Category: sewing

Caitlyn, sewing

Waiting for Summer

Last summer we discovered (with hardly any surprise) that the sun hat I bought for Caitlyn from the Point Defiance Zoo at least three years ago was too small. She immediately requested a big floppy sun hat like mine. I used a pattern from Amy Butler. Completely coincidentally, Caitlyn picked an Amy Butler fabric for the exterior. This new hat fits her exactly right now. Should have made a medium. I think she likes it. Now, we just have to figure out how to keep it on her head. Save

dreaming out loud, sewing

If I were a rich girl…

I was able to spend yesterday afternoon at a “Sewing Celebration” hosted by Bernina Northwest. Oh boy, do I wish I had a disposable $10K! Part party, part class, this was a chance for the curious to test drive the Bernina 830. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if this sewing machine could also knit or scramble eggs; we used decorative stitches, did some machine embroidery, and came home with something the instructor called a “jewelery clutch” (Heaven knows what I’ll do with it, not really be the jewelery or the clutch type). The machine has a touch screen, it …

homesteading, sewing

Reusable Dry Goods Bag

We’ve got reusable fabric shopping bags. Why not have something reusable that you can use in the bulk foods aisle? I came up with this baggie a couple months ago, using fabric from the stash and ? for possibly the first time since leaving school a million years ago. Since then, it’s brought home walnuts, cornmeal, and granola. When it gets dusty inside, I throw it in the wash. The contrasting square is there so I can write in the bag’s weight when empty, which would simplify the check-out process at the store. So far, PCC has been awesome about …

sewing

Thread Catcher, Version 2

 

Well, I think it’s an improvement over the last one, but it’s not quite there yet. For one, I think the fabric combination came out too much like a circus tent for my taste. Less contrast, perhaps, or not using a spacious print/solid combination. A little interfacing would be good for structural integrity, and a tiny bit more height before the rim flips down. I think the most critical part, though, would be an adjustment to my template so that the outside rim doesn’t flare. I was hoping for something more vertical. It kinda looks like a mutant cootie-catcher to …

quilts, sewing

Dis-proof of Concept, and The Answer

 

Sewing creates these tiny bits of thread that you cut off a project. I’ve always just had a little pile going on my work table, and sometimes I would sweep them into my hand and get them to a trash bin. More often they would get swept off the table (by my project or my arm) and wait to be vacuumed into oblivion. Last night, I decided that it was time to grow up. So I made a thing in which to put thread tails. What resulted is not quite what I had in mind. It’s edges are too wavy …