Halloween 2009- Par-O-Tweedles in Wonderland

WOW…. can’t believe it has been over a month since posting…. I guess I have been busy.  Saturday we won a couple of prizes for our creativity.  Here is how we spent Halloween 2009:
I build the tweedle bodies out of foam and hula hoops.  The shirt is just a Kwik Sew 2272, a shirt pattern  that [...]

Things I love…. the franc-o-philes.

This post is inspired by some new (old) sewing things that we got in at the store.   OMG-  I f**king love haberdashery… especially if it is beautiful!  I don’t even wind thread and I want one of each.
 
 
 

Sajou- A nineteenth century French company that was recently resurrected.  I cannot really find pictures of some of the most [...]

Hey look… 3 more free apron patterns.

Seems like when it rains… it pours free patterns:
-Nancy’s Sewing Basket (safe haven/ evil addiction employer) also put out a simple apron pattern they call the Manhattan Apron.  Here are PDF one  and PDF two.
-While I was surfing I found that Selvedge Magazine put out a cute little free PDF called Tie Your Own Apron [...]

Free Apron pattern… because I LUV SUMMER.

Materials:
½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile).
¾  —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton).
2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine   embroidery stitch).
-Wash all fabric to clean and shrink.  All seams are ½”
-Cut from coordinating print:
1 Pocket- pattern [...]

Solstice Update: MacBeth 2009

So doing this play was an extreme amount of work but so invigorating and inspiring.  There is just something magical to seeing a play build from concept to stage.  I just really love being in the theater, but know that it can also lead to burn out real quick.
MacBeth… yep I said it, is a [...]

Things I love, things I hate, and things I am guilty of.

First…. Butterflies.  We went to the Pacific Science Center couple of weeks back to see the 3D Under the Sea.  So we had to go to the Butterfly room!  It is the first time that I had been in the room (even though I live like six blocks away) and it is really amazing. 

So before [...]

Dude…. I just won a $3500 dollar sewing machine!!!!

O. K. so every year Nancy’s (my day job) goes to the Puyallup Sew Expo put on by Washington State University and held on the Washington State Fair Grounds.  We are a vendor and we sell off lots of fabric… mostly stuff that is on sale.  It is the biggest Sew Expo in the country.   [...]

…a few of my favorite things- a fashion declaration.

So I am getting all excited about selling on Etsy and realize that I would like to take my blog more in a fashion direction.  In theory (or maybe fantasy)I feel like Esty allows the rouge designer (me) to basically to buy 6-10 yards of fabric that I like, make something to fit me or [...]

More Etsy uploads

So I have put a bunch of stuff on ETSY, come check it out!! If you don’t know about ETSY then you don’t know jack about hand made!

Etsy Upload Update.

 
I put some of my pillows on Etsy. Here is the link.  I hope to be actually adding more stuff to my Etsy page this year instead of just thinking about adding things.  I am off to a great start though…