BeespokeVintage Merch

I’m excited to announce that I now have 

BeespokeVintage Merch available!

Show your love and support, and carry your vintage hauls in style. This tote is extra large and heavy duty cotton canvas. You’re going to love it!🥰

Get yours today from my Website Shop or Etsy.

Do you or someone you know LOVE BeespokeVintage? Want a really cool way to show your love for my little business? PLUS have an awesome way to carry around your pattern, vintage and book hauls! THIS IS IT!

Sturdy cotton canvas with black straps and bottom accent. in an generous size and gusseted bottom to make carrying all your stuff that much easier.

NOTE: You are purchasing ONLY the bag. accessories, patterns, etc are not included.

Podcast Episode 5: Christmas Besties

Well here it is folks!

The first ever BeespokeVintage

Christmas Podcast! 

This is the image on my family Santa Cookie tray.
It was the tray we used in my family growing up and
my mom bequeathed it to me so now my kids use it too

 I'm joined in this podcast by my small business bestie Beth Kuhar-Miller of One Sweet Thread and we're getting personal! Join us as we talk about our Christmas decorating traditions, favorite Christmas cookies, books, movies and memories from childhood and adulthood. Beth shares a childhood gift she always wanted and never got from Santa. We talk about when we first discovered Santa wasn't real (or is he . . . ?) And don't miss all the celebrities I accidentally (and repeatedly) diss - honestly, I am the WORST with remembering names.

You'll find out what Christmas books and movies we love! And which songs we hate and hope we never hear again. But you'll have to listen to the very end to hear which Christmas song I play to close out the podcast.

Beth and I hope you find some things to love and laugh about in this podcast and have a wonderful holiday, whatever traditions you celebrate!

With love!

Rebecca

Places/Things Referenced:

Easy Bake Oven

Barbie Dream House

My Baby Beth Doll

Terry's Chocolate Oranges

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens

 

Storyland Christmas Tree Farm

 

Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Resort 

Christmas Books:

Rebecca - Mr. Willouby's Christmas Tree

Rebecca - The Sweet Smell of Christmas

Rebecca - Baking Day at Grandma's

Beth - Llama Llama Christmas

Christmas Movies

Rebecca - It's a Wonderful Life

Beth - White Christmas

Books We're Reading

Beth - James Herriod - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Rebecca - Nothing

Shows/Movies We're Watching:

Rebecca - Miss Scarlet and the Duke

Rebecca - Yellowstone - 1883

Rebecca - Yellowstone - 1923

Beth - HBO Max Ghosts - British Version

Christmas Songs We Hate

Beth - Wham - Last Christmas

Rebecca - Adam Sandler Hanukkah Song

Apologies to the Famous People I Accidentally Dissed

Harrison Ford

Adam Sandler

"Beth on Yellowstone" (Kelly Reilly)

Podcast Episode 4: Sewing Across Generations

My Grandmother Mickie working on a Baby Quilt

I have been working diligently on the November (now December) podcast: Sewing Across Generations and I think I am nearly ready to post it! This one was a tricky one because I interviewed my Mom since her mother (pictured throughout) sewed voraciously and was who taught me how to sew, and because then I became a seamstress. As you can probably imagine, interviewing your own mother can be a tricky endeavor . . . There are so many side stories and emotions and past experiences to navigate.

We ended up with an HOUR AND 45 MINUTES of audio! Whew! So what I've been working on these past several weeks is editing it down (got it down to 45 minutes and trying to create a beautiful encapsulation of my mother's memory of being a child of a sewist and then a mother of a sewist. I've also sprinkled in a few stories about sewing for my own children and the importance of having a shared skill and collective tradition like sewing to pass from generation to generation.

Here's the LINK to the podcast.

I hope you all really enjoy it! As always feel free to share it with others you think might enjoy it.

As a BONUS for Patreon members only, I will also be sharing the UNCUT podcast recording so you can get the extra stories and the funny interaction between me and my mom as we fall down rabbit holes and try to get back on track.

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Links to shows and books mentioned in the podcast:

• See How they Run
• A Private Affair
• Daylight by David Baldacci (the book I couldn't remember the title of)
• Miss Scarlet and the Duke by Masterpiece
• Life Force by Tony Robbins
• One Sweet Thread (Mid-Podcast Ad)

Bonus Photos:

MY GRANDMOTHER MICKIE IN SOME OF THE DRESSES SHE MADE

Grammy Mickie in High School 1940s   

Grampa Wilcid and Grammy Mickie 1940s

My Mom, Grammy Mickie, Uncle Bobby 1950s 

My Mom in the Red/Grey Checked Dress 6th Grade

My Mom in the Red/Grey Checked Dress 6th Grade
     

PATTERNS REFERENCED IN PODCAST

Butterick 9563 - Pattern used for Pink Gingham Dress

Butterick 9563 Back

Butterick 9130 - Pattern used for
Red and Grey Plaid Dress

Butterick 9130 Back

Mail Order Pattern of my GREAT-Grandmother's 1950s

OTHER PHOTOS

My mother and me (wearing a dress my grandmother made)

My First Civil War Dress - age 12

Me with all 3 kids - Civil War Living History, Sully Plantation, VA

With Vintage Friends WWII D-Day Event, Conneaut, OH
(One Sweet Thread, Me, Sarah, Liz, The Glambassador)

Recent Make of Eleanor Powell Dress

September Patreon Schedule and Important Updates!

I've been wanting to create something visual to help me share my plans for the month on Patreon and after scrolling around and picking the brains and ideas of other great Patreon users, this is what I've come up with.  I hope you like it and that it makes sense!

Next month I hope to be able to add the schedule for the Zoom Calls and Podcast releases at the beginning of the month as well but I'll be honest last month was a doozy and I just haven't gotten to the point of being able to look that far ahead into September yet.  I'm getting there though, I promise!

So important things to note:

First . . . I AM GOING TO START A PODCAST!  Okay, it may be the end of the month before I get anything out but I really am going to do this!  I've gone ahead and purchased my mic and I've got my list of topics and guest speakers lined up and I'm super excited!  I hope you are too!  And please feel free to send me podcast ideas any time and through any platform.  Send me ideas here or via email, IG, chat, whatever works - I love hearing from you all!

Second . . . I'm trying out grading patterns! Well I am not going to be grading the patterns because it's not a working skill I have (or something I really like to do).  But I've partnered with someone (I'll release who it is next month if it all works out well) who is going to grade our monthly patterns so that you will be able to pick from Bust sizes 32" to 54"!!!  Yes you read that correctly!  I'm so super excited about this because I know it is really difficult to find larger sized patterns for some of you out there and I just want to be able to make that possible.

Now having said that it comes with caveats.  It's EXPENSIVE - I'm not going to talk money here but let's just say it's A LOT - and it's going to take some time.  We are doing a test run with last month's pattern to see how it goes (I'm positive it will be great) but if the cost becomes too prohibitive or the time, then I may have to scale the patterns back to once every two months . . . I hope you all will understand and be pleased that while it will be one less pattern per month you'll have a lot more choice in the sizing!  I think this will be a win-win for everyone and I'll keep you posted as we go along if anything changes.

That's it for now . . . 

My family and I are off to the beach for the Labor Day weekend for some well-deserved rest and relaxation and I'll be back at it next week.

Happy September everyone!

All my love,

Rebecca 

 

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Welcome to our Newest Patrons!

 

Everyone please extend a warm welcome to our newest Pattern Patron members, Ms. Daniella Janda and Ms. Diana Shepard 

I am so excited for both to be joining our growing community and get in to the pattern fun and upcoming zoom discussions with us!

As a reminder I'm still working on the podcasts and the Zoom meetings (which I'm super excited about!) so keep sending me topics you might like to have me cover. You all are driving the train (small though it may be at the moment) so throw ideas at me!

Love you all!

Rebecca