I had this long thought out blog post about what I’ve been working on…..but to be frank, it’s closing in on dinner time, tonight is one of my single parent nights, and the indoor homeless people are getting restless (having to PLAY with out TV does this) and I’m pretty sure that IS urine I smell. So with out any verbal explanation…..you can just see the photos.
After seeing my Valentine LOVE pillow my sweet daughter asked for a pillow for her bestie. She wanted it to read “Saffryn, I love you!”
I thought it was a bit too much, so just defined “friend” instead.
Now that I can ruffle….I’m going to have to beat it dead ; )
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I thought having a bunch of cloth flowers would be a cute accent to the tricycle I’ve been working on. Only, there was no way I was going to hand sew a bunch of flowers. A friend of pinned a tutorial for easy ruffles with a sewing machine. I gave it a shot and it didn’t work for me, at all. But the thought of playing with the tension got me thinking and I tried this…..
My machine’s tension wasn’t strong enough, so I just held the thread while I sewed (I’ll post a quick step by step below) and it worked PERFECTLY!!
I was able to make a TON of flowers in less than 30 minutes!!
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I don’t plan on doing too many tutorials here. I’m not very good at them and some of my readers have made sure I understand that hahaha!! *blush* I GET IT, ladies!! I’m am not a teacher…I’m a Macro rather than micro thinker, which appereantly doesn’t go well with giving instructions. BUT….for those of you who need little instruction and can fill in the blanks that I’ll inevitably leave out…here’s how I did it!!!
Obviously, if you leave the strip unfolded it’ll give you a different sort of ruffle. The one above is folded in 1/2 with a 1/4 inch seam. I sewed about 1/4 of an inch on some of my unfolded ruffle strips and right down the center of the strip for others. I knew in advance that I’d be using the ruffles for flowers, so I wanted variety.
As you’re sewing ad a little tension to the top thread (yes you’ll have to sew one handed) and you’ll see the fabric ruffling right up!!
BAM….ruffles!!!
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I was searching around the internet for some patterns for boy’s clothes, to make for my son. I came across SO many comments about how boys are underrepresented. I must say, I found it really obnoxious. It’s easy to pop onto a blog and babble on about how boy’s are so underrepresented. It’s NOT so easy to find patterns for boys because let’s face it, boy’s clothes are complicated. Sure it’s easy to throw together a pair of jammy pants or a pair of elastic waist pants for a baby. For an elementary aged boy? Graphic tees are about as “easy” are you’re going to come by. We’ve worn out the graphic tee thread here in our house. So together with my annoyance at all the naysayers who are doing NOTHING about trying to put out more quality “home sewn” gear for boys, I went to work.
It’s not by any means perfect, but I DID complete an entire outfit for my son. You can tell that my collars need a little work ; ) BUT I wasn’t actually using “real” collar material. I was using the same sleeve knit folded over. Maybe the next shirt will have a “real” collar.
I also made him shorts WITH pockets!!!
The shirt has been worn and washed a few times (the shorts are new).
Of course, it took me a week to sew an outfit for my son….meanwhile, they don’t call my sewing room a sweat shop for nothing. I can crank out clothes for the girls like I’m in China. It’s photographing the clothes that’s the chore. Actually, photographing the clothes isn’t the problem. Getting my girls to be in front of a camera with out doing things like THIS….
(Thank you Miss. 3 going on FIFTEEN!!!!) THAT’s the real issue.
I have a photoshoot in the making that’s going to include THIS 50′s tricycle, vintage fabric that only Jeni Baker knows how to find, and some AMAZING clothes from a Colorado Designer (Who I’ll introduce after the shoot!!) Can’t WAIT to get the props done and get it scheduled!!!
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I believe I’ve failed to introduce our newest (although he isn’t so new anymore) family member!!! This is Mac-a-doodle. That’s not his real name, but that’s what the girls call him. I wanted to name him Tyrone, but the kids voted otherwise.
Here he was as a pup. His hair has gotten MUCH more wild!!! He doesn’t shed (YEAY!!) so I’m just letting it grow until the spring, so he has a bit of warmth when he’s doing his business in 3 degree weather.
He’s the sweetest pea on earth.
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