Well, This coming January I will be getting married for some strange reason I didn’t want to buy a dress…I wanted to make my own…so I spent most of last night looking for inspration. Do to the fact that my fiance will be coming home from deployment and I will be going to school and [...]
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Going to the Chapel
Posted in Sew on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Secret Garden: Fall Edition
Posted in Sew on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well I’ve finally got the hang of the ruffled roses scarf. I’m making it using Tango ribbon yarn in a pumpkin orange and brown color way, along with Lambs pride in brown. The hardest part of this is understanding how to work with the ribbon yarn, maybe I’m just a bit slow with directions. Here’s [...]
On “Lac” Down
Posted in Sew on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Entrelac that is…I decided that my moochi yarn given to me a couple of months back, by my sewing mom is destined to be my very first Entrelac Scarf pattern. I think that rainbow yarn would look just beautiful knit up in something that looks so complex. I was looking a a youtube video on [...]
Over The Top
Posted in Sew on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever attempted the Magic Loop Method…ever wanted to knit complex stitch patterns…well I did! You see a long time ago I bought 2 skeins of Dale of Norway Baby Ull because I wanted to knit a pair of picot edge socks in the Rowan Calmer book….but I wanted to knit it Magic Loop! [...]
A Must Have
Posted in Sew on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are the owner of a vintage sewing machine this is an absolute must! This book contains every vintage sewing machine attachment out there, I am the owner of a Singer 403A and wanted to buy a automatic zigzaager and also have a vintage buttonholer and had no unearthly idea how they worked…but this tells [...]
Start To Finish
Posted in Sew on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hey Guys I finally finished my hat…its so freakin cute so I thought I post some in progress pics as well as the finished project for you all to enjoy. Now its time to work on another project, I think that it should be a matching colar to match the hat, with a big button!
Yarn: [...]
Workin On It … I love Lifesavers
Posted in Sew on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finally got the correct needles necessary for the guage to make the Classic Elite cover hat from their autum book 1. I’m using 2 balls of Cascade lana Grande as my substitute for this project and US 13 clover 16” circulars. The 15’s made the ribbing around my head too loose caused slippage.
In the [...]
Restoration
Posted in Sew on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I will hopefully finish and post the photos on how to restore a vintage sewing machine. I revised my method a bit to include new products. I can’t wait for my machine to look like new again.
Fashion 09-2010
Posted in Sew on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be sure to check out the look for this fall 09 and the great looks and colors for 2010… over at Fashionising.com so you are sure to be in style this season!
Hey Yall
Posted in Sew on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well its official my lovely family is gone to the slopes of CO, I will miss my sibs and parents, but hey isn’t that why they made buses, planes, trains, and cars? I am become a regular chef, my sewing momm taught me to make my very own homemade pizza this week Thai peaunt butter [...]
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