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Vintage Made Modern – Land that I Love

I love vintage maps! They have been part of my larger vintage collection for years. This little gem, the Dollar Atlas of the World dated 1900 is a great piece. I love the simple graphic cover and...

Vintage Made Modern: Stitcher’s Garden

I'm very excited to share with you my second collection with RJR Fabrics - Vintage Made Modern: Stitcher's Garden. I have a passion for all things vintage, and this fabric line allowed me to...

Vintage Made Modern – Gingham

Who doesn't love gingham fabrics?!? I’ve wanted to design a line of ginghams and I'm thrilled that my new fabric line Stitcher's Garden with RJR includes some! Here is a beautiful vintage swatch of...

Free Image Friday – Vintage Flowers

This beautiful French illustration is of the Fringed China Primrose (or so says Google translate!). I love the vibrant colors & shading. This is the ideal image to print & frame. To download...

Common Threads & St. Louis Inspiration

Last week I traveled up to St. Louis to the Baby Lock Common Threads event. This was my second time to be a part of this inspiring and educational retreat. I love getting a chance to connect with a...

Stitcher’s Garden Fabric Debut at Quilt Market

Last month the Indygo Junction team and I traveled to Salt Lake City for Spring Quilt Market. We launched a lot of great new products, including 22 new patterns, including our Indygo Essentials...

Vintage Made Modern: The Take-Two Tech Pouch

As you know, I am always collecting bits of vintage inspiration - sewing book here, a magazine there. A few years ago I picked up this single page pattern for a leather-craft coin purse. The...

Happy Earth Day – Discount and Tutorial!

Happy Earth Day everyone! This is a great day to appreciate nature, plant some flowers and take stock of how to better your recycling habits. At Indygo Junction, we try to include a recycled option...

Passion for Pincushions

Have you ever thought about that old standby, the tomato pincushion? This favorite sewing notion - one of the first tools any new sewist receives when they start sewing - was actually developed...

Vintage Notions Monthly!

It's here - Vintage Notions Monthly! Thank you again for being a part of the launch! we am extremely excited to offer my Vintage Notions Monthly magazine to you. Here is the launch special you've...

Launching Soon! Vintage Notions Monthly

In 2010 I released a book, which is very dear to me, Vintage Notions. To write it, I immersed myself into the world of The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences. I collected and curated...

Mary Brooks Picken & Her Magic Patterns

As we countdown to the official 100th Anniversary of the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences I am revisiting the influence that the school, and it's founder, Mary Brooks Picken, has had...

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