With the cold weather starting, there is no better time for Mi Scusi to bring back her wonderful, one-of-a-kind knits.  What I love so much about her work is that she is giving vintage yarns a second chance at life!  Its amazing to see her take what would have been discarded materials and reconstruct entire wardrobes out of yarn.

Using a diversity of colors, she constructs different scarves, hats, shawls, as well as camisoles and dresses (which are not pieces solely made of  yarn).  All perfect for this weather! Although marketed as uni-sex, in my opinion, most of her pieces have more of a feminine touch to them (which is perfect for me!).  Right down to every detail like her cute vintage buttons, these pieces scream Roulette and everything it stands for.

So next time you stop by, try one on and feel the beauty of each unique piece for yourself.

Love, Melissa

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We’ve been inspired this Halloween, and created “costume ideas” for you.
We’ve put together lots costumes for men and women, all with Costume Idea Cards telling you what you need to create the complete look.  And we have lots more ideas so stop by and see us!

Other great local resources for costumes and accessories:
Time After Time
Surplus Sids
Balloons & Toons

and in Pittsboro: Beggers and Choosers

links we like for more costume ideas:
www.costumeideazone.com
www.halloween-blog.com

I am so excited about the new book by Kayte Terry,  Applique’ Your Way!

My New Favorite Craft Book

I am a big fan of Applique’ and am always looking for new ideas. This book has 35 great projects. Usually you find ideas about applique’ in quilt books but this book offers great ideas for clothes, shoes, pillows, dog blanket, coasters, and much more. I just got mine in the mail; the photographs and layout are wonderful. I know I am going to have to give a few of these away for gifts.

Kayte Terry has a wonderful blog that I love to check out weekly called Love Forever. I became a fan of hers after my sister gave me her book Complete Embellishing for Christmas.

Always try to buy your books locally if you can. I am going to try to talk Jenny into carrying it at Nested.

~Rebecca

I guess we should love the Carrboro Artisan Market, since we started it with Sarah McLane.  But the actual event was so much fun that we love it more than we expected to.  All of the artisans were amazing, and so many people came out.  It takes more than a misty grey day to keep Carrboro away from hand crafted goods!

It was so much fun that we’re going to do it again in November!  The actual date will be announced soon.  You can check out all the great vendors at the Carrboro Artisan Market website and check out it’s photo album on Flickr.

We’ve posted new pics of our booth on our Flickr, and we’re now carrying craft bundles, vintage button cards and vintage linens at the store.  If you too have a weakness for vintage fabrics and notions, you should come by and check them out.   You can geek out with me and Rebecca about all the cool things to do with a button or a pillowcase.
Kara

I found this great blog,  Urban Weeds:Street Style From Portland. I love the photography and the style of each person featured. Many of the featured people are designers that have really interesting ideas. One example is Sarai, Owner of Colette Patterns.

“These patterns are designed to be made into clothes that you will love forever. They are timeless, beautiful designs that can be made in a variety of fabrics to suit the season. They are wearable, practical, and pretty.”

Thanks to everyone who came to our 2nd Annual DIY/Crafter Sale!  We had so much fun hanging out and oo-ing and ah-ing over all the vintage pieces y’all found.  We can’t wait to see what great craftiness you create.

The Raffle winners are:    0140  *  0188  *  0206  *  0414  *  0520
If you have a winning number, come in get your prize!  There are 5 prizes, first one in, gets first pick.  

If you didn’t get a chance to come to the sale, we’ll have some DIY out all week, so stop by and take a look.

Raffle prizes

Its time for our 2^nd annual DIY/Crafter Sale!

Friday, August 7 (A Special Preview Sale: 20% off all DIY Sale items)
7 PM – 9 PM

Saturday August 8
11 AM -7 PM
Sunday August 9
12 PM – 6 PM

If you aren’t quite sure what DIY means, it stands for Do It Yourself, an Arts and Crafts movement that focuses on local artists and the creative recycling of materials into art and goods.  DIY is a great way to recycle and re-use fabric and clothes.

We think that all vintage clothing and accessories deserve a second chance.  In the course of buying for the store, we come across a lot of items that need extra TLC but are so great that we can not resist them.  We know that there are others out there who like to fix up and recreate vintage just as much as we do, so we decided to share our bounty.

If you like to craft, can sew on a button, or just have a great seamstress, we think you’ll enjoy looking through all the clothing, accessories, fabric, patterns, do-dads and buttons that are going to be on sale.

Hope to see you there!

Kara & Rebecca

vintage patterns

A DIY Dress

We’ll be celebrating 4 years of Roulette Vintage with a Party on Sunday, August 2nd!    1-4 PM

This year’s party theme is Tropical Island!  So get your outfit ready!  We’ll have prizes for the best ones.  Wear anything that makes you think of island breezes, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Pirates, Sailors, parrots, palm trees…fruit.
Or just come as you are and get your tropicon with some tropical punch!

We’ll also have some snacks, Island Punch, Games and more!  Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much to all of you who have supported us, we think you’re great!

I love this blog: Thrift Store Adventures.

Especially the April post: Thrift Store Cavalade. Lots of photos from thrift shopping, I want to collect it all!  Check out the Mr. T album and close up.  Some things should not make it to an album cover.

And the post: The 1970’s: When Robots Wore Ugly Jeans
Brilliant.  Though, I actually think the Robot looks great in those pants.  Boot-cut pants are awesome.  

So much fun.
Kara