Archive for 'Sewing Projects'
I am officially ridiculous
Alternatively titled: My Journey to the Dark Side
My brother’s girlfriend was out of town so my brother was watching her dog. Then, my brother went out of town so who do you think was absolutely thrilled to dogsit for a week? Yep, Amy, who is obsessed with all things dog. I allowed it because I [...]
Felt Food
I had to do a Discovery presentation in Amy’s class this morning and even though I’ve known about it for six months, of course I waited until the last minute to plan. Last year when I did this I talked about writing so this time I wanted to do sewing. Only, how do you keep [...]
Christmas project - belated
Okay, so I made this a few years ago but am shamelessly trying to get mileage out of it for a blog post because it’s unlikely I’ll do much Christmas sewing this year. I used an embroidered gold fabric that apparently does not photograph well. I didn’t have a [...]
Behold, my fireplace mantle swag, runner, drapey-thing.
Finished at last!
More than 40 yards of fabric, over 16 yards of sequins, almost eight spools of thread, five needles, three machines, and more hours than I can count and the costumes are Finished!
Finally! I am so relieved. Now I can concentrate on other things. Like the three writing jobs I’ve been neglecting, [...]
Thought processes of a crazy person
When you first agree to sew 36 dance costumes you are optimistic. True, it’s a lot of work and you have a baby in the house and it falls in the six weeks that include two major holidays and lead up to the third, biggest holiday of all. But never mind. You [...]