More Posts to come

I have busy and lazy, mostly lazy.  With all the holidays, vacation days, inclement weather, who wants to post pictures... well it wasn't me.  Over my vacation break I made two jackets and one dress for New Years.

I'll give you a preview of what's to come since I don't have any pictures of them to post right now.

From the January 2011 Burda Style Magazine # 126A



From the December 2010 Burda Style Magazine # 126A





I also will have an update on the bags and pillows that I made as Christmas gifts.

Just slow poking around...

I have a lot of things to post and review. I really hope that I can get that done this weekend.  I don't even have an excuse because I have at home for two days this week so it's not like I've been busy.

I can however give a teaser of the things that I've made just to keep your attention for a moment:

 

I have moved, my blog that is....

I've moved to http://designingcreations.wordpress.com. With the intentions to have more posts in there future!

Class Project

We had two projects that were due in class. One was the tote bag and the other was a skirt. For class we could choose a straight skirt or an A-line skirt, as long as they both had front and back darts and a seam for the center back. For my pattern I chose Simplicity 4401.

I have to say that I learned a lot of things in this class. A few NEW ways of doing things differently never hurt anyone in my opinion. My instructor was an absolute dream to work with.

I have to apologize in advance because my pics are not great. The sun was bright and I was using an amateur photographer for the day. Maybe I'll do more photo tweaking later.

I am wearing with the skirt the cardigan that I made last year Simplicity 2603.
I removed the sleeves because something happened to them in the wash and the color wouldn't come out! So I turned into a vest and wore it a long sleeve T-shirt that day. You almost didn't notice that they were two separate pieces.

I will take better pics of the skirt another day.

It's still sewing even if it is for school right?

Looking over the course syllabus before the quarter started left me a bit wary. Our first class project was a tote bag. I'm thinking OK..... seriously? Then I had to remember that this class was for those who didn't know how to sew. So then my next thought was to test out of the class. Well I drug my feet on doing that and came to conclusion that there was nothing wrong with getting an easy A. So we're in week 8 right now of a 10 week quarter and the tote bag is done and we are working on a skirt. I have to say that learning the technical names of the machines parts is a whole lot better than calling them "thingies", LOL! I liked the tote bag so much i made one at home.


This project gave me the idea of what I was going to do for Christmas gifts this year. I bought around 30 yards of twill fabric. I'll need a 1 yard for each bag. this includes a lining for the bag.
I have already pretreated the fabric and separated them into the sizes that I'll need for each bag. I have straightened the grain of the fabric pieces to ensure they are properly aligned. And they are folded neatly waiting to be sewn for Christmas. I am making these for the ladies in my family. They younger ladies will have a smaller bag. Everyone will have they initials on the bag. Still haven't decided if i'm purchasing the iron-on letters or using stencils and fabric paint.