Lingerie. Underthings. Smalls. Whatever you call them, you can never have enough panties, particularly the amazingly gorgeous variety made by Ohhh Lulu. January is the perfect time to dig through that underwear drawer, cast aside the sad, tired underpants of yesteryear and get some spanky new underoos into your life. To this end, I’ve got [...]
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If you live outside the USA, you might not be aware that the US Postal Service is putting its prices up on January 27th and while the increases for domestic mail are not much, prices for shipping outside the US are going up considerably. For example, right now a 5oz package from the US to [...]
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The other week, I decided to pick out some of my favorite WeSewRetro posts from 2012 and pin them to a secret board on Pinterest, but there was so much awesomeness I ended up pinning everything. Every outfit post (with pinnable pics) on the site this year. It’s actually a really convenient way to browse [...]
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When you hang out with a bunch of vintage pattern sellers, you get advance notice of all kinds of upcoming sales and, unsurprisingly, quite a few pattern stores on etsy are offering a discount for the Thanksgiving holiday. As a little treat, here is an enormous list of every etsy pattern shop I’m aware of [...]
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We had a record number of entries in our giveaway for the hat of your choice from Lady Eve Millinery, which confirms two things I already knew: Lady Eve Millinery‘s hats are awesome There is no such thing as ‘too many hats’ The lucky winner is….drumroll please…. …Mrs Gendy, who chose the gorgeous Babette Cap [...]
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We’ll be picking a winner for our Lady Eve Millinery hat giveaway tomorrow so if you’ve been spending so much time agonizing over precisely which gorgeous hat needs to come home with you that you haven’t entered yet, get over to the giveaway post before it’s too late! Our lucky winner will receive the hat of their [...]
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Autumn has just hit us here on the Indiana/Kentucky border, and man is it windy. I’ve been cursed with the same haircut as Lion-O from the Thundercats, which means I’m spending most of my days trying to dig my face out so I can actually see where I’m going. What I need is a hat. [...]
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I was really surprised this week to receive a bill for the renewal of our webhosting – because that means we’ve been here at WeSewRetro.com for a whole year already. Whoah! In the past twelve months, we’ve had over 364000 visitors from 164 countries (hello Belarus!) reading posts from 652 contributing bloggers. We’ve picked up over 1100 [...]
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Are you hooked on pinterest? Do you have a keen eye for a gorgeous vintage pattern? Drop a link to your pinterest profile in the comments below (or email it to katherine [at] wesewretro.com if you’re shy) and I’ll add you as a contributor to our newly created vintage sewing patterns community pinboard so you can [...]
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The lovely people at Corset-Story (with sister sites in the UK and Australia) gave us three of these pretty black lace boned corsets to give away to our readers. It’s time to announce the winners! Drumroll please…. Congratulations to Natascha, Debra Z and Toodles! Check your inbox for an email from me If [...]
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