Over, at last.
December 28, 2008 at 12:50 am | In decorating, sewing | Leave a CommentTags: sewing, yoga bag
I know it doesn’t sound very festive but, I’m glad it is over, mostly anyways. I don’t think we will do much for New Years Eve so the festivities are over for us. I can’t wait to get started on our renovations which we have been putting off until the new year.
I am doing a little last minute sewing that I know I won’t have time for, at least for a little while. I made this yogo bag for MYSELF using the Amy Butler pattern from here http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/free_patterns.php
yoga bag
gazebo
What a summer!
September 20, 2008 at 2:52 am | In farm life, sewing | Leave a CommentTags: fair, horse
I can’t believe it is almost over. Our fall fair is next weekend and we have been busy because Maddie is riding her horse, Cheers in it this year. This will be her first competition. We went $hopping tonight after school and bought her a jacket and new pant$. Wow. She is riding English and Western so two completely different outfits are needed. She has also informed me she wants to enter the pony and the horse in the costume show. I have almost finished a pink tutu for the pony. We sent this photo to a Toronto morning show and they showed it on air!!! We were soooo happy to see it.
final dress fitting before the fair
The Wedding
June 8, 2008 at 3:12 am | In sewing | Leave a CommentTags: dresses, wedding
Well Charlie and Melissa were married June 7th. It was a crazy hot day but, everything worked out very well. I managed to have Maddie and Inez’s dresses done on time. Maddie’s dress was Butterick 4385 and Inez’s was McCalls 8667 and 8679 for the bloomers. Maddie’s hair looked great at the spa but, fell rather quickly.
The female side of the wedding party minus one shy flowergirl.
She did decide it would be fun to pose in the back of Uncle Jere’s truck though.
- wedding party
Sewing Show Afterglow
April 29, 2008 at 3:00 am | In sewing | Leave a CommentTags: sewing show
Maddie, my mom and I went to the Toronto Creativfestival on Friday. I took her out of school for it. I think it was really educational. She loves to craft and it was great for her to see so much of what is available. It was inspirational to see the number of young people with businesses selling craft supplies and products. Maybe she will chose a career in this someday or just do it as a hobby. Whatever.
Grandma gave her $20 when we picked her up. Maddie was really surprised. I think it was the second or third booth we visited and she bought 2 half metres of some really cute fabric. I bought her and myself Amy Butler’s stash and dash bag pattern in the next booth. She put me to work that same night making the smallest coin purse size bag. We luckily had a zipper in the right colour and length. Only problem was it was made for pants and was metal. This made it a little difficult but, it will do. I was tired after driving to Toronto (2 hours one way), to the airport (another 40min), walk thru the show and home again. I could not resist giving in to her request because I was just as inspired by everything we had seen that day. Crazy? Yes, probably.
I also picked up the Lotus tunic and cami pattern that I have wanted for quite some time. I never do this but, I am going to make it using the same fabric as on the pattern cover. Not very creative I suppose but, I think I fell in love with the whole package. I have the fabric coming from ebay and I can’t wait. I got really lucky and found a pattern I love for $1. It’s from Favorite Things and is called the Prairie Girl. I am going to try and make a top for myself and Maddie with the same pattern.
Here is the just some of the big haul.
Maddie loved it and I hope it will be an annual event.
A recycling project
February 19, 2008 at 1:47 am | In sewing | Leave a CommentTags: beaded letters, juice container, koolaid jammer, lunch bag, recycling juice containers
The cold temperatures and messy roads have kept me home sewing this February. This is just part of an icicle that was hanging from our house.
Maddie has been saving empty Koolaid jammer containers for a few months. She brings her own home from school and collects them from the other kids as well. I finally sat down with some instructions that I found online and we made two lunch bags. I used insturctions from http://henriettashandbags.com/koolaid- and http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf984011.tip.html
Maddie designed this one to be a little bigger and we added a handle.
I need to collect more to make a beach/shopping bag for myself. It shouldn’t take too long. Suck’ em back kids.
Maddie was busy making beaded crafts for a friend and baby Inez.
The one on the left is an I and the other is an H.
Many more projects on the way. I’m waiting for the Fabricland sale that starts this week to get the fabric for Maddie’s junior bride’s maid dress. I’m hand quilting her Amy Bulter lotus quilt when I sit to watch T.V. . Maybe I should do something for myself after that. ummmm.
Valentines Day
February 14, 2008 at 2:14 am | In Paper crafts, sewing | Leave a CommentTags: nursing cover up, valentines cards, winter
Yesterday Maddie announced she didn’t have any Valentine cards and she wanted to hand some out to her classmates. I was beginning to think she was getting too old for this sort of thing but, happily she isn’t. Daddy took her to the store on the way to pick me up from work in the truck because I didn’t want to drive the little Tercel on these terrible roads. They didn’t like what was available so she decided to buy some bristle board in purple, pink, white and black.
Deciding to make 30 cards in one evening is a little ambitous. The child is more and more like me every day. Scary. She started making a few and quickly discovered this would be a difficult task . I was soon recruited to cut out hearts in three sizes.
They all got finished and addressed and amazingly enough we didn’t have a snow day today. There are been nine this season and I think five in the last two weeks due to a roads department strike. Tomorrow is a Professional Activity day and Monday is the new Family Day holiday. Nice long weekend for her. Unfortunately, I work tomorrow and Saturday.
I did manage to complete another item for my friend who is having a baby.
I think these nursing cover ups are genius. They sell for around $40 in a local baby shop. I let the new mama to be pick her own fabric on this one.
Where was all this neat stuff when I was pregnant a hundred years ago?
Baby Shower Preparations
February 10, 2008 at 3:46 am | In Paper crafts, sewing | 1 CommentTags: baby shower invitations, bassinet, crafts, invitations, paper
I’ve been hard at work planning for my good friend, Beth’s baby shower. I’ve bought some beautiful paper and scrapbook embellishments from Michael’s to make the invitations. She is having a jungle theme in the nursery so, I thought it would be cute if the invitations matched. I’m looking for games that might be fun and not too difficult to organize. I’ll be counting on Maddie to help out a lot.
Here are the finished invites.
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Now the work beginnings. I need to fill them out and address get myself to the post office.
We have been having a lot of snow lately. Seems we have yet another snow day for the kids. The fourth in 2 weeks. Throw in a P.A. day in there for good measure as well. Wow, nice to be a kid around here.
Tonight ( Thursday February 7th) we go to Rascal Flatts concert at the Air Canada Centre. This is part of Maddie’s Christmas gift. We are going with a friend of ours and staying at the Hotel Novotel.
We had a great time. We sat in the 17th row on the floor. The only problem was I forgot people stand up when they are on the floor. Poor Maddie had a bit of a problem seeing. Luckily they played a few songs on a centre stage which was just behind us a couple of rows and she had a super view for that.
When we got home I delivered the bassinet full of sheets and blankets to my pregnant friend Beth. I think she liked everything. I didn’t take pictures of the orange fleece with the poka dot trim. So soft. I had enough to make a throw for mama too. There was enough of the mirco fleece to make two back to back blankets. She has a friend who is expecting so, this might make a nice gift for her . These blankets were selling for around $40 at the One of A Kind Craft Show this year. I think waiting for the half price sale made them come in at around $8 each. Nice savings.
I purchased this bassinet about 12 years ago and now it’s seen at least 3 other babies through their first few months. This is the first time I have made a bumper pad for it. I think it makes it cozier. I hope baby number 4 finds it to be a comfortable lodging.
Here goes something
January 29, 2008 at 5:40 am | In seat cushion, sewing | Leave a CommentTags: cushion, seat cushions, sewing
I’ve been thinking about doing this for a little while. (starting my own blog) I’ve really enjoyed reading other peoples blogs who have similar interests. I really want to use this blog to share some sewing and crafting projects with other people who might be interested. I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from some crafty gals “out there”. I’ve learned about Etsy and flickr and just love everything about them.
I need to learn how to put together a tutorial. I have taken some pictures of my latest completed sewing project, a seat cushion for my daughter’s chair at school. She claims it’s really painful sitting on those hard chairs all day. I don’t remember having a problem but, then again my bottom was likely… definitely a little more naturally cushioned. ha ha
I started with the fabric, purchased at Fabricland in the clearance section and a foam round.
I used the foam to cut out the right size for the fabic. I laid the foam on the fabric and using a dressmakers marker added 1/2 inch and drew a circle on the fabric. I did this twice. Making sure to centre on the medalian. Next I cut a strip of fabric the width of the foam plus 1 inch and the length of the diametre of the foam round.
Next I sewed the short ends of the strip together and joined it to one of the circles, right sides together.
Then the other circle was attached and a small openning was left for turning. I then turned the whole thing right side out.
I inserted the foam and hand stitched the openning closed.
The result is a more comfy seat for my little princess. She reports that the other kids thought it was a great idea. Perhaps she can get some orders. We are negotiating a percentage. I knew I’d be working for her sooner or later.
I hope my tutorials get to be a little prettier. I will be studing to learn more.
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