Free Pattern! Vintage Crochet Checkered Dress

With checkerboard patterns trending hard, I decided it was finally time to crochet this cute sundress from one of my old 1970s needlework magazines — and I want to share the pattern with you! You could make the full dress or just the top part to have a checkered tank top. Here is the PDF,…

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Summer’s Not Over Yet

A sewing first for me… a swimsuit! I’ve been seeing these cute bikini sets with crisscross straps and matching sarongs, but rather than buy one (even though some of them are very inexpensive), I thought: how hard can it be to make? It turned out to be a little bit challenging, but still accomplished in…

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