Finished 5 dolls

I cant believe I did not get a pic of them all together, I gave one to my 5 co-workers, but here is a pic of one. 

 I think I will be changing my pattern.  It seem this one has a head, that I have come to dislike, I think I want one with a more rounded head.  So I will try to change that.  That in turn, may change the way the hair is. So keep tuned it to see what I come up with.  I can also make them with the "Dangit Doll" poem.
  If I ever get to creating them faster, I would like to sell some on Etsy, but I would need to have several on hand, devoted to just that.  I don't know that I am that committed. But they are very fun to make, but the handwork does take time. If anyone would be interested in one, feel free to send me a personal message, and I can give you details.  I love to make them all mismatched, I think that makes them much cuter.  I would be open to comments if someone wanted something specifically. Plus, I could always change the saying on the card.  I print my cards on Photo Paper, so they are quite nice and colorful. And a lot of time does go into making them.

T-shirts

I have gotten together with Stacie and Terri a couple of times now. We are slowly moving along on our projects.
  Stacie has cut out a lot of her T-shirts and have them backed with interfacing, acting as a stabilizer. 

They are learning new sewing terms, and even how to use a seam ripper !

Here, Stacie is applying her interfacing to her T-shirt.  (she is OCD, so it has to be perfect !)

 

Here is a picture of several of her T-shirts, all cut out and interfaced.  She is making a huge quilt, so she has a lot of T-Shirts still to work on.  She is loving it, and Me and Terri and Her are having so much fun hanging out, and having fun!

 

 

 It will be a nice big warm quilt when she gets it all done. I think once she puts it together, she will be having someone else do the quilting. 

 

Slowly working on quilt

Working slowly on the previous posted quilt.  I have the border and back picked out, it is a yellow background with some small red dots.  Also going to have a peekaboo strip between the quilt and the border in a dark purple tone on tone kind of print.   These strips have been cut, man you sure have to do some math to figure everything out.  Thanks Carol for you help on that !
   I think I will do a binding of possibly a lime green or a teal blue type of print.  I will purchase that and decide that after the border gets on.

Good Morning Flower Quilt Top Sewn ! !

Well, I had a friend over tonight, well, last night and until this a.m.   We call it an "all-nighter" we made it till  almost 6 am.  pretty long time for "old folks" ha ha.

She was working on a a dog bed, but decided, to make it a pillow case instead.  She wasn't sure, she wanted a new puppy, chewing up and possible ruining a lot of hard work, It was to be what started as a pillow, then you put edges with stuffing around it, so it would be a dog bed, but it looked so darned cute as a pillow, that she made some edges, and made it into a pillow case, I will have to have her send me a picture of it.  It was made with what looked like 1" squares, which is a lot of work. I don't think I would want a new puppy chewing up all that hard work either.

I hemmed a purchased blouse, (it was a little longer than I had wanted), then moved to a quilt kit I had purchased from a Quilt Show recently.  Here is the finished quilt top.

 

It is approximately 42 x57 or so at this point, I will probably get some fabric and make a border around it to make it a little bigger, then a backing fabric, then quilt.  I am so glad, I got the top done! I feel so productive, but really tired at this point in the morning.  I will be going to bed soon, and my husband will be waking up !
  I am excited to try out some stitching I have seen on "Craftsy", some  Free Motion Quilting which I have hardly done any of.

  I also, have some projects, of the "felt hearts" previously mentioned in recent  blog post , that I need to show photos of, and talk about.  Sometimes, this creative posting, does take time to put up, and I get a little behind.   Time for some shut-eye - goodnight.  :)

Heart Garlands

I got a bright idea to make some Heart Garlands for our Cubes at work for our Dept.  It really doesnt cost that much to buy the supplies, especially when using coupons,  The Idea I got from a garland from Pinterest ,  see pic.

Well, I purchased 5 colors of felt, Red, Dark Pink, Light Pink, White and Purple. Made some templates, for 4 shapes of hearts. Nothing difficult yet...  then  I proceed to cut them out, various shapes, in varying numbers on each color.  5 days  later,  and with the help of a coworker, they are all cut out.  I am sure, if I had asked more coworkers to help, they would have, I just have a tendency to take on things for myself.  Is this a Type A personality, or a Type B ? Leave a comment if you know., not that it matters, but I need to investigate this info in depth. Anyway, tonight, I separated stacks by Colors, and by Sizes.  I don't know if it is me, or I  am just OCD or Anal, (not sure if that is the right word) anyway, after 3 hours, I have 13 garlands, ready to sew. 

I first had to separate by color and sizes, then put the exact sizes for 13 garlands, some varying colors, but mostly the same. anyway, Spreading them out, and coming up with a design, I laid them all out, and got them all lined up in a similar yet, slightly different colors, into 13 garlands ready to SEW !!  That is the next step !!

Here is a picture of my stacks.

 

Now they are ready to sew !  I actually came home today from work, thinking they would all be sewn by the evening.   Things just never go as planned.   Anyway,  at work, we are going to make Valentine sacks, like when school children exchange Valentines.  We thought it would be a fun and simple thing to do.  A few of us, have collected things to decorate our sacks.   More pictures to come after Valentines Day

 

UPDATE :-Feb 8,  I will be having 2 coworkers come over, they want to learn how to do a T-Shirt Quilt.  Even though I have not finished one, I do have the knowledge, and the paperwork , and books, to get this done. So we will be doing that soon.   Be sure and check back later for info on that, and for Pictures of our decorated Valentine Sacks, and The Finished Garlands !  !

 

More sewing and  creating so far this year,  yay for me !



I hope 2013 is a productive Year !

Before I can start sewing, I really have to get to my sewing table !   aaahhh, I know all sew-ers are not like this, but a lot are.  I think they are all a lot more organized than I am. My sewing room is a catch all for anything, that I want out of the way of things.  Even though, it was organized at one time, it has not been for a few years.

  I went to a quilt show last weekend and bought some things to inspire me, and make me sew.  One thing I bought is a quilt kit. All the pieces to make the top and binding are included.  It is strips, what could be so easy ?  And all of them are already pre-cut !  It should be about 42" X 56 " when it is completed.  Ok, cannot get picture to upload, will have to do it later.  Oops, I hate it when technology does not go as simple and easy as it should sometimes.

  Well, off to clean off a few more things of that table, so I have room for the sewing machine and my projects.

 

Edited to add picture. 1.30.13

Aug 12, 2012

Gosh,  last post July 2011.  now it is Aug 2012.   I cannot believe I have not sewn hardly anything in the past year.   So am a still a sewist?   I dream about sewing things all day,  why of why, do I come home, and choose other things to do.  Things, deeply, do not mean to me, what sewing does.

   I wish there was something I could drink, and it would make me want to sew.  It is in my mind, all the time,  but never comes to action.  Diagnosis---- ?  I have a couple friends from work , wanting to make some T-shirt quilts from their young childrens T-Shirts, and clothes,  so hopefully, that will happen in the  next for months.