) buttons later...and we're headed outside to fill those pockets with good stuff, like acorns...and  rocks.

then and now...a (young) adult shirt unwanted by a cousin turned into a shirt for my youngest...no pattern...no plan except to use as many of the original hems as possible...removed all parts: collar, sleeves, pocket...cut shirt body down to size keeping original hem...repeated for all parts...sewed it all back together...was 97% complete at the end of june...finally finished last night...sometimes i do that.

in my head, i make clothes for my little girl all the time...i transform thrifted finds into one of kind outfits for her to wear...in my head, i do this for my son too...in reality, i have a bin in the attic loaded with those thrifted finds just waiting to be used and a closet full of fabric collecting dust.  in my head, everything fits perfectly and i have the patience to follow instructions...in reality, i have a shelf full of how-to books just waiting to be followed and a fear of wasting fabric or giving up before it's finished.  in my head, i have made five beautifully finished outfits this week during the kids clothing week challenge over at elsie marley...in reality, i made two pieces but in my head i am thinking that's pretty darn good.

visited a small, local museum this weekend...one i have walked by countless times never realizing the treasures within...this exhibit featured items local residents travelled with during the late 19th-early 20th century...could only imagine the sights they have seen and the stories they could tell...

baby's got new shoes...thrifted this weekend...still a little too big...
but she smiles at them when she sees them...so do i.