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Saturday, February 17, 2018
Finished Old McDonald Had a Farm Today!....
The Birthday Book... Finished, but the Music Box attachment is in progress...
It will be finished tonight with barns and tractors and animals on Minkie with the farmer... and
two music boxes... One plays Old McDonald Had a Farm and One plays The Farmer in the Dell
It will be finished tonight with barns and tractors and animals on Minkie with the farmer... and
two music boxes... One plays Old McDonald Had a Farm and One plays The Farmer in the Dell
Have to add a grommet and some more stuffing.
One side you push the Tractor and the other side you push the tractor or the barn.
Sometimes a work in progress takes time, for the extras.
Happy Valentines Day!
I haven't posted since my slicker cape and boy, I sure have been using it. Snow..Rain Rain Rain.... and it was perfect. I love the 'Treasure Hunt Room' at G Street Fabrics... amazing how sometimes the things I pull out of there are perfect timing...
What Have I been Doing?.... OMG... too many unfocused things....
I have been adding alphabet letters to the Old McDonald Farm Book. So today, I hopefully will finish that up. I need to deliver it on the 15th, so I have 2 Days... I had a little trouble finding the right theme fabrics for some of the letters. Today I am going to print the fabrics for the letters I couldn't find at G Street. Hopefully that will work out. I ordered some fabric transfer for use on my InkJet Printer and I have to do X H maybe a new A J N O Q W- I got the fabric for the Y yesterday and then enclose the music box - attach and that project will be out of here....
So today I also have to do Valentines Outfits for tomorrow...HaHa... we will see how that goes.
Remember this blog is what makes me have to finish things, and hopefully inspire you to finish your UFOs too. I was in a hurry the other day and needed a quick chemise, so I grabbed an old half slip cut the elastic off and took the lace trim from the side slit and removed it sewed the slit together and put the lace as straps. Hemmed it and put it on for under a silk blouse and away I went. I never used it because it was too short, but upside down it was the perfect chemise.
I have to go ride my exercise bike and drink my 33 oz of water before I start the day.
What Have I been Doing?.... OMG... too many unfocused things....
I have been adding alphabet letters to the Old McDonald Farm Book. So today, I hopefully will finish that up. I need to deliver it on the 15th, so I have 2 Days... I had a little trouble finding the right theme fabrics for some of the letters. Today I am going to print the fabrics for the letters I couldn't find at G Street. Hopefully that will work out. I ordered some fabric transfer for use on my InkJet Printer and I have to do X H maybe a new A J N O Q W- I got the fabric for the Y yesterday and then enclose the music box - attach and that project will be out of here....
So today I also have to do Valentines Outfits for tomorrow...HaHa... we will see how that goes.
Got some Earrings... |
Fabric...but no time... so Scarf and one of these earring pairs...and |
Remember this blog is what makes me have to finish things, and hopefully inspire you to finish your UFOs too. I was in a hurry the other day and needed a quick chemise, so I grabbed an old half slip cut the elastic off and took the lace trim from the side slit and removed it sewed the slit together and put the lace as straps. Hemmed it and put it on for under a silk blouse and away I went. I never used it because it was too short, but upside down it was the perfect chemise.
I have to go ride my exercise bike and drink my 33 oz of water before I start the day.
Those are RED pants to go with the heart Earrings and Scarf
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Cape with Hood
This is what I am Sewing Right Now:
I am Making the View with the Hood A - with Pockets and place to put hands through. The fabric for the cape is a slicker type fabric and the lining is the pre insulated skicoat lining that I had used on my reversible coat with the black fur. It snowed last night, so I am motivated to get this done to wear it.
See if I can get this done... I still have to cut out 4 pocket pieces out of each both lining and slicker and I have to cut out the pocket side welt, and fur collar.
Hood pieces... as you can see... I cut roughly as I do everything fast... and this slicker fabric feels like it is bullet proof. It bends the pins if you try to pin it... I got leather machine needles.... hopefully they will be able to penetrate it. My scissors did cut it, but they are fresh new and sharp scissors today... maybe dull tomorrow?!
Both the lining and the slicker pieces have been cut out so the sewing should be pretty fast. The pieces are two side front, two fronts, two side backs and 1 back cut on the fold, plus the hood.
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Suede sherpa back Coat, Vest and Scarf
Used a Pattern, but as usual, improvised. Looked at peoples coats as they came in and decided to do the seams out and top stitch. Wanted inseam side pockets, but wanted to make the coat reversible. Doubled the pockets so both sides of the pocket were sherpa to feel good on the hands, either way.
SimplicityPattern No. 8467
Pattern with improvised adjustments:
Scraps end became Scarf and Vest
Scarf is just a side strip and used an elastic or bracelet for banding in center instead of knotting... keeps neck toastie.
Pattern for vest-seams only at side and shoulders...ended up sewing down lapels for a more tailored look- made it a little longer than pattern so it would go to bottom of my tunic tops.
For Other Coat Ideas and Pattern Info
Link to:Blanket Coats and Pattern Info
Monday, December 25, 2017
Holiday Outfits
Made From G Street Fabrics 'Treasure Hunt' Room-2.97 yard
Scarf is just a leftover strip of fabric from another black glitter woven fabric with an accordian pleat - found in the 'Treasure Hunt Room' 2.97 a yard
The Red Jacket is the Free Flowing Cardigan Pattern:
Shortened 6 inches so it can be used with dresses or pants. I am 5'2".
The dress is using one of my old faithful easy-quick dress patterns, but this Flowy Ribknit makes it look different.
Adjustment of neckline to make it higher, since the fabric was soo stretchy and I was going to use the infinity scarf-turtle neck look
Silver Glitter Rib Knit Found
This looks like a turtle neck, but the dress has a regular neckline with a bias strip top band and there is an infinity scarf made separately from this pattern:
Gold and Black Glitter Chiffon with Gold and Yellow Glitter Sweater Knit for Shirt and Gold Glitter Poinsetta Pants on Yellow
Beautiful Gold Cut Velvet Burnout and Sweetheart Neckline Black Glitter Knit with Black Stretch Lace Attached Tunic and Crepe Stretch Pants
The Top is the freeflowing Cardigan, the Pants are my regular 20 minute tubins' The top is made by combining two patterns and sewing the front body piece of lace onto the glitter knit cut from the sweetheart neckline top. I was able to leave the scallop edge on the bottom of the tunic and made little slits on each side of the lace. The pieces were only sewn together at the sweetheart neckline and the side seams so the lining was shorter and let the lace show well at the bottom and the neckline. Sleeves were the glitter knit without lace, but the back of the shirt was attached to the glitter knit at the lower part of the yoke. The 'Lacy Look' for the holidays and evenings.
Old Faithful 20 minute tubin' pants by using this comfy pattern and making the legs wider so they are not tight like leggins....Can look professional but be leggin comfy at the waist.
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