then and now {and catching up}...april and may brought a new life to an old fence...sticks courtesy of hurricane sandy...

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.