6 posts tagged “hobby”
i've been wanting a nice quilting frame for a while now .. since i've picked up hand quilting ( and loving it !! ), i thought a nice frame would work better then a lap hoop .. so i started doing some research, trying to find one i like .. well, i found one that i liked - it's made by Hinterberg ..
so he said ok, np ...
here's what he made for me
this is used to loosen & tighten the screws, so i don't have to use my hands =)
pretty darn good considering it all came from scrap wood he had laying around =)
here's my latest project .. a friend of ours is having their first baby and she's due in aug. .. here's what i'm making for her, i just started it the other day and work on it every chance i get ..
guess you'd call it a cheater quilt of sorts, there was no piecing to it .. it's flannel and i've sandwiched it and now i'm starting the quilting .. i layered it w/low loft batting so i can hand quilt it
here's what the back looks like thus far .. i'm working my way from the center out and doing them in rows of two
... and there ya have it .. be kind on the comments would ya - this is my first shot at hand quilting =p
spring has sprung, the weather's finally getting nice and that means one thing ... it's garage sale season !!! woo hoo !
my mother in law and i love going to garage sales together, and we do it every year.. and there's only one thing we like better ... and that's a church sale !! double woo hoo ! they're the best cuz they have the fill a bag for a buck sales ..
one of the last ones we went to i crammed a bag and a half full of nothing but mens' ties .. i walked outta there w/almost 300 ties ..
... they range in designers from giorgio armani to the local guy down there street .. and styles, stripes and paisleys of all kinds, colors, and shapes that you cold possibly imagine from the late 60's until the current day ..
all for just a buck and a half - what a bawwgin ! =p
here's how i plan on using them ...
here's what ( i thought was pretty clever ) to do w/the scraps ..
.. might have to try that too
i filled a bag at that same church sale full of jeans for a buck too
... in that bag, i packed a pair of calvin klein jeans, my fav's, and they're 3 sizes too small for me ... ( when i get the new meds, all that'll change .. ) .. i love them so much and they're in such fabulous shape, i couldn't just leave them there
soooooooo, in order to fit my fat ass into a pair of jeans 3 sizes too small, something had to change ..
k, here are the jeans ...
i sliced them open at the outter seams ...
sewed some 2" square strips of fabric together in a row ...
and sewed that strip to the sliced open halves of my, 3 sizes too small, jeans ...
.. then sew the leg seams back together
i also sewed some bias tape as trim around the ankles ..
not sure about the top yet .. i might leave it, i might cut them into really low low riders .. not sure yet ..
... there's only 3 different floral squares repeated in the whole sequence ...
i really had alotta fun w/this ... this is as far as i've gotten so far .. i might work on the other side tonight, or i might just leave it for tomorrow ..
.. and if all goes well, by tomorrow i can say i'm 3 sizes smaller then i was yesterday =)
For a while now I've been trying to get my sewing room matters in order. It's such a mess !
Been creating things too .. made this baby romper bunny suit for my cousin's daughter. I called my aunt for whatever reason at the time and she told me my cousin had had her baby. So I asked her for her info, ya know, phone #, email addy, etc...
Got her mailing addy, needed that cuz I made something for the baby .. but never did get a phone # or email addy. No worries, I sent her my phone # and email addy in the letter I put in w/this outfit I made for her.
So, I send this outfit, all packed up nice ya know, via priority mail. I have a tracking number so I'll know if and when she gets it.
... it's been almost 2 weeks .. and I haven't heard a word from either one of them ...
I even called my aunt again but got an answering machine. Ok, fine, left a message, left my phone number, plz call me back.
.. it's been almost a week ... and I haven't heard a word from either of them ...
Remind me not to do any more favors for my " family " plz.
Thought maybe y'all would enjoy to see them here ... maybe someone other then myself can appreciate the time, effort and money I put into this outfit.
.. and there ya have it, that's what i've been up to lately. 'course this didn't take me that long at all to make this. took my time on it and only took 2 days, not bad.
... i just really wish someone would at least call me to let me know they got the package fgs .. lucky for me i got a tracking number
.. and alotta patience
POST SCRIPT ... wouldn't ya know it, not even 20 minutes after i posted this, my aunt calls me to tell me my cousin got the romper and loves it. they're both just so busy, was hard to get back to me until now/then. i can believe it .. my aunt's super busy w/my grandparents ( grampa's in a nursing home now =( ), and i guess my cousin's busy w/both the new baby, going back to work, and trying to write out & send ty notes from her baby shower. so, i told her to let know i'm here, not going anywhere, and to get to me whenever. i was mostly concerned as to whether or not it got there.
sooooooooooo ... now i feel like a total moron ... but, still good to know she got it
after that last one, i was going to leave well enough alone and watch some football .. but, then i started looking at the others and thought, why not ?
.. so here's the latest sunbonnet sue i put together, enjoy it ..
.. and there ya have it .. i just really, really hope she likes it ..
that, and i really, really hope i can have it done before the baby's here
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