what did you do the night before halloween?

the ladies of crispy bikinis {sue and cristina}snuck away from cbhq for a couple of hours to go seethe neighbourhood at hollywood palladium last night ❤ultimate blast the speakers, let your hair downand sing your heart out kind of mus...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM KARL LAGERFELD

Hello everyone and Happy Halloween(ish)! As those of you who saw my Halloween posts last year know, I am crazy for this holiday. I would say it was my Christmas, if Christmas wasn't also my Christmas. Montreal takes getting dressed up in ridiculous costumes VERY seriously and there is nothing I love more than being crammed in a tiny bar with giant cactuses, Walter Whites and Party Robots.I'm still...

More Simplicity S-Series Patterns!

Hello lovely readers. Before I get started on some serious homework this weekend, I wanted to show you what I have in my sewing room right now!As most of you know, I collect a particular line of vintage sewing patterns created by Simplicity in the 1930's, which I call the S-Series. There were maybe 23 different patterns made in this line (I'm still trying to place the exact year and number) and as...

Introducing a new Depew and a Sponsor Shout-out!

Hello lovely readers!I wanted to tell you why it's been quiet the last few days on A Few Threads  Loose. After recovering from the flu last week, my husband and I were reading the morning paper over coffee when we noticed an ad for German Shepherd puppies. Puppies! We've been wanting one for quite a while now and we've finally settled enough into our new home to seriously consider it. Minutes...

SEQUIN S.O.S.

Hi pals. Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Today, despite my crippling hangover (I am too old to be cajoled into doing shots of Jamieson, groan), I decided to jumpstart my sewjo by working on a muslin for a sequin dress I want to wear to my friends wedding in November. I have a scant 2 yards of this GORGEOUS bronze chevron sequin jersey I received at a meetup swap. I am super apprehensive about...

#wcw // nothing compares to crispy bikinis girls

it's #womancrushwednesdayshare which crispy bikinis girls you're crushing onby mentioning @crispybikinis and using hashtag #crispybikinisgirlson instagram, pinterest, tumblr, twitter...

AUTUMNAL SEWJO & A BROCADE MINI

Oy. What is it about the change from summer to fall that just makes me want to binge eat sweet potatoes and curl up under an afghan and do NOTHING at all? The same sewjo downer happened this time last year and I'm worried it will become some kind of dreaded annual tradition. Like my pap exam or the day we are forced to set the clocks back and lose an extra, precious hour of sun.I'm sure it has something...

Make your Own... Rachel McAdams' Notebook Bathing Suit

Every once in a while, I get emails asking if I have any sewing patterns that would make a bathing suit like the one worn by Rachel McAdams in The Notebook. For those of you not familiar with the movie, it is cinematic perfection, and so are the clothes!I always have the same answer  (YES!) and I finally decided that I would put together a post to share with you as well, in case you decide you'd...

looks good to us ☺

#caughtincbour good amiga kelly wearing her custom lynyrd skynyrd crispy bikinis suitxpacifico beerxlaying out in the cabo sandwe can make any crispy bikinis style featuring pretty muchany band, musician, sports team, alcohol, etc your heart desires!just eMail your request to order@crispybikinis.comif you're interested in pricing + purchasing info...

just added: pre made inventory

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Adventures in Sewing... Part 5

Some of you might remember that I have a rather large collection of vintage sewing pattern flyers from companies like Butterick, Simplicity, McCall's and Vogue. They are great sources of information, good for researching patterns and styles from all sorts of eras.Among my collection are several McCall Style News Booklets, some of which I have digitized in my Etsy shop. My favorite part about these...