We're just about in full Christmas chaos mode here. After a lot of debate we decided to put the tree up sans gate...I'll let you know how that ends in a few days...Bubba is (rightfully so) enamored with the lights so I'm not sure we will even do any actual ornaments. It is pretty fun to see him and his sister get excited about the magic of the season...now we just need some SNOW! Back to this week's challenge. I have to be careful about what I share since I am doing some Christmas sewing but this weeks challenge sort of came up when I wanted to get a gift for P's preschool teacher. I was going to get her a small gift card but then Patterns for Pirates started their, Holiday Freebies and the Zippered Pocket Infinity Scarf peaked my interest. (BTW her sister's page, Made for Mermaids also does holiday freebies...check them out!) I already have an infinity scarf I made a few years ago and I love it in the winter. Mine is huge compared to the ...
You know what I hate right now? Computers. I spent last night watching DIY television with my husband and my visiting mom (it was her last night here) while writing my blog for publication first thing Sunday morning and suddenly, POOF, it was gone. Close to 30 pictures, explanations, everything...how freaking frustrating is that?!?!? The wind literally was just sucked out of my sails...ugh...and I was so excited to share with you the three little projects I/we tackled this week. So here I go again... With my Mom in town for Bubba's birthday last week (remember he turned one and I made him this super cute outfit and cake for last week's entry ) I was really proud that we got so much accomplished. None of it was terribly difficult or time consuming but all were worth while projects and served a purpose (which sometimes are my favorite ones to tackle). ____________________________________________________________________ Project #1 | Wonder's Cloth Wip...
Why do I sew? I'll give you my extensive list of reasons below...make sure to take notes: 1. I can make anything I want. 2. I can alter anything to make it into something better. Did you catch all that? LOL! Short, sweet and true! I can make anything I can think of and I can usually alter anything to make it better. I did both of these things this week. So last week I was trying out a new (to me) pattern that wasn't love at first site but I ended up falling in like with it pretty hard core. I really like the drape and I do love how it feels on. This week I used my two yard cut of red, bamboo lycra to make the same shirt with a few alterations. I thought the original white one was too snug on my fluffy parts so I took a 1/4" seam allowance instead of the indicated 3/8". I also added 3/4 sleeves and split the difference in the length I had taken out from the previous week. The result was...well not my favorite! (see below) ...
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