Friday Night Sew In tonight

The Friday Night Sew In is tonight.  I'm not sure how much sewing is going to happen tonight, but I do hope to get some drafting done.  I bought the book Making Your Own Patterns from someone on PR.  A friend of mine helped me get some good measurements today, and i'm hoping to get to drafting my own pattern tonight.   The book looks like this is layed out in a pretty straight forward way, so i'm hoping not to have too many problems with it.  We'll see how it goes.  

You can sign up for the sew-in here.

Happy sewing all. 

FNSI The results.

I'll tell you, I have to give a lot of you ladies credit for the work some of you do.  You go to work all day, come home and take care of a family and then STILL crank out projects like crazy.  Me, I clean my kitchen so I can have a nice area to cut fabric with, and i'm pretty much finished.

I did somehow mange to get Jalie 3132 cut.  I even managed to get the kangaroo pocket finished.  Then I was done, it was time to clean up.  However, that's progress, and I might get the top done within the next week or so.

I do have to say to my credit though. I've pretty stressed the last few weeks, and that could explain the tiredness.   Hopefully that's going to clear up here real soon, and I can get back to sewing.  There are TONS of things I would like to get to.

Friday Night Sew In is Tonight

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The October FNSI is tonight.

I'll be working on Jalie 3132.  Which is one of just many great new Jalie patterns.  I traced the pattern last night while sort of watching Project Runway (what a SUCK season!).

That is all.

Happy sewing!

What I did at the FNSI

I didn't have a whole lot of time for the FNSI, but what time I did have was actually productive.  First, I finished a little night gown for my littlest DD.  The night gown has been done for the most part for the last month.  Except it was a bit to short, so I needed to add a ruffle.  All I had was tiny scraps of fabric, so the ruffle didn't add much length, but an extra two inches is an extra two inches, I guess.  It took me a month to do that ruffle.  I feel so ashamed.  I used the tee-shirt pattern from Kwik Sews Sewing for Toddlers book. 

The second thing I was able to do was get started on this damn Jalie robe that's been laying around for at least 2 or 3 months.  When I started it, I didn't have enough fabric. So I had to order more from Fabric.com.  However, I was having a hard time trying to get a color match.  After three orders, I have given up trying to match the off white fabric that I have.  I'm just going to make the robe, then dye it purple, or something.  Anyway, I was able to get all the edges serged and get the robe half way assembled.  At this point, all it needs is the facing, sleeves and hems, then i'll be all done.  It's probably all of an hours worth of work.  Hopefully it won't take me a month to finish this because having this robe hang over my head is kind of starting to hinder progress for other things. 

So that was how I spent my FNSI time, hope yours was productive as well!

June FNSI June 17th

Hey all!

Don't forget this months FNSI. 

You can sign up here http://craftyvegasmom.blogspot.com/2011/06/friday-night-sew-in-signups-for-61711.html

I have no idea what i'm going to be working on yet.  And last month I just totally forgot about the whole thing, so we'll see when the time comes. 

When the Cats Away...

...The mice will get sick, apparently!

My husband got a new job and had to fly to Seattle for two weeks for training.  I admit, I hate it when my husband leaves for more than a few hours.  But I decided that this time I was going to make the most of it.  I had big plans for sewing and doing fun things with the kids (Not to mention packing because we have to move by the first, but that's a whole other story. We are moving right next door.  Literally).

Anyway, since I had all these great plans, what happens?  I go ahead and get sick!  And I mean sick SICK.  I can't remember a time when I felt this bad.  I have a raging ear infection, sinus infection and a fever. I've lost three pounds in the last few days and i'm convinced that it's because of all the fluid loss from the nose blowing.  This has been going on for three days.  I am so sick that i've drank all of a half of bottle of Diet Pepsi in three days -- nomally I have an IV drip.

I am starting to feel a bit better though, so hopefully if I can just manage to get a good nigths sleep (I never sleep well when hubby is gone) i'll feel better and can get to the fun stuff.

Currently on the table is the dress on the cover of My Image magazine.  This is my second 'test' although I had plans on wearing this one.  I'm proud to say I have to take in the side seams, and that's what i'm working on now.  Hopefully i'll get that done for the Friday Night Sew In.  Which is this Friday, BTW.

FNSI

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The FNSI is tonight.  I'm not sure how much i'll get done because the in-laws should be in from Michigan.  But I have a skirt half done that I might be able to finish.  Wish me luck!  And enjoy your project!

FNSI results...

Well, there isn't a whole lot for me to post about the FNSI. 

I WAS able to get the fabric for my Butterick pattern cut out.  Unfortunately, I let my 6 year play with my machine every now and again, and she managed to make things get a little wonky this time around.  I spent my FNSI time being pissed off and trying to get things back into working order. 

The machine is back in working order, and I may have to consider giving her one of my other machines.  The problem is with that is that none of my other machines have a sped selector like my Kenmore does.  I'm a little afraid of letting her loose with a machine without a 'slow' setting.  :/

FNSI and the Mini Wardrobe...

The FNSI in is tonight. Sign up here.

Tonight i'll be working on Butterick 5351.  You kow why i'll be working on that instead of the mini wardrobe?  It's because i'm DONE with the mini wardrobe!  Ok, so i'm done sewing, but I don't have the reviews up yet.  That could be a huge problem for me since I hate doing reviews, and I have to take (what seems like) tons of pics.  Ugh.  Maybe I should be working on that tonight instead?