Category Archive: Sewing
Giraffe baby booties
Some things never go out of style. These were the only baby booties that stayed on my babies and I made dozens of these booties in various fabrics and colors. With just a bit of fabric left from the giraffe quilt, I decided that a pair of booties might make this mother happy.
FUN photo:
DH filled the feeder fairly tight and a bit above the sheep heads this time. I thought it was cute how they made these little holes with their mouths. Tomorrow this will all collapse as they eat more and the hay becomes loose.
A Birthday Tote
Here is the front that I created and a panel I had that I could use for the back.
Our middle daughter is having a birthday Sunday. She has several cats plus is very animal oriented. I saw a picture of a bag similar to this and knew she would like it. Then she told me that her purse was stolen 2 weeks ago, though it didn’t have much in it. She uses the bus for transportation so a bag seemed like a good idea.
This has taken most of the day, because I made it up as I went along and the cats were a challenge. I also wanted to use the panel on the back, so sized it accordingly. It is fully lined with a 8″ inside pocket that has a bit of elastic in the top of it. I sewed the pocket into a side for pencils etc and then the larger side. The bag measures about 15″ square with a 3.5″ bottom.
Birthday pillowcases
Sometimes one just needs an interesting day, because otherwise life would go to smoothly. Bill does his workout at the gym right after I do. So when I finished and didn’t see him, I thought something was wrong. It was. He could not get the key out of the ignition. So I gave him my keys and took his car to get looked at. I had to leave the car there so called him to come get me when he was done, which he did. Then we went to lunch and home again where I desperately tried to get these pillowcases done. In the middle of this, we got the call, that they couldn’t get the key to stick, so come get the car and bring it in again when it sticks. Now when I got there with the car, they couldn’t get it out either, so apparently, waiting awhile, the key lost weight or ???
I did get one of the pillowcases done. The grandsons each have their own room and one was a bit disappointed that mom was not willing to spend the money for Seahawks sheets, blankets, etc. Since his birthday is just after Thanksgiving, I thought perhaps he would enjoy these Seahawk cases. I put the Hawk up high on the band so it wouldn’t irritate his face while he sleeps. Now to finish the other case, then wash, dry and wrap.
Sewing and craft show
Today was the “Rusty Barn” sewing and craft show. Rusty Barn is the name of the company who puts the show on. It is a smaller version of the big Expo Show the end of February. I like to go to get things that aren’t available locally and also sometimes to find something new being introduced as well as just to get ideas.
a typical booth
I liked the frame on the first quilt and the colors in the second.
very tiny
We left early afternoon and I came home to get this pillow made for Christian’s birthday. The fabric has been looking at me for over a year and it was time to get it done while he is still crazy about dinos.
Scrap Hats
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A bit of fleece from two different projects. The Seahawk fabric was about a third of a yard and I was able to get 3 hats. The orange fabric was left over from a blanket backing and I was able to get 10 baby hats out of that 1/2 yard plus.
Shopping and Sew fun
After a delicious lunch of roasted potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, and zucchini patties, I was almost too full to carry on with the day.
However, Mary came over – do you like those spiders? We went to Quality’s Sew Fun because we wanted free tickets to the Sew Expo in November and that was the gift for coming.
And we rather liked this apron display.
The program consisted mostly of various handbags and a few table runners and potholders. So we decided to go shopping at JoAnn’s where we found some giraffe print fleece for Mary’s new grandson (arriving in Jan). So now she and I each have another project. She will be making stuffed giraffes and I will make baby a quilt.
Raincoats
These 4 little raincoats just need little snaps down the front and they are done.
And you must be as tired of canning as I am. Today was 20 pints of split pea soup for DH. Often times, that is all he wants for his third meal. It makes life easier when he can just open a jar and heat the contents.
TGIF
Another interesting day – but then, most days are interesting. After canning another 5 pints of pears and going to the gym, Mary came over for lunch. Then we opened the Scan-n-Cut. Because neither of us was familiar with the machine, we actually had to read the directions which were given in 7 languages. It was not a case of open and use. We do need to take the lesson on how to operate it. However, we did manage to get this 3.5″ square snowflake cut out of cotton. I probably should put it on something I’ll save, since it is the first thing we managed. We did sign up for the lesson which won’t be until early November.
