tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12576479540582480392024-03-05T00:01:49.034-08:00Lisa's SpotA place to reflect on my sewing and crafting creations.LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-68750431079679901152020-05-04T17:22:00.001-07:002020-05-04T17:22:56.331-07:00DIY Baby Name Banner<br />
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For my nieces baby shower, I gifted her a Baby Name banner. I forgot to take a picture of it when it was completely assembled. I did string them together using white tulle.<br />
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I used my Cricut to cut out the Scalloped banner (#M3C134) from the Design Center. The Scalloped part (<a href="https://www.michaels.com/rose-gold-foil-cardstock-paper-value-pack-by-recollections%C2%A08.5in-x-11in/10594182.html" target="_blank">rose gold paper</a>) was 7" wide and 9.457" tall. The white glittered paper (Bazzill 12x12 paper purchased single sheets from Joann's) were 6.135" wide by 9.106" tall. If I remember correctly, the font I used was Chip Decore with a width of 3.8" and a height of 4.1". I placed the letter over the non-scalloped banner being careful to center it. Once centered, I sliced the letter and got rid of the layers I did not need.<br />
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The roses (Design Space 3D Flower <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica neue", "roboto", "helvetica", "arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: nowrap; word-spacing: 0px;">#M3D7E1</span>) are all the same but I used 3 different shades of pink. The cut size is 8" wide by 7.44" tall. <br />
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I used fern #M8BB5D with a height of 3" and a width of 2.66". I also mirrored it to get a matching fern on the other side. <br />
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I sliced leaf <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica neue", "roboto", "helvetica", "arial", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: nowrap; word-spacing: 0px;">#M35C04 </span>to get only the bunch of 3 leaves which were then sized and cut to be 2.5" x 2.5". I folded the leaves down the center to give them some depth. I clustered 3 of the 2.5x1.5 leaves above the roses and hot glued the roses, ferns and leaves down. I used double sided tape to adhere the scalloped banner and the white banner together. <br />
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Every Halloween I have made customers for my kids, nieces, nephews or friend's kids. Some have been very complex where I've drafted my own pattern or super simple like this group costume I made for my daughter and friends this past Halloween. She's in 6th grade now and still wearing costumes is just okay. Elaborate costumes are not the thing! The group finally settled on Pooh and Friends theme where they would wear the appropriate ears and a simple abstract t-shirt. My daughter nominated me to make the shirts for the group. So.... I ran over to Michael's and picked up 4 shirts (Red, yellow, pink and orange).<br />
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Using the Pooh-like font, I cut the letters (using Cricut iron-on yellow
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I printed out the <a href="https://www.merrimentdesign.com/diy-winnie-the-pooh-ears-piglet-ears-tigger-ears.php" target="_blank">Piglet ears</a>
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For Tigger, I Cricut cut out an egg/oval that was 10.5" tall by 7.8" wide. The black "stripes" I cut by hand. I first made a paper patterns for one side of the egg. When I was happy with one side, I just flipped the paper pattern over to mirror the other side. Using the pattern and its mirror, I hand cut from scrap pieces of vinly I had. </div>
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Here's the trio...<br />
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<br />LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-82621337809574563702020-05-02T16:42:00.001-07:002020-05-02T16:42:47.857-07:00Father/Daughter Dance - Vintage Circus Theme Part 2Hello,<br />
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Please see <a href="http://lcarrero.blogspot.com/2020/05/fatherdaughter-dance-vintage-circus.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> to get more details.<br />
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Our Father/Daughter Dance (FDD) includes an invitation presented to the daughter(s) during class, dinner (taco guy), a photo package, dancing, a craft, drink station and a candy table/dessert station.<br />
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The invitation... this really motivates the girls to come to the dance. We are lucky to have a great turn out every year and the invitation kicks off the excitement. The girls receive their invitation a few days before the dance. This year we went with a light up balloon and the tag which outlined dance details. We purchased them in the Toy District in Downtown Los Angeles. They were a lot of work to put together but fairly inexpensive and did include batteries. We used my <a href="https://www.partycity.com/electric-balloon-pump-734342.html" target="_blank">pump </a>to inflate the balloons and the balloons did not seem to deflate much over time. <br />
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The girls loved these flashing light up balloons. We purchased the tag graphic online, added our wording and sent them to the print shop to print and cut them.<br />
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The beverage station:This is the kitchen area of the hall with industrial sinks and massive stoves... not at all attractive and was killing our vintage circus vibe. To cover up all that we used photo back drop stands and draped red and black fabric over them to hide all the industrial equipment. The gold swag and balloons helped to dress up the area too. We served lemonade, coffee, water and soda. We used the mini water bottles. (During clean-up the first year, it drove us nuts about the amount of barely used water bottles we had to throw away. Lesson learned!) <br />
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A lot of the girls get into the dance theme and come dressed accordingly. We've got one girl who has made her own themed outfit several years in row! We love it. Here's a lil' popcorn girl!<br />
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I found that balloons are an easy way to help spruce up areas. I purchase that Strong Man and Circus Tent balloons while I was in Rome this summer. Yes, SIX months before the dance and I regret not buying more!<br />
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Our backdrop was fairly simple this year. Red and gold sparkly curtains, balloons from the dollar store, my standing Wreath holder w/our Ring of Fire, Circus logo print and an upside down tin beverage holder. The beverage holder was covered with butcher paper and the gold start was cut from my Cricut. The Circus logo was spray adhered to a piece of cardboard. The Ring of Fire was made from the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MUG97H4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">snap-together hula</a> hoops and yellow, red, maroon, and orange colored felt cut into flame shapes and glued to the hula hoop. <br />
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The last 2 years the FDD committee has been wearing <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QWBV8F3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&customId=B0752XM8JP&psc=1" target="_blank">themed t-shirts</a> to the dance. Many, many thanks to these wonderful women who make the night very special for our dads and daughters!<br />
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Credo,<br />
Lisa <br />
<br />LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-23501886137687402932020-05-01T01:52:00.003-07:002020-05-02T16:43:54.840-07:00Father/Daughter Dance - Vintage Circus Theme Part 1Hello There!<br />
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For the past 7 years, I've been helping with the Father/Daughter Dance at my daughter's school. We've got a great group of women who come together and really put their heart and soul into the event. We get no real funding from the school but these women are incredibly giving of their time, creativity and money. I've truly come to respect and love each one of them for all their many talents and their ability to give freely. They are an amazing group and I'm so very lucky to have met them!<br />
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My main responsibility has been the decorations for the hall. There's nothing fancy about this hall. It's a pretty sterile industrial looking hall, in my opinion. We try really hard to make it look as magical as we can the night of the dance. This year's theme was Vintage Circus with deep reds, blacks, golds, and black and white harlequin pattern as the main color pallet.<br />
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Our breeze way (area between the church and the hall) was just renovated and we wanted to showcase this area. I kept staring at this brand new adjacent area (which is just off of the renovated breeze way) trying to figure out how to dress it up. <br />
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When I saw the fencing, it reminded me of the bars seen in a circus wagon. So, I dressed them up to look like circus wagons and had this be the entrance for the dads/daughters to come through. At the check-in table (located at the top of this walkway), I also had a small speaker system playing circus music off my iPhone to set the proper mood. The dance was in February and we were fearful of some showers. Because this fencing was inside of the roof line, I was hopeful that any decorations would not get ruined by some rain. We actually did have a very quick 15 min downpour and the decorations did get slightly wet due to the rain being pushed by the wind but it all worked out. Here's what it looked like once it was all decorated. <br />
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The giraffe was my favorite animal in the circus wagon train!</div>
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The CIRCUS font is called Carousel and I used it heavily in a lot of the
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school had which meant it was not cost to me! (Love that!). Some of the fencing sections were the same size. I laid out two rows of black butcher paper plus 12". The top row over lapped the bottom row by 3" or so and then used dollar store clear packing tape to adhere them. The circus animals were adhered to the butcher paper with spray adhesive. Several years ago, we learned that you can't go cheap on the spray adhesive that can be found at the dollar store for these large prints. We've had great adhesion with products like 3M or Scotch brands. We also try to use the spray adhesive the night before (or earlier) and allow them to thoroughly dry before we hang them. The day of the dance, we wrapped the butcher paper around the outside bar and taped it back onto itself in the back. We were also very careful to NOT tape anything to the new fence. We taped the top of the black butcher paper to the back of the red wagon tops. This kept it from flying or buckling in the wind. The animals were printed by a mom who's got a connection to someone who works at a print shop. For the last several years, she donates the images for us in exchange for service hours. It's a win/win!</div>
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I used my Cricut to cut the tops of the wagon. I used the <i>Larger than Mat</i> technique to cut the tops of the wagon. I loaded up my 12x24 Cricut mat with two 12x12 sheets of red paper and ensured they touched in the center to cut my wagon tops. I then cut out a large cardboard rectangle the width of the fence and then glued the wagon top to the cardboard to ensure stability. I also punched holes in the cardboard and ran thin floral wire through the holes which made attaching the wagon tops the day of the even super fast, easy and no tape required.<br />
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The yellow wheels were also made on my cricut using 12x12 paper.I cut a long piece of cardboard and wrapped it in red butcher paper (free from the school!) and then glued the wheels on at the right height so that they just kissed the top of the brick. Bent wagon wheels were not allowed! I also punched holes and attached floral wire to attach them to the fencing. Sorry, I should of taken a picture of the back to get a better idea of the wiring.<br />
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That was our check-in table. Aren't those centerpieces great?? We have a mom who has been churning these out for us for the last couple of years. We worked on the prototype but she runs with the rest of it and does EXCELLENT work!<br />
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The elephant, giraffe, motorcycle riding bear and the harlequin paper were found here: <a href="http://www.markmontano.com/2019/01/vintage-circus-art.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+markmontano/PdfL+(Mark+Montano)" target="_blank">Mark Montano</a> We sent the images to a print shop to ensure vivid images. I also had the mirror image printed so that the front and backs looked exactly the same. I made some "glitter sticks" which are just bambo skewers from the dollar store that are painted with white glue and then sprinkled with glitter. The glitter sticks were sandwich in between the mirror images and then poked/glued into the harlequin base. The little harlequin bases are made out of floral foam from the dollar store and wrapped in the harlequin paper. If I remember correctly, I think we got 6 harlequin bases out of each pack of dollar store floral foam. The red tubs are also from the dollar store and were picked up around Christmas time. We actually didn't get enough at Christmas time. Ugh!! We ended up buying pink ones (Valentines decor) and just spray painted the outer rim red since the tops were covered in black glitter adhesive paper which was purchased at efavormart for 7 bucks and some change for a pack of 10. (These sheets were bigger than the ones Michael's has and sells for $1.29/sheet in my area.) The gold stars were cut on my Cricut with glitter foam and hot glued to the red tubes. <br />
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The new updated breeze way required some decorating too.<br />
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The circus sign was one of the printed images that we spray adhered to a large piece of cardboard. On the columns, I wrapped some wire around the top and bottom - think a string of wire wrapped around the pillar and twisted at the ends with pliers to form a ring of wire. I tucked the red and gold tulle over the wire at the top and base. <br />
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The popcorn arch... The popcorn boxes were about 4.5' tall and cut out of cardboard. I used salad plates to make the 3 round arches at the top and then tapered in the bottom of the boxes by 3 - 4 inches. I then wrapped the cardboard in white butcher paper from the school. The stripes are red streamers from the dollar store. The popcorn box sides were then just taped together from the inside with clear packing tape from the dollar store. The arch I picked up from Amazon for 50 bucks (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071DS5D1Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Portable Arch</a>). I would use caution with this arch as it's not very sturdy and I would probably only use it indoors as I think the wind may knock it over easily. The popcorn logo (oval and "Popcorn") were cut on my Cricut using the Carousel font and a popcorn shape for the o's in popcorn. <br />
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Our hall is massive and can be intimidating to decorate. The ceiling always perplexes me due to the sheer size of it and the church has many restrictions on what can and cannot be done. This certainly forces us to really use our creativity. I've not learned how to take a photo of the ceiling decorations so that you get a similar feeling as when your are there and experiencing it. I'll keep working on it! </div>
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This year I knew that I wanted to have flying trapeze (all females) flying thru the air and lots of pennants/banners with stars.When hanging things on the ceiling we use wire we pick up from Lowes hardware (<a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-19-Gauge-Galvanized-Steel-Wire/3109493" target="_blank">Hillman 19 Gauge Galvanized Steel Wire)</a>. The wire is better than fishing line or any string we've tried as it minimizes sagging. We have found that taping our decorations to the wire and then hanging the wire is the most efficient way to get this task done. It allows you to manipulate the placement of the decorations without killing yourself on a ladder moving things around. We do end up throwing all the wire and nearly all the taped decorations away at the end of the dance. We use the clear packing tape from the dollar store to adhere the decorations to the wire. </div>
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Don't you love that giant elephant? We got lucky and were able to borrow it for the evening. That big guy was right next to the DJ who used some back lighting to highlight him the entire evening. I'm pretty sure you can pick him up on Amazon but I was not able to find the link. <br />
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The trapeze artist were hula hoops covered in red streams from the dollar tree. I was hoping to get dollar store hula hoops but they did not stock them in time for the dance and I ended up paying way too much for them on Amazon (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MUG97H4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Detable Hula Hoops</a>) but they do break down for better storage! The trapeze gals were cut on my Cricut (larger than mat style) with card stock and I also cut some out by hand (cut a template w/my cricut) using the school's black butcher paper. Although, I liked that the hand cut ones were all one piece the butcher paper was kind of flimsy and I ended up gluing floral wire to the extremities to keep them in the desired position and to keep them from curling. Since these were hanging from the ceiling and the lighting would be muted, the wire was not seen and blended into the black paper. I did find red stars from the dollar store (I think 30 for a buck) and then used my cricut to cut out yellow and black ones.<br />
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In a separate post, I'll share a few more stations (craft, beverage and candy/dessert), the invitations the girls receive, the photo backdrop and a few more decorations.<br />
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Credo,<br />
Lisa<br />
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For <a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=1257647954058248039#editor/target=post;newUi=1;postID=8262133780957456370" target="_blank">Part 2 </a>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-20079656528522426242020-04-29T01:23:00.000-07:002020-04-29T01:23:25.344-07:00Baby Shower Paper Flower Rose Gold BorderHello,<br />
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My niece got a Cricut for Christmas but hadn't really used it much. She then became pregnant with her 3rd child and wanted to use the Cricut to make her invitations and decorations for the shower. She spent the day with me and we went over some Cricut basics. We created a sample invitation with an envelope.<br />
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She also wanted me to show her how to make large paper rose to include in her decorations. There are plenty of How To videos. I did roughly follow the directions found on Sweet Red Poppy, <a href="https://sweetredpoppy.com/how-to-make-large-paper-flowers/">https://sweetredpoppy.com/how-to-make-large-paper-flowers/</a> to make this Rose Gold Paper Flower banner backdrop for her Shower photos. I used foam core board to adhere the flowers and leaves. I also used floral wire to make hooks to make hanging up the banner easy. I used these instructions to make the Rose Gold leaves: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGL-Dyp7QU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGL-Dyp7QU</a>. I purchased the Rose Gold paper at Michaels but I had to go to several Michaels over the course of 2 weeks to get all the paper I thought I might need. I did get extra because the Rose Gold paper is only one sided meaning the Rose Gold color was only on one side while the other side is the color of brown craft/butcher paper.<br />
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LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-15041608493201025272013-04-12T16:50:00.001-07:002013-04-12T16:50:21.040-07:00Simplicity 5931 Easy to Sew RobeHello!<br />
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I was going through my patterns and trying to do some organizing and <strong><em>THINKING</em></strong> about getting rid of some! I organize in terms of priority sewing. What I want to sew next, gets hung up on my wall so that I can see it. This seems to get me motivated. <br />
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I came across Simplicity 5931. It's an easy robe pattern that I have made twice but have not blogged about it. Both times I sewed this robe was for Christmas gifts. The 1st one I made was 2 Christmas' ago. It was a thick fleece robe made for my niece. It was easy to sew and I followed the directions to the letter and had no problems. The fleece was a bit bulky at some seams but my machine was able to handle it just fine. I also used this pattern for this past Christmas. I sewed a cotton (light weight) robe for my girlfriend's 10 year old daughter. Personally, I don't really like robes, especially heavy long ones. Since my girlfriend's daughter is very petite. I thought a light cotton robe that stopped at or just below the knee might suit her well. <br />
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A word of warning about this pattern... it uses a lot of fabric because of the length of the robe. Since I wanted a short robe, I cut out her size (child's medium) but used the child's small for pattern pieces 1 (front and under collar), 3 (back) and 5 (front facing and upper collar). I also did not sew on pockets. A light robe didn't seem to warrant pockets. <br />
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I did follow the directions very closely. It did call for slip stitching the sleeve hem but I chose to machine stitch that part. I also increased my stitch length to 3.5 and it seemed to give a smoother finish to the sleeve and top stitching. I did hand sew (slip stitch) the collar facing as directed in step 17. </div>
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As you can see in the picture above, I did serge all the seams. In most cases I serged the seam and then went back and straight stitched to secure the seam. Since the fabric is cotton, I expect it to fray much less since I serged the seams. </div>
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I also top stitched the entire front collar. I started from the bottom front and stitched all the way up and around the collar coming back down to the bottom front, as suggested in step 18. However, the directions suggest 1/2" from the edge. That's too big of a gap for me. I sewed closer to 1/8" from the seam edge.</div>
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Another word of caution when using interfacing for the collar. Do <strong>not</strong> use inexpensive interfacing like I did for the collar. When you go to iron the collar (after it's all stitched up), your fabric will start to pucker and can look terrible because the interfacing can not really take the heat from the iron. To try to mitigate this, I didn't use a cotton heat setting on my iron. I went to a cooler setting. This was still not ideal because it was still hard to press the cotton and I really don't think it's worth the extra effort to tip-toe around lesser quality interfacing. Save yourself the headache and use good quality interfacing. I think you'll be much happier for it.</div>
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The sewing time was fairly quick. I don't think it took me more than 4 hours to sew the robe together. I did start and stop a lot. I think you might be able to get it done quicker, if you don't have to stop and start a bunch of times. </div>
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I just completed Simplicity 2320 - the capped sleeve dress version which is the one on the upper right hand corner.<br />
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In general, the dress came together easily and quickly. The only part that gave me a bit of trouble was inserting the yoke (pattern piece 1). In step 4, the directions say to pin the front yoke (right sides together) to the dress front (pattern piece 2) and stitch. Also, to make sure that you pivot your stitching at the small dots. I had a hard time just pinning the yoke to the front. What worked better for me was to pin one side at a time and stitch. I stitched in a U shaped fashion but worked one seam line at a time. I still had some issues with a little bit of puckering because my stitching lines were not straight in one corner.<br />
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However, I was able to undo the corner and fix it. I'd like to make this dress again but next time I will pin and stitch the base of the yoke before I start attaching the sides of the yoke. I think it might work out easier that way.<br />
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Once, I had stitched the yoke the way I wanted it, I went ahead and stitch the should seams as the directions suggest. The fabric is from JoAnn's and I've had it a while. I wouldn't of picked this big and bold of a print for this dress buy Lil' AC was adamant that we use this fabric. After looking at the dress for a while, I thought I should add some sort of trim. I had some rickrack that would liven up the dress a bit. I had to open up the seams to slide in the rickrack. So, note to yourself, if you're going to add trim around the yoke, don't sew the shoulder seams first!<br />
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Pin rickrack in place. <br />
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Since the fabric was a bit bold, I wanted to make sure the sleeves were the same. So, I did what some refer to as "fussy cuts". I took the pattern piece and centered it on a flower and cut out only ONE layer. I then found the repeat pattern on the fabric and placed the 1st sleeve I cut out on the repeat to make sure they matched before I cut out the 2nd sleeve. Hope that makes sense. <br />
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I was happy to leave the dress with the just the rickrack accent. However, Lil' AC wanted that bow! So, we went from this:<br />
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To this w/the bow in the center:</div>
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The instructions call for a 12" zipper but I didn't have one on hand. Instead, I used a 9" invisible zipper. I temporarily tacked the back seem where the shorter zipper would end to see if Lil AC could get in and out of the dress. There was plenty of room to get the dress on and off with the shorter zipper. <br />
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I do recommend this pattern and would say the only "tricky" part was putting in that front yoke. I do like the little cap sleeves and the construction of them were new to me but they went in easy enough. <br />
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Lisa<br />
<br />LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-8342508482362065172011-09-06T12:54:00.000-07:002011-09-06T12:55:18.832-07:00Cinderella dress - no pattern for Halloween costume??Hello,<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Lil' AC has a very long list of princess dresses for me to make her. Of course, I've promised to make each one she's asked for. Since there were lots of sales going on over Labor Day weekend, we hit JoAnn's to buy fabric. I purchased 3 fabrics from the costume fabric rack to make this...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITw7r_tnwYW7rjHwu6ltN4EmHK6bdv3v4n2kIbzdWZ2herbQkEz_fzpo_DRU1TJS6lcjYs99TsYHC_qsIIALS7I-pbdWPRB_RBfdjdVdutzaIhQpFsjFDyc2HBv0vgmEdfJLOCWoYG1Ln/s1600/IMG_3479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITw7r_tnwYW7rjHwu6ltN4EmHK6bdv3v4n2kIbzdWZ2herbQkEz_fzpo_DRU1TJS6lcjYs99TsYHC_qsIIALS7I-pbdWPRB_RBfdjdVdutzaIhQpFsjFDyc2HBv0vgmEdfJLOCWoYG1Ln/s320/IMG_3479.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ol><li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXW5IJelY4W6vdWLzVXVFzhigOr-loZjzLlKv1owG6OJwN-LRSbSNE8JVs-QjXU7OJ2VcwoaoUEX0HseaQ54_V-h6YvXceVSuYkJfZGGHiVVVlVxA_N8HFjr1PXWuWETebUiBHfgsj-Yt/s1600/IMG_3484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXW5IJelY4W6vdWLzVXVFzhigOr-loZjzLlKv1owG6OJwN-LRSbSNE8JVs-QjXU7OJ2VcwoaoUEX0HseaQ54_V-h6YvXceVSuYkJfZGGHiVVVlVxA_N8HFjr1PXWuWETebUiBHfgsj-Yt/s320/IMG_3484.JPG" width="320" /></a>Silver sparkle mesh - 1/3 yard (60'ish inch wide). Used for design on bodice. Regular price $6.99 -30% off = $4.89/yard. Cost for 1/3 yard = $1.63. I have plenty left over and will be using the rest for the accessories (gloves, headband and possible necklace/choker). </div></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t1ivrNexQczkqEnmYGOR9uib43zVaqrmo6VQtlcuw6r_lb7o1C047r5BbZ8ZYOlxWEG0SqHBwBocMvyaF2CfoeYoqNGrv2eeApBKgrC-YmscVYoQpnhdJ9Rac0iXlLjrCozBskfmpnKT/s1600/IMG_3486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t1ivrNexQczkqEnmYGOR9uib43zVaqrmo6VQtlcuw6r_lb7o1C047r5BbZ8ZYOlxWEG0SqHBwBocMvyaF2CfoeYoqNGrv2eeApBKgrC-YmscVYoQpnhdJ9Rac0iXlLjrCozBskfmpnKT/s320/IMG_3486.JPG" width="240" /></a>Blue Bell Solid Crushed Velvet Stretch fabric - 1/2 yard (58" width). Used for the bodice. Regular price 5.99 - 30% off = $4.19/yard. Cost for 1/2 yard = $2.10. I have a modest amount of fabric left over and will use this to make accessories (gloves, headband, and choker)</div></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdWAEwWG0zPgoTi3HQ_yo0R7mnfiacTPJWMXp9ZbD0kkI0uJfmqbdlVLir306lzespHt3h0DRMAwlx8_TXCnKhK20eEGKZcyrVq0nGTvnawKO26rhMvSksqU-af4pwrS5xE5QXtFouwcP/s1600/IMG_3487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdWAEwWG0zPgoTi3HQ_yo0R7mnfiacTPJWMXp9ZbD0kkI0uJfmqbdlVLir306lzespHt3h0DRMAwlx8_TXCnKhK20eEGKZcyrVq0nGTvnawKO26rhMvSksqU-af4pwrS5xE5QXtFouwcP/s320/IMG_3487.JPG" width="240" /></a>Blue Costume Glitter Satin - 1.5 yards (45" width). Used for sleeves and skirt portion. Regular price $4.99 - 30% off = $3.49/yard. Cost for 1.5 yards = $5.24. I have almost nothing left over. Maybe 4" x 45" strip of fabric. I think it's enough to make the headband with. </div></li>
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</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-88624870658168157742011-08-30T21:18:00.000-07:002011-08-31T12:04:36.915-07:00Pattern Review: Oliver + S Little Things to Sew - Bucket HatHi,<br />
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For the last month or so, I've been seeing the cutest little patterns from Oliver + S. Everything I've seen, I've wanted to try. I happened upon a Sew-a-long for the book Oliver +S Little Things to Sew by Liesel Gibson at <a href="http://alittlegray.blogspot.com/">A Little Gray</a>. Basically, the sew-a-long is one project per month from the book. The August project is the Bucket Hat. Check out the details here:<br />
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I've been wanting to try a sew-a-long for quite some time and this is a great excuse to buy the book! And, I'm soooo glad that I did. My little bucket hat, side 1...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6hsbzRPMMBtbEeYQPw2sEwxpNHjkTLnCwhIQL7vNQxpepuLsIWGREqp2QKY5VqBM964Lk9a65bJfQ6ob35nM6ebMT1X1krZLWOhaoE699ThCvRgr5B_RnA1B3CkwslVPZp0tnlkeg-xg/s1600/IMG_3440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6hsbzRPMMBtbEeYQPw2sEwxpNHjkTLnCwhIQL7vNQxpepuLsIWGREqp2QKY5VqBM964Lk9a65bJfQ6ob35nM6ebMT1X1krZLWOhaoE699ThCvRgr5B_RnA1B3CkwslVPZp0tnlkeg-xg/s320/IMG_3440.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is reversible (side 2)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iRTlCAVBCYs7QS3zPCm9NR-rycXCg_nFG-vxodUsEgfsPV_fxW_6aYvFHkTNQCLdoM8YBMvUEmg61bn72VqU3gAfh1h5FVBsMz4aEIhhIV0ZbrJ-SAt3TDjO0YSXbJHn-r-Re0ZIVmjP/s1600/IMG_3439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iRTlCAVBCYs7QS3zPCm9NR-rycXCg_nFG-vxodUsEgfsPV_fxW_6aYvFHkTNQCLdoM8YBMvUEmg61bn72VqU3gAfh1h5FVBsMz4aEIhhIV0ZbrJ-SAt3TDjO0YSXbJHn-r-Re0ZIVmjP/s320/IMG_3439.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div>Personally, I just think a tiny hat is adorable, don't you? Infants are great fun to sew for. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This is the 1st pattern (Reversible Bucket Hat pg 33) I tried from the book. I quickly read through the instructions and they seemed straight forward. Each pattern has a difficulty rating. Reversible Bucket hat has a difficulty of 2 scissors out of 4 (4 being the hardest). Full size patterns are included in the book. However, they are glued (with those clear gel like circles) to both the back and front book covers. I did have some difficulty pealing the pattern away from the front cover and ripped the book cover. As a warning, peel very slowly and be prepared to tear the inside of the book cover. The little gel like circle adhesives came off the pattern sheets very easily. Seems like an envelope for the patterns would of worked better but I consider this a minor annoyance and would still purchase the book. I selected the extra small (18" inside crown measurement that fits 6 - 12 months). There are other sizes (small/19"/12-24 months, med/20"/3-4 years, large/21"/6-8 years). I measured lil' AC who is 3 and she fit right into the book's sizing given her age group. The bucket hat had no layout instructions for this three piece pattern. While cutting it out, I realized that this pattern is GREAT for using up your scraps. It really takes almost no fabric. The instructions call for 1/3 yard of each fabric. Just think of the possibilities of mixing brim, crown and band fabrics to create some great looking hats. I stuck with this fabric scheme because I wanted to add to my <a href="http://lcarrero.blogspot.com/2011/08/amy-butlers-little-stitches-for-little.html">Kimono style PJs</a> ensemble my husband had gifted to a friend earlier in the month. It took hardly any time at all to cut out the pattern pieces and attach the interfacing. The directions called for sew-in interfacing but I don't have any and the iron-on worked just fine for me. My fabrics are cotton but seemed lighter than most cottons. The directions only call for interfacing one side of the brim but in retrospect, I think I should of lined both sides. I think I would of liked a little more stiffness in the brim. (Note: the optional top stitching does give the brim more body too.) I followed the directions in the <em>Assemble the Cap</em> portion exactly. I found that it was best to use a lot of pins in step 2 (sewing the crown to the band) and to make lots of clips/slits to ease in that curve. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtvi-92_gP1UMN5rK4jKUXMkM5hRf0mdjxsv74lW5JNel-HDlypHw9qzS5RWx7VPYMpoYw9FFk2VAl-8nqig857-QhR0RuyYUlkaKRMauw3unSGmQFKoYfjMeWa1w2pXHIrpphiLVCJhQ/s1600/IMG_3431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtvi-92_gP1UMN5rK4jKUXMkM5hRf0mdjxsv74lW5JNel-HDlypHw9qzS5RWx7VPYMpoYw9FFk2VAl-8nqig857-QhR0RuyYUlkaKRMauw3unSGmQFKoYfjMeWa1w2pXHIrpphiLVCJhQ/s320/IMG_3431.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">There was also a noticeable amount of difference in "give" for each of my fabrics. The solid navy fabric had almost no give and it was harder to ease in and required more work in the form of lots of pins and clipping. The "checkered" fabric had lots of give and the crown and band eased in very nicely. I was working with true scraps as I cut out the fabric pieces and I may not have cut correctly on the grain and that could of influenced "fabric give". Next time, I will give my fabrics a little tug to test the give before making my final choice. I also did the top stitching at the crown. It seems to help keep the hat shape better. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The next section, <em>Making and Attach the Brim</em>, is where I deviated from the instructions. Because I had the wisdom of <a href="http://alittlegray.blogspot.com/">Jessica at A Little Gray</a>, I only did steps 1 and 2 and did a portion of step 3 (making the brim). I did sew the brim pieces together, as the book suggests, but then I followed <a href="http://alittlegray.blogspot.com/2011/08/lttsa-bucket-hats-part-3-look-no-hand.html">Jessica's lead</a> and sewed each brim to its matching cap portion. This gives you 2 hats.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl6mnCrVtdsIsne8MJc08UrV88UEGIwASlCBvfeB6Hx3hJO4RAo0p5MjaSFOlhXu1nXh7-NW6xqMaAXKInA-ntbH9jq6SeJsL4gYdjdH2mIEGGX4t-78U7LBFRoyNMW8i3cizlbQdI2Px/s1600/IMG_3433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl6mnCrVtdsIsne8MJc08UrV88UEGIwASlCBvfeB6Hx3hJO4RAo0p5MjaSFOlhXu1nXh7-NW6xqMaAXKInA-ntbH9jq6SeJsL4gYdjdH2mIEGGX4t-78U7LBFRoyNMW8i3cizlbQdI2Px/s320/IMG_3433.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jessica's method eliminates the need to hand sew the cap (crown and band) to the brim as depicted in Step 2 in <em>Finish the Hat</em> section. Time is always a premium for me and machine sewing is a lot faster. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Taking the two hats and placing them right sides together and matching the notches, as Jessica suggests, I sewed the edges of the brims together using a 1/2" seam allowance (as the book directs) but I left a 2.5 gap. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqQ8FQPGK0FuJQKY8lh2pcqtqGI_1xhiBEmZO5KSK0Lhrxj0o2VgEn7ZmyVXLGg4VZM5dz8VMsjKAYyKqdze2eoqmxaQ52m4YjjYs1l4JUU_GQK-jSpn50Mx0A5OEgWhhCtVySUiYPJhy/s1600/IMG_3437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqQ8FQPGK0FuJQKY8lh2pcqtqGI_1xhiBEmZO5KSK0Lhrxj0o2VgEn7ZmyVXLGg4VZM5dz8VMsjKAYyKqdze2eoqmxaQ52m4YjjYs1l4JUU_GQK-jSpn50Mx0A5OEgWhhCtVySUiYPJhy/s320/IMG_3437.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div>That might be a bit hard to see but take a look <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWxse30lOgsRHJX8zPWJJZ9NAnL-fghPeA09axx1_sjui0dBu5rzV2sginpeBve93ZGujHWefwVWX0LGgiQYXhZlpndoETmdaH7FCfJw3fUqjVaAzkRT-Fj_dMKPYn8v1XjFDl54i2Yc/s1600/IMG_6075.JPG">here</a>. I trimmed the seam down to 1/8" except where the open gap was. This is an important step in Jessica's deviation... don't trim that un-sewn brim portion (that 2.5" gap). Once I turned it right sides out, I first finger pressed the brim edge as directed by the book. I wasn't pleased with the result and then pressed it with the iron to tuck in the open seam and even out the remaining brim seam. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In summary, I really like the bucket hat because it went together quickly (maybe an hour of sewing time), the instructions were easy (the ones that I did follow), and I can see lots of great fabric combinations. I'll be sewing another bucket hat for lil' AC next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I was happy with the <a href="http://lcarrero.blogspot.com/2011/07/pattern-review-amy-butlers-little.html">girl version</a> and the ease of construction with Amy's Kimono style PJs. The hubs liked it too and wanted me to do a boy verison for one of his friend's newborn. Here the boy verison I did. <br />
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On Tuesday, I received a baby shower invitation to a party which was happening just 4 days later! That's not a lot of time to really do much of anything BUT that's right up my alley. Nearly all my projects are on the rush. Time to use what I had on hand... Hence, Amy Butler's Little Stitches for Little Ones book. <br />
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I've not tried these patterns before but have read the book several times. The sizes are much too small for lil AC. Every time I look at this book, I'm always drawn to the same 2 patterns, the Kimono Style PJs and the Cutie Booties. Using fabric I had in my stash, I selected 2 fabrics to use for the kimono and booties. <br />
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</div> The construction of the kimono bottoms was very easy and straight forward. I'd probably give the little pants a difficulty rating of a 2 and not a 3. I attached a matching flower in the front of the pants.<br />
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Next came the Cutie Bootie... I've never sewn shoes before and I was a little apprehensive of the curves. I think they turned out fine for my 1st attempt. <br />
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Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-72141826584719979852011-05-10T21:17:00.000-07:002011-05-10T21:55:49.002-07:00Toddler Jacket - McCall's M5697 (view B)Hi!<br />
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I'm been organizing... My sewing room was in real need of some help. It took me several weekends of sorting, purging and organizing to get it in a reasonable state. I'm not done yet but the room is so much more usable and I don't have to clean up anything to start a sewing project. In the process, I learned a few things like... I honestly thought I didn't have a lot of fabric until I went to organize my fabric. It became very clear that I had too much sitting around and not being used. Surprisingly, I have way more fleece than I thought. We all know how bulky fleece can be. So, I'm on a mission to get rid of the fleece by sewing up whatever I can. Well, I'm not interested in making blankets out of the fleeced but just about anything else will probably work. Got any ideas for fleece sewing projects? Leave me a comment. I would love to hear your ideas. Well... I've had this cute little jacket pattern, McCall's 5697, which I had bought to use with some cute corduroy fabric. <br />
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Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-42773425366466674422011-05-02T00:03:00.000-07:002011-05-02T00:03:54.217-07:00Beginner quilt - Free quilt patternHi,<br />
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I was so thrilled when I found <a href="http://www.patbravo.com/index.html">Pat Bravo's</a> site. She's got a great fabric and pattern line. As I browsed her site, I found a <a href="http://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/projects.cgi?patternID=28">free quilt pattern</a> (Le Petite Garden) that I thought I could make fairly quickly. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">When all the middle strips where gone, I knew it was time to stop my chain stitching (cut my thread) and take it to the ironing board and iron. My pile looked like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdaEiCwUFpctm5Erj8Dd_cWNZx5cDriuAoGyUOndsiMf6Z_2PxzZ98z9BbOKgrWMD44b1IF6e_WqiJ-wSwIkW6_dsPULJpHKG-KoUEm-OS0rM7Tm_mwfPNHPkFCeXQb-TPS5ydwu7QpbL/s1600/IMG_2425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdaEiCwUFpctm5Erj8Dd_cWNZx5cDriuAoGyUOndsiMf6Z_2PxzZ98z9BbOKgrWMD44b1IF6e_WqiJ-wSwIkW6_dsPULJpHKG-KoUEm-OS0rM7Tm_mwfPNHPkFCeXQb-TPS5ydwu7QpbL/s320/IMG_2425.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">One more strip and the block is done.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp-cYWhs25vxd0ckiP60sbDBqyRA9D4E3uyPsCuhZGe2OcpEYDra6-bUjwVs9ENwzh18GulRNbOe7Um9_KNO8xUsfSCCN6cw92cEhNSWoxaL2YJMms8Hp-ai-iFftx3PbSzX52eNw6HoO/s1600/IMG_2426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp-cYWhs25vxd0ckiP60sbDBqyRA9D4E3uyPsCuhZGe2OcpEYDra6-bUjwVs9ENwzh18GulRNbOe7Um9_KNO8xUsfSCCN6cw92cEhNSWoxaL2YJMms8Hp-ai-iFftx3PbSzX52eNw6HoO/s320/IMG_2426.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The blocks end up looking like this</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rCbgD8JIoOQ6DjaShRkQqaSctbcuJ6XieWV8yRfD7YXjyTDhphZWnZjy-WQ22qIKVucNxNn4oMMD9Y5_MyZW5bmsdZUj1MHUbMm-N2ga5nZpFbZ4A9DL80jzdxIL-ox2t0Pcy5CfOzvT/s1600/IMG_2427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rCbgD8JIoOQ6DjaShRkQqaSctbcuJ6XieWV8yRfD7YXjyTDhphZWnZjy-WQ22qIKVucNxNn4oMMD9Y5_MyZW5bmsdZUj1MHUbMm-N2ga5nZpFbZ4A9DL80jzdxIL-ox2t0Pcy5CfOzvT/s320/IMG_2427.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
These blocks are used throughout the quilt, alternating between the remaining rectangles. All odd rows will use the large rectangles, (11"x 6.5") and will have 4 of these rectangles alternating between the 3-strip blocks using 3 3-strip blocks/row. For instance, all rows will begin with a cut rectangle (large or small) and then followed by the 3-strip block pictured above. The even rows will contain the 5 of the smaller (7 3/4" x 6.5") rectangles alternating with the 3-strip blocks using a total of 4 3-strip blocks. The rows are laid out as follows:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 1: B, F, C, G (11"x 6.5")</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 2: G, D, B, F, C (7 3/4" x 6.5") </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 3: F,C, H, B (11" 6.5"0</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 4: D, G, C, H, D (73/4" x 6.5")</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 5: G, H, F, B (11"x 6.5")</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 6: H, F, D, G, C ( 7 3/4" x 6.5")</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Row 7: C, B, C, H (11"x 6.5")</div><br />
Row 8: F, C, H, D, F (7 3/4" x 6.5")<br />
Row 9: G, F, C, D (11"x 6.5")<br />
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Row 10: B, H, E, H, G ( 7 3/4" x 6.5")<br />
Row 11: F, G, B, C (11"x 6.5")<br />
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I stacked up all my rows and started to sew the blocks so that the block was on the right side:<br />
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My rows started to look like this:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">In the end, this is what my finished quilt top looks like. Sorry about the poor photo. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Credo,<br />
Lisa<br />
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</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-53086154667173761302011-04-04T01:06:00.000-07:002011-04-04T01:06:09.898-07:00How to sew a Colonial DressHi!<br />
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Several days ago, my niece asked me to make her a colonial dress for her school's Colonial Day Celebration. She sent me the following picture as a guide.<br />
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When I saw this, it reminded me of the <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/10/cinderella-dress-halloween-costume.html">Cinderella dress</a> I saw Ashley create over at<a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/"> Make It and Love It</a>. I followed Ashley's lead and this is how my niece's Colonial dress turned out:<br />
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And here's a view without the apron...<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap9CpH4Fyq-ORf1rWPaGoUAa8qmTuuBAKauzfajmUGKPBTieI9j1AD5l8HLMXrm67gn191mV_BZuffTYLOqd9-_uD9krRU7jRU2ES9_yuMwy0B4nC2zKFY_7XbMT5jTy2P0xgDkAsOr0U/s1600/IMG_2523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap9CpH4Fyq-ORf1rWPaGoUAa8qmTuuBAKauzfajmUGKPBTieI9j1AD5l8HLMXrm67gn191mV_BZuffTYLOqd9-_uD9krRU7jRU2ES9_yuMwy0B4nC2zKFY_7XbMT5jTy2P0xgDkAsOr0U/s320/IMG_2523.JPG" width="179" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I started out just as Ashley suggested, I used one of my niece's tops as a pattern. Since it was a knit t-shirt, I did add 1" to the side seam. The fabric I used was left-over Halloween fabric. It has some give but not as much as knit. Because my niece is not a petite girl, I was very generous when adding to the side seams. That stretchy knit made me nervous and I knew I needed to account for it when making the dress. I figured, I'd rather have it be too big (and she could gather it up with the apron) then have it be too small/tight. Here's how I started:</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4YgfHXAmsCqqoVshrfwBbPte2_Uk1gEAXLpeodsGI6Nw0RavEmfoapTG8EAg2KygiSHL5um-4gXFv_OQMr84yFr9bfQzp6C58YrmThvf0Scqri4zizyzyV7fkj1gdnzeVKFSWS87Nw4D/s1600/IMG_2470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4YgfHXAmsCqqoVshrfwBbPte2_Uk1gEAXLpeodsGI6Nw0RavEmfoapTG8EAg2KygiSHL5um-4gXFv_OQMr84yFr9bfQzp6C58YrmThvf0Scqri4zizyzyV7fkj1gdnzeVKFSWS87Nw4D/s320/IMG_2470.JPG" width="179" /></a></div>Please excuse the "extra" green markings. Lil' AC was "helping" me create this pattern and made her marks. You can see where I added the extra 1" to the side seam to accommodate for the give in the knit t-shirt. This will actually give 2 extra inches to the pattern. Remember, I have not added in seam allowance yet. I just traced the t-shirt and added 1" to the side seam to compensate for the stretchy knit t-shirt I used.<br />
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From this photo, you can also see that I folded back the neckline, to trace the lower front of the t-shirt. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I used the same pattern for the front and back of the bodice. Here's a close up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9pXP_kfPELlxyc8PJl_7HTiMa9gCV7jOb4fe8n1E69YZevFQIXu6Ur4Vhjg5FLmJJYfO67P6qMNxhVqhMUYApzLc6AtEKblTmUDl9u3-rgks6asXpBhj2r0b27KkG7-5I3UHT1ri1DlQ/s1600/IMG_2471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9pXP_kfPELlxyc8PJl_7HTiMa9gCV7jOb4fe8n1E69YZevFQIXu6Ur4Vhjg5FLmJJYfO67P6qMNxhVqhMUYApzLc6AtEKblTmUDl9u3-rgks6asXpBhj2r0b27KkG7-5I3UHT1ri1DlQ/s320/IMG_2471.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The original front neckline is in green marker. However, I needed a square front neckline. I just drew in a square neckline matching the end points of the original t-shirt. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The back of the bodice was NOT cut on the fold. I added 1" to the back seam to allow for a zipper. Ashley used Velcro but I thought a zipper would be better for my niece. I did not add any seam allowance for the neckline because I was going to add a ruffle and I knew the seam allowance on that was about 1/4". I did add 1/2 " to the shoulder, arm and side seams.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Now, here's where I deviated from Ashley. I sewed a zipper in the back. If your zipper comes in a package, then you should have instructions on how to add the zipper. Very briefly, to add my zipper, I sewed a basting seam all the way down the back where the zipper would go. I then took my zipper and lined up the top with the neckline. Using a zipper foot, I basted the zipper in place by creating a basting seam down the 2 edges of the zipper (making sure not to sew close to the teeth of the zipper.) and I basted the zipper in with the wrong size up. I then flipped the front over and used my zipper foot to get close to the zipper teeth to permanently sew the zipper in. Once the zipper was in, I pulled out the basting stitches. I then sewed the back and front of the bodice at the shoulder seam. I then added the little lace ruffle to the neckline which finished the neck edge seam. <br />
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Next, I created a sleeve pattern. If you've never created a sleeve pattern, take a look at <a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/7864/create-a-custom-sleeve-pattern">this</a>. I kinda of followed the way they made a pattern. I figured out what my arm hole depth was for the dress (9").<br />
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I cut the sleeve pattern on the fold. For the white ruffle that begins just above the elbow, I cut 2 rectangles that were 5" tall by 20" wide. On one of the long edges (20"), I added the same lace ruffle that's on the neckline. I then gathered up the opposite end by sewing a long straight stitch and adjusting the gathers. I then sewed the gathered end to the bottom of the sleeve. I did the same to the remaining sleeve and then sewed the side seams. That finished the bodice portion. The skirt was the easiest part. I just used the remaining part of the fabric by sewing a tube and then gathering one end. I lined up the skirt seam with the back zipper seam and attached the skirt to the bodice. <br />
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Fabric:<br />
<ul><li>2 yards of brown Halloween fabric that was 60" wide</li>
<li>remnant piece of white fabric for center of bodice and sleeves. The fabric was also 60" wide but I probably only a little over 1/3 of a yard.</li>
<li>The apron is made out of osnaburg. </li>
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LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-8631341994115813392011-03-31T21:45:00.000-07:002011-03-31T21:45:17.820-07:00The little gathered clutch purseHi there!<br />
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I saw this great little clutch tutorial that Anna from Noddlehead created and fell in love with it. You must visit Anna's site, it's packed full of great stuff. Here's the <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html">link</a> for her great tutorial. I added a strap to mine but that's the only change I made. Also, I used things I had on hand. My zipper was longer then the one Anna calls for. I just clipped off the bottom end to make it work. The one tip I think is important to note is that having your zipper portion (with the tabs included) be exactly 8.5" because the fabric pieces are cut to work with that length. She has this in bolded type but I thought it was worth mentioning again. So, here's my little gathered clutch purse... The front<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">There were 2 credit card slots and a divider down the middle:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNsiJUlxydmK9MyB08XpcvJqLhiGJa_3JzeLpM6xL1ptIELm7UpHqDlVOQFj3rNv1s_r4TyD_C5M9asH1ki4jURCfwnkzuKzZ_XrZgIhyphenhyphen1E7-Im-BwozYDGt5sCtH7e2dAkcTePvDdymu/s1600/IMG_2234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNsiJUlxydmK9MyB08XpcvJqLhiGJa_3JzeLpM6xL1ptIELm7UpHqDlVOQFj3rNv1s_r4TyD_C5M9asH1ki4jURCfwnkzuKzZ_XrZgIhyphenhyphen1E7-Im-BwozYDGt5sCtH7e2dAkcTePvDdymu/s320/IMG_2234.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-90211701731224421342011-03-23T20:57:00.000-07:002011-04-29T00:39:18.430-07:00Toddler Dress - Simplicity 5695Hello!<br />
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I just finished using Simplicity 5695 to make a summery dress for lil' AC. <br />
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Lil' AC loves wearing "pretty dresses". She's constantly telling me she wants me to make her a pretty dress just like this one or that one. Of course, I always try to comply. For this dress I used View D for the body of the dress but used View C sleeves. The pattern was very easy to sew and the directions were very straight forward. Here's how it turned out...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I glue basted the yellow decorative trim to the body before attaching the sleeves. I used a zipper foot to sew them together. Same steps for adding the ruffled hem and yellow decorative trim. If this does not make any sense, let me know and I will try to explain further. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In summary, I found the pattern to be quick and easy. The directions were easy to follow and there was only 3 different pattern pieces. The pattern also has tiered dress, View A. Think I'll make that next in a knit fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-56168546500978654172011-03-22T20:42:00.000-07:002011-03-22T20:42:17.758-07:00Spring outfit - McCall's 5568It's been way too long since my last post. I do apologize for that. Good news is that even though I have not been keeping my blog up to date, I have been sewing quite a bit. I'll be posting some of the projects I have completed. <br />
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Although it's been raining quite a bit lately, I've got SPRING fever. I've been sewing up breezy outfits for lil' AC. I've had McCall's 5568 for quite some time.<br />
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The top, on the other hand, was a different story. I have never seen such a convoluted way to attach a collar before. If you follow the directions exactly, it will come out but you have to be very precise with your seam allowance. I'm never one to suggest using your own method to complete a pattern for the very 1st time. I really believe you need to follow the instructions the 1st time around. When you make the garment for the 2nd time, that's when I think you should use whatever method works best for you. HOWEVER, in this situation... if you have ever put together a collar like this one, use your method and do not follow the instructions. Trust me on this one! I also added some purple rickrack to the pockets and all the way around the collar.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-57890377640485287072010-07-28T12:56:00.000-07:002010-07-28T12:56:34.077-07:00Seersucker Bathing Suit The Sew Beautiful magazine has a fabulous <a href="http://sewbeautifulmag.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-our-readers-toddler-two-piece.html">toddler bathing suit</a> in their <a href="http://store.marthapullen.com/p-7157-sb-issue-130.aspx">May/June 2010</a> issue. It's a toddler two piece suit by Jackie Young. Plus the pattern and instructions was included in the magazine! I believe the pattern size ranged from 6 months - 4T. I thought it was adorable and it looked quick and easy. Of course by the time I saw it, the magazine had already been pulled off the shelf and the new issue was only available. Well, we were going to the beach and there was no time to buy the issue from <a href="http://store.marthapullen.com/p-7157-sb-issue-130.aspx">Martha Pullen's site</a>. There are some great pictures of the bathing suit on their Sew Beautiful blog. There are so many talented sewers out there. This <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbUfj4LAR3flqXNpfqDL_PGAMDm6TeIH3vOKfbwvoSvkHu4BlGaJcUByAVKYBbA_k0CtsaTbVCDp-nIKBwtsCC_t1cYjLWkCwuTrVWh70-7W0SCG1bONVNuOK1kur3wTDHPK4MGlu87W0/s1600/bikini+lyric+hannah+grace+048.JPG">one </a>helped me the most because I could see the side view. I used one of lil' AC blouses to make a pattern for the top. I figured it didn't have to be perfect because there are ties to hold everything in place. Plus, I had purchased some inexpensive seersucker fabric at JoAnn's for $2 a yard. The bathing suits in Sew Beautiful magizine used really good quality seersucker but that can also be a little scratchy, in my opinion. From some of the photos on the blog, it seems clear that all the bathing suits were lined with a softer fabric (maybe cotton). Since my cheap seersucker was a bit thin and would only seem thinner when wet, I decided to just line the suit with the same seersucker. Seemed easier. For the bottoms, I just used a diaper cover pattern I already had. Here's the final product:<br />
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Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-64917990572762357342010-05-11T21:19:00.000-07:002010-05-11T21:19:29.300-07:00Lorelei Apron and Simplicity 2492Although I've made many aprons, I still having fun making aprons for friends and family. I think the book A Is for Aprons is great apron eye candy. I just wish the directions were better. A few weeks ago the Simplicity patterns were $1.99 at Joann's. As I was going through the pattern book, I found Simplicity 2492 which is a slight modification of the Lorelei apron from A Is for Aprons. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The book instructions for adding the rick rack and bias tape where not clear to me. The Simplicity instructions were very straight forward to me. This is the portion I'm talking about</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-67434466034702326862010-05-08T10:09:00.000-07:002010-05-08T10:09:30.078-07:00Flower Ribbon Corsage - quick Mother's Day giftWhen I saw this at V and Co, I thought they were adorable. Plus, one would be perfect for my mom's new handbag. They are simple and quick to make. The 1st one took me about 15 minutes to complete. I thought they were pretty cute and took almost no time at all to put together. Good combination for me! So, I decided to make one for every mom I will be seeing on Mother's Day. The added bonus is that I had all the stuff on hand. V and Co, has excellent directions <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/05/tutorial-flower-corsage-for-celebrate.html">here</a>. I only had satin <strong><em>wired</em></strong> ribbon on hand. Have you ever bought wired ribbon from Costco? You get a lot of yardage (50 yards, to be exact) for some where around 8 bucks. I have all kinds of Costco ribbon and that's what I used for all my flowers. The Costco ribbon I used were all 1.5" wide. I think I like the wired ribbon because I could shape the flower petal so that they curved up more and the petals held their shape fairly easily due to the wire. Here's a sample of how mine turned out:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favorite is probably the poka dot ribbon. I can see this not only as a corsage but since it has a pin back, I can put it on one of lil' ACs hair bands to dress it up. V and Co, had some great photos of different things you can do with your ribbon corsage. Be sure to check out her website <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-56565923594596512902010-05-07T16:28:00.000-07:002010-05-07T16:28:53.654-07:00Simple method to hoop your fabricI do love to use my embroidery feature on my Designer Diamond. My least favorite part is hooping the fabric and getting it perfectly aligned. Well... that was until I learned a hoop-less technique from a class I took from Michelle Griffith. Michelle taught us how to hoop using sticky stabilizer. Personally, I use Floriani Perfect Stick which has one sticky/adhesive side and I have always had good results. Here's how I "hoop" my fabric. Choose the hoop you want to use and take the inner ring out. Trace the inner ring onto the Perfect Stick stablilizer and then cut out. Remove a portion of the sticky back and place the hoop over the exposed adhesive so that the stabilizer adheres to the inner hoop. Once you are happy with the positioning, remove the rest of the stabilizer and adhere to the rest of the hoop. I like to adhere the top edge and 2 corners first. Once that's smooth, I will then remove the rest of the liner exposing the remaining adhesive and lightly stretch the stabilizer to cover the remaining hoop. Here's what the back of the hoop looks like:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the photo, you can see that my fabric doesn't even touch the sides of the inner hoop. It's just "floating" in the center of the sticky back adhesive. There is no sandwiching of fabric between the inner and out hoop. With fabric that is larger than the hoop, I just drape the fabric over the edges. Additionally, depending on the fabric, I have also slide another piece of tear away stabilizer under the hoop for added stability. I hope you find this hoop-less technique helpful. It would be great for velour or velvets where hoop burn maybe a concern. It's the only way I hoop these days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-84230746205193628702010-05-06T10:14:00.000-07:002010-05-06T10:14:03.228-07:00Trinket bags<a href="http://amazingmae.blogspot.com/">Amazing Mae</a>, made these awesome <a href="http://amazingmae.blogspot.com/2010/02/trinket-keepers-tutorial.html">trinket bags</a> for her boys. What young boy does not have a need to tote his treasures around in a special little trinket bag?? I remember big AC was always carting around his little collections in ziplock bags. Well, Traci did such a fabulous job on these little bags, I had to make some too. The tutorial was very clear and easy to follow. These bags are pretty addicting. I ended up making 5 when I was only going to make 3. They're that easy to put together! Of course, I didn't do any stenciling. Instead, I HAD to use my Designer Diamond to stritch out some personalization for those little bags. Here are what mine look like. <br />
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Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-75057924354286645372010-05-04T17:23:00.000-07:002010-05-04T17:23:09.958-07:00Drawstring BackpackI really liked these functional but fun backpacks created by Ana over at <a href="http://noodleheads.blogspot.com/2010/02/boys-drawstring-backpack-from-khaki.html">Noodlehead</a>. I love the zippered compartment in the front, the simplitcity of a drawstring bag and that she used an old pair of cargo pants to put it together! Love the recycle part. I wanted to make one of Ana's bags for an older boy. So, I choose not to use any kiddish fabric on the front. In fact, I couldn't decide what to use in the front. In the end, I just stuck w/the denim I purchased on clearance for $2 a yard and some football fabric for the linning (also on clearance for $2 a yard). I also made the bag slightly bigger, 15" wide by 18" tall (instead of 13"x16"). I also used bigger cording for the drawstring. I picked up 9/32" cable cording by the yard for $0.99/yard. I purchased 3 yards, as Ana suggested. Since my cording was bigger, I had to make my hole for the cording bigger and my casing a lot wider for the wide cording to run through it. I ended up having a casing that was probably an 1.25" wide. The larger casing made threading the cording much easier. Ana also suggests an 8" zipper but all I had was a 7" zipper and that worked just fine. Ana's tutorial was easy to follow and I hope you give it a try. Here's my bag. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the bag was finished, I didn't like the lose ends of the cording. I thought they looked messy. To addres this, I cut a 2x4" piece of denim and made tabs for the end of the cording to encase those lose ends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lisa</div>LisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-37152206671100816002010-05-03T22:45:00.000-07:002010-05-03T22:45:15.274-07:00A Rosary made out of Legos?I was searching for something to make for my godson's 1st Holy Communion. He's been crazy about Lego's for quite some time but I had a feeling he's kind of growing out of the Lego stage. I decided to search the net and see what other creative people had done w/Legos. I found some great <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/36093403/pretty-in-pink-lego-charm-bracelet?ref=sr_gallery_22&ga_search_query=lego+bracelet&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=2&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title">Lego bracelets</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/46138752/limited-lego-star-wars-darth-vader?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=lego+cufflink&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title">very cool cufflinks</a> but I was smitten with this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/46079416/lego-rosary?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=lego+rosary&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title">fabulous Rosary</a> made out of Legos. I really liked the concept of snapping the Legos together to help keep track of where you are when praying the Rosary. I also like the fact that Legos are appealing to younger kids and if that encourages them to pray the Rosary, I'm all for it! Since there was no time to purchase one of these beauties, I had to make one myself. Luckily, my teenage son still has 2 huge tubs filled to the brim with Legos. I made mine slightly different based on the Legos I found and I used only one Lego to separate the Mysteries as I thought this would be more in keeping with traditional Catholic Rosaries. Here's my take on the Lego Rosary.<br />
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I also used 1mm imitation leather cording to string the Rosary together. <br />
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The very best part was my godson's comment when he saw the Lego Rosary... "Wow! That's the coolest Rosary EVER!!" I think it was a hit! If you're in need of a Rosary, I do suggest getting one from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MementoMoose">Memento Moose</a>. They are great!.<br />
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Credo,<br />
LisaLisaChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410058256365774728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257647954058248039.post-58888729411608609152010-04-21T00:08:00.000-07:002010-05-01T20:37:39.822-07:00Lost on the net and interfacing pattern piecesJust a few days ago, I found a website that had a cute jean skirt made out of old jeans and a t-shirt. It was comprised of panels, had this cute shoe lace flower on the front, and sized for a 2 -3 toddler. That was perfect for my lil' AC. I was searching for a pair of old jeans big AC had worn holes through when I found an old denim shirt that belong to the Mr. It was perfect for repurposing. I gave the shirt another washing and set out to follow the instructions to make the skirt. Sounds good, so far, right? Well, in the mean time, my PC had rebooted itself and I lost the website. I've searched for 3 days and I still can't find it. I've got other projects waiting to be completed but I'm stuck! I'm obsessed with finding that website. So, if you happen to run across a website which tells you how to make a paneled jean skirt out of an old pair of jeans and a t-shirt and uses shoelaces as the stems of a flower on the front of the skirt, PLEASE let me know. I'm really wanting to make that skirt for lil' AC before she's too big to fit in it. <br />
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I am happy to say that I did force myself to start tracing the pattern pieces to a little summer seersucker outfit I want to make for lil' AC. It's McCalls 5568. I no longer cut any of my patterns. For several years now, I use inexpensive interfacing to trace out the pattern pieces. This leaves the original pattern in tack, and allows me to get full use out of ALL the different size. (When a pattern has multiple sizes printed on the sheet and you cut one size, you loose the other sizes.) I usually buy the interfacing by the bolt and when it's on sale. It last a good long time. Also, the pattern pieces are much more durable. I simply lay the interfacing over the pattern and use a highlighter to trace the lines and copy all the markings. The interfacing is thin enough to see the pattern lines right through it. I roughly cut the interfacing pieces and then lay them on the fabric where I do a much more accurate cut. On a few occassions, I have not even pinned the interface pattern piece to the fabric because the pattern piece can stick fairly well to some types of fabric. Using interfacing to cut out pattern pieces works great for me.<br />
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Credo, <br />
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