You Sew Silly Mama

Thursday, February 4, 2010

It's Been a While

Its been about two week since my last post, I'm not real sure where the time has gone but it definitely went there fast. Whats that, "have i been crafty" you say,....... well yeah. I would find time in a hurricane, in fact, if i unhinged my craft table i could use it as a raft so when the waters rise i won't miss a stitch.

Mom came to visit and with her came her new obsession, polymer clay. I must admit this is some handy stuff. It took me a little while to wrap my brain around making "canes" and I still have yet to try checkerboard patterns or swirls. What i did manage to create was a stack of clays that i layers to produce a marble effect. I was pretty happy with this and made several beads and a bracelet(forgot to take pictures). Even my girls got into it. As you can see above i set up a bigger table and every one had a space to roll clay.

I have also been working on a few more flowers brooches and i am thrilled with them.

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I cut out quite a lot of petals from many different fabrics. i will have plenty to work on when i am short on time. I like to make these when i am to busy to sit at the sewing machine. Unlike the sewing machine I can stop and start these with out much fuss or confusion. In other words when the kiddos call i can literally drop it and go.

We Celebrated the Big 100th Day of School . I was told that i needed to create "... the best shirt ever." Bridie gave me strict instructions and a lot of help. She loved her shirt.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Ahhhh! Sucess

Guess what? I finished the duffel bag, i was going to embellish it a bit( i had a huge plan) but when i started to add a few yellow roses It all just got lost in translation. So plain and practical is how she will remain.

Now on to the next project! I finally got up the nerve to cut my Anne Marie Horner fabric. I purchased it from Fabric Worm (they have such wonderful fabrics and a kool little shop which you can see if you visit there blog). I love these prints so much that i have been hesitant to cut them. Out of the two pieces you see below i will be making a hinged frame hobo bag. I think this is going to be the perfect application for the "modern gypsy" feel that these pieces have.

This next photo is the result of my husbands craigs list obsession, i now own more craigs list furniture than anyone else i know, but you know, i love it.

This baby sews just fine and is making a great replacement for the small sewing machine Santa brought that only lasted a week. I love the old girl and with any luck she will love us back for many years to come.