Category: Making

sewing

Gnomes

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I’m not normally a garden gnome person. I don’t collect ceramic statuary for the garden. But I randomly found a copy of Gnomes in the library when I was a kid and something about the tiny people in their pointy red hats has just stuck with me. So, when In The Beginning announced a fabric collection called Better Gnomes and Gardens… well, ok, I squealed and showed pictures of the fabric designs to a long list of very patient friends. And then I bought a bit more than was seemly. Now I have gnomes and not a lot of plans …

quilts, sewing

Other February Makes

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A small collection of photos of some of the other things sewn in the last month. The light is all kinds of weird in these photos, mostly because it’s February in Seattle. These were all made from stash fabric, so they qualify for this month’s Stashbusting “goals.” And since none of them are for me, they even meet the Challenge criteria (make something for someone else). That’s got to be a first for me. The January/February blocks for Sew.Quilt.Give. (Ok, I also made my blocks for March since I’m hosting, but those will get their own post.) These are all …

sewing

Laptop Love

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While digging around in my scrap box, I turned up a small collection of 60-degree diamonds in assorted batiks, mostly green and pinky-peach, with a little yellow. They might be left over from a shoulder bag I made for myself years ago (which I don’t have pictures of, apparently). I had to add to them, mostly purples, and here’s the end result: A laptop sleeve. This one is sized for an 11-inch Apple MacBook, conveniently just the size of my sister’s computer. I probably could have made the flap on this side just a smidge longer. But I’m going to …

Caitlyn, sewing

Collaborations

 

We recently had some gift-giving occasions come up. I nudged Caitlyn a bit (“I bet Grandma would really like it if you made a little something for her…”), and then she surprised me with a request to borrow the fabric markers. We talked it back and forth a bit (“It would be weird to draw on a piece of fabric and then not turn it into something…”) before she settled on potholders/mug rugs. The results are almost all Caitlyn. She pressed the fabric; I cut the squares and marked seam allowances. She came up with and drew the designs. She …

sewing

Long overdue introduction

Check out what’s hanging out back there behind my sewing machine. Look out, world: I’ve got a serger now! Ok, I’ve had the serger since November. But with holidays and so forth, I didn’t get a chance to get to know it much. Now that I’ve finished my Tiramisu (pictures to come as soon as the sun comes back – Seattle is going from rain to fog and back again these days. I don’t mind the rain, but the fog is really wearing.), we’ve logged a little time together. I’m feeling pretty confident about the threading and about serging most …

sewing, Wardrobe Improvement Project

Sew Grateful and a Giveaway

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It’s Sew Grateful Week! That means it was just about a year ago that I started looking around the internet for folks who sewed clothes for themselves. Not to knock the quilters I follow or those who sew kids’ fashion, it’s just that I want to also sew for me. I may not comment much, but I’m a regular lurker around My Happy Sewing Place, Four Square Walls, Cation Designs, Ginger Makes, and several other sites. I may be moving slowly on my own Wardrobe Improvement Project, but I’m pretty sure any forward progress at all is at least in …