Recent content by NanaJen

Sorry, longtime-lurker-super-rare-poster here but, Miss Tuppence... is that Ramsey?

That is an adorable blouse! I'm still scared to try anything with sleeves lol

My blog started as a craft-based one, but as my brain found itself more and more in the 40s, so did my blog :) My motivation? I live in a small city, affectionately known by the locals as a cultural black hole, so it's nice to have somewhere to talk about vintage without looking back into...

Thank you! I love my cardi more for its wonkiness :) It's the Go-Everywhere-Wear-With-Everything cardi (or something of that nature...) and looks totally different to the one in the book- I only gave it one button, and obviously the wonk lol But I think the best thing about a simple design...

Sheeplady... that's the most amazing organisation skills I've ever heard of! Deeply impressed :)

Hi, hope you don't mind a new one joining in :) The skirt is a pattern from my 'Sew and Save' book, and the cardi is from the 'Stitch n Bitch' book... it went a bit wonky so I added rows of crochet and claimed it was both art deco inspired and intentional lol

Beauty is my motivation :) I always find old films inspiring too! Getting yourself all dolled up really helps beat the mean reds, or it does for me at least. I was in a total funk yesterday, and even though the only plan for the day was running boring errands round town I put on a...

Hi Danny! Nice to meet a vintage local :) Events seem a bit thin on the ground round here at the moment, know of anything happening?

Hi everyone, I'm Jen... Another lurker who finally joined! Mostly a 40s lover, but can swing a decade either way :) I love love love knitting and sewing my own clothes, film noir and swing (just recently started going to a few 40s dance events round my way in England so trying to learn some...