Hey there!
Just a quick note to say "no, I haven't fallen off the ends of the earth" and "yes, sewing has been done."
I have been sewing like a crazy lately but nothing is at a stage to be photographed yet so no progress pictures.
So far I have gotten the lining in my jacket, but then realized I forgot the shoulder pads and the jacket and lining are cut to include them. Nurtz!
While I waited to buy those I worked on the muslin for Miss C's skirt. It came out pretty well so I sewed the real one up with the adjustments and it is waiting for closures and a hem. I'll probably take that into work so I can sew that on my lunch.
Meanwhile at home this week I will be working on the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt. Oh! That reminds me, I need to measure Miss S to see how big to make the stencil.
Friday is is ProD day for Miss S so hopefully I can get the skirt and the t-shirt done for the party we're going to on Saturday. There should be pics by then. Keep your fingers crossed!
Ta!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
The scarf you've all been waiting for!
Okay, maybe that's a little dramatic but hey, Miss C comes by her diva-ness naturally, what can I say? LOL
Anyway, here's pictures of Miss S and her new cabeled ! scarf and one of the scarf close up. My first cables!!! Yay!
The yarn is handspun by me and I totally forget where I got it and what it's called but it's probably from my Spin-in last year and could easily be one of Louet's Northern Lights . Maybe the Mulled Wine? It has purple and orange and a rusty kind of colour and was wonderful to spin.
Since I'm home unplanned today (technical difficulties with Miss S and today's planned all day school hike) I'm hoping to get the lining into my jacket.
If I do that might mean 3 posts in less than a month!!! woo
But of course that's not going to happen if I don't get off this computer. Ta!
Anyway, here's pictures of Miss S and her new cabeled ! scarf and one of the scarf close up. My first cables!!! Yay!
Since I'm home unplanned today (technical difficulties with Miss S and today's planned all day school hike) I'm hoping to get the lining into my jacket.
If I do that might mean 3 posts in less than a month!!! woo
But of course that's not going to happen if I don't get off this computer. Ta!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Not enough hours!
I have come to the firm conclusion that there are just not enough hours in the day! I have books to read, blogs to read, costumes to sew, regular stuff to sew, homework to deal with, work to deal with and ....blog posts to write.
As you may have guessed from the list, writing blog posts is not the highest on my priority list, I think this is probably because it's the newest thing ion my list and while I love it, and enjoy it (as long as the computer is acting nicely) it's not yet a habit.
So over the next little while I promise to work on a strategy to make it a habit. I promise.
In the meantime I do have some progress to report; sewing progress that is, I doubt you'd want to hear about my reading progress or homework!
First is the Gryffindor robe. It is now nearly complete and 100% wearable. It will be complete when it has a button closure and the pockets Miss C asked for. ;-)
Here is Miss C showing off her new robe. Note that while she's not the tallest person in a room she is at least 5'4" and I took 9.5 inches off the length of this pattern! Yes, that's right I said 9.5 inches!!!!
As you can see it's a darn good thing I did take the length out or she would have not been able to wear this.
Sleeve lining and facings are all in Gryffindor burgandy a la the 3rd movie. So is the hood, but we forgot to get a good pic of that.
The good news is that this robe will now become a family "dress up" staple as it's large enough to even fit me!
Pardon my lack of head here but Miss C took a lovely picture of me making a face. LOL Trust me, you didn't want to see this without the cropping!
I've also finished the cabled scarf that Miss S then turned and proclaimed was hers. I have to admit except for the purple in the yarn, the colours really are more her. I'll try and get pictures of that tomorrow The weather forecast for tomorrow isn't the best but at least I can do better than inside lighting then.
My Butterick jacket is almost done. I've have been stealing away for 10 and 20 minute little burst to work on it, even taking the minute the computer takes to start up to do a little something as I'm feeling the crunch for Hallowe'en sewing. It is October after all.
The outer shell and lining are both done as of today so all I have to do is get them together. I'm going to read over (and over) the instructions to do a bag lining from Threads and see if I can wrap my head around it and make it work.
That's my plan for the coming week with hopefully Miss C's skirt too.I shall keep you all posted.
As a last shot here's a picture of our garage getting decorated for Hallowe'en. It's a work in progress but I thought it would be interesting to show.
These are part of a Martha Stewart package of Hallowe'en vinyl wall cling things. Sorry, it's getting late and I need to go to bed but I've been fighting with blogspot's new photo editor. I think I have it figured out but now I'm really brain tired. If I wasn't I'd be spelling things correctly and not have to back space and I'd link to a page with the decorations on it. Maybe tomorrow. On that note....
Ta!
As you may have guessed from the list, writing blog posts is not the highest on my priority list, I think this is probably because it's the newest thing ion my list and while I love it, and enjoy it (as long as the computer is acting nicely) it's not yet a habit.
So over the next little while I promise to work on a strategy to make it a habit. I promise.
In the meantime I do have some progress to report; sewing progress that is, I doubt you'd want to hear about my reading progress or homework!
First is the Gryffindor robe. It is now nearly complete and 100% wearable. It will be complete when it has a button closure and the pockets Miss C asked for. ;-)
Here is Miss C showing off her new robe. Note that while she's not the tallest person in a room she is at least 5'4" and I took 9.5 inches off the length of this pattern! Yes, that's right I said 9.5 inches!!!!
As you can see it's a darn good thing I did take the length out or she would have not been able to wear this.
Sleeve lining and facings are all in Gryffindor burgandy a la the 3rd movie. So is the hood, but we forgot to get a good pic of that.
The good news is that this robe will now become a family "dress up" staple as it's large enough to even fit me!
Pardon my lack of head here but Miss C took a lovely picture of me making a face. LOL Trust me, you didn't want to see this without the cropping!
I've also finished the cabled scarf that Miss S then turned and proclaimed was hers. I have to admit except for the purple in the yarn, the colours really are more her. I'll try and get pictures of that tomorrow The weather forecast for tomorrow isn't the best but at least I can do better than inside lighting then.
My Butterick jacket is almost done. I've have been stealing away for 10 and 20 minute little burst to work on it, even taking the minute the computer takes to start up to do a little something as I'm feeling the crunch for Hallowe'en sewing. It is October after all.
The outer shell and lining are both done as of today so all I have to do is get them together. I'm going to read over (and over) the instructions to do a bag lining from Threads and see if I can wrap my head around it and make it work.
That's my plan for the coming week with hopefully Miss C's skirt too.I shall keep you all posted.
As a last shot here's a picture of our garage getting decorated for Hallowe'en. It's a work in progress but I thought it would be interesting to show.
Ta!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
I cabeled!
First off, let me tell you a little about myself to set the scene. I love just about any craft and I've tried tons. I have a ton more on my "to try someday" list, but generally I'm a dabbler. That means that I don't really spend a lot of time on any one thing so I'm good at a fair number but not great at much of anything. In a lot of crafts I would say I'm above a beginner, but not by much; like knitting.
I know how to knit, I can knit and purl with no problem and I even know some of the terminology but I've never knit a sweater, I've never made full sized socks (did some mini ones once for Christmas) and I've never done anything fancy. (Unless you count the simple lace scarf I made a couple of weeks ago but I wouldn't!)
That being said, I love to try new things and I love to have something to do with my hands while I watch TV (it keeps me from snacking and I've lost 20 lbs doing crafting instead of eating!) so last week I picked up Creative Knitting's new Accessorize with Style. It has lots of easy looking patterns for some cute stuff so I thought I'd give it a try.
As I was reading through the magazine I noticed they had two patterns for scarves (I love to make scarves!) with cables and the patterns were labeled "easy". What?!?!? Cables can be easy? Surely not! I love cables but I've never even thought of making something with cables because they're hard....aren't they?
So I read the pattern and ...well it looked easy. I could even visualize myself doing it. Last night I tried it out with some yarn I spun last year and sure enough; all these years of being scared of cables was silly, they're really not that hard! So far I've got a whooping 2 cross overs done and I'm sure to make some mistakes but I have to say; I'm liking knitting cables.
[little update - before I got a chance to finish this post, get a picture taken and get it posted I discovered ....I'm addicted to cables! See?]
(I kind of made up my own pattern to play with so my scarf will not look like the one in the magazine but I give full credit to Creative Knitting for getting me over my fear of cables!)
Ta!
I know how to knit, I can knit and purl with no problem and I even know some of the terminology but I've never knit a sweater, I've never made full sized socks (did some mini ones once for Christmas) and I've never done anything fancy. (Unless you count the simple lace scarf I made a couple of weeks ago but I wouldn't!)
That being said, I love to try new things and I love to have something to do with my hands while I watch TV (it keeps me from snacking and I've lost 20 lbs doing crafting instead of eating!) so last week I picked up Creative Knitting's new Accessorize with Style. It has lots of easy looking patterns for some cute stuff so I thought I'd give it a try.
As I was reading through the magazine I noticed they had two patterns for scarves (I love to make scarves!) with cables and the patterns were labeled "easy". What?!?!? Cables can be easy? Surely not! I love cables but I've never even thought of making something with cables because they're hard....aren't they?
So I read the pattern and ...well it looked easy. I could even visualize myself doing it. Last night I tried it out with some yarn I spun last year and sure enough; all these years of being scared of cables was silly, they're really not that hard! So far I've got a whooping 2 cross overs done and I'm sure to make some mistakes but I have to say; I'm liking knitting cables.
[little update - before I got a chance to finish this post, get a picture taken and get it posted I discovered ....I'm addicted to cables! See?]
(I kind of made up my own pattern to play with so my scarf will not look like the one in the magazine but I give full credit to Creative Knitting for getting me over my fear of cables!)
Ta!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Decision Time
Alrighty! I've made a decision folks and the winner is..............
I've chosen to go with the shorter jacket paired with (I hope) a long skirt. I think this look offers more versatility and I really want to use the new purple wool I got a little while ago. I'm not sure if I'd have enough for the long robe in the purple so it's plan A. It's also the design most people preferred.
If I like the look of the jacket I may well go on to do the long robe in the future. To be honest I was also seeing that in a velvet or a velveteen, not a wool so I don't think making it from the wool would have made me happy.
Plus, wearing the long robe would be a lot like just wearing my old cape that I've worn for years and that is soooooo last year! LOL
Now all I need to do is figure out a top. Hmmmmm Anyone know of a place to buy t-shirt type material with Hallowe'en motifs?
Ta!
If I like the look of the jacket I may well go on to do the long robe in the future. To be honest I was also seeing that in a velvet or a velveteen, not a wool so I don't think making it from the wool would have made me happy.
Plus, wearing the long robe would be a lot like just wearing my old cape that I've worn for years and that is soooooo last year! LOL
Now all I need to do is figure out a top. Hmmmmm Anyone know of a place to buy t-shirt type material with Hallowe'en motifs?
Ta!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Mt Baker
On the 3rd my girls and I along with my BFF and her daughter went on the long drive (up a scary road!) to Artist's Point to see Mt Baker.
L'il Miss C is only 4 years old and was going through a bad case of "are we there yet"s on the drive. Soon to told her to watch for snow and that would tell her if we were close. The squeal from her when she spotted the first snow was delightful.
Here are some gorgeous pictures the elder Miss C took. Ta!
L'il Miss C is only 4 years old and was going through a bad case of "are we there yet"s on the drive. Soon to told her to watch for snow and that would tell her if we were close. The squeal from her when she spotted the first snow was delightful.
Here are some gorgeous pictures the elder Miss C took. Ta!
Monday, September 6, 2010
The good and the bad news
The good news is that the Howarts robe is done! (well unless I add the pockets that C wants added. I told her after everything else was done I'd think about it. I hate seam ripping!)
The bad news is that the weather is cold and dreary here and due to stay that way for the week. So no pictures. Hopefully the weather will clear up for the weekend.
In other news the jacket and skirt combo seem to be winning the great design debate. Now if only I can actually get it sewn in time for Hallowe'en.
That's it for today - I still have a pair of jeans that need to be hemmed for the start of school and that's tomorrow. I don't know which is harder to take - start of school or the end of my summer sewing break....definitely the end of my sewing break for me!! LOL
Ta!
The bad news is that the weather is cold and dreary here and due to stay that way for the week. So no pictures. Hopefully the weather will clear up for the weekend.
In other news the jacket and skirt combo seem to be winning the great design debate. Now if only I can actually get it sewn in time for Hallowe'en.
That's it for today - I still have a pair of jeans that need to be hemmed for the start of school and that's tomorrow. I don't know which is harder to take - start of school or the end of my summer sewing break....definitely the end of my sewing break for me!! LOL
Ta!
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