Girly sewing

I am going to be making a Redondo skirt and Hermosa top this week for my friend's daughter. We picked out fabric today; hot pinks and oranges. It's going to be cute, and loud.

I have the opportunity to make a couple boy baby outfits but I'm not excited about them. I'm trying to avoid the word "should" in my life and don't want to feel obligated to make these. I think though that once I get started with them I will be more motivated.

I made a purple bag.

I don't know how to arrange the photos very well here. This is my new library bag. It is nice and substantial, much better than my old canvas tote.

Red hoodies

I got the cotton sweatshirt fleece from trimfabric.com and while the finished product is nice and cozy, this fabric was kind of difficult to sew due to the thickness. Binding is black c/l jersey and it has a little bit too much recovery cut the length the pattern specified. So next time if I used binding fabric with lycra I would make it a bit longer.

I made size 122 again for my 6.5 yo and it's fine on him, and for the little one I bumped him up to 98. The baby/toddler versions of these patterns do not have a lot of ease built in so the 92 was really close to too small for him (even though the sleeves were still too long) and the 98 is oversized on him but not so much that it looks funny or anything. I really like how these turned out!

bunch of pink stuff

These items are all for sale in my new shop at Hyenacart :).

8 out of 9

Hmm weird. I didn't know what would happen if I posted multiple pictures. This is a watercolor quilt that has actually been in progress since 2002. Actually it's spent a lot of time in storage but I decided to get it out and finish it by the end of March. I originally swapped with lots of online quilters for sets of 25 fabric squares when I started this back in '02 but I ran out of darks. So I put out a plea at my sewing website and got dark fabric packages from 2 people there and I think I have enough now to finish square #9. Just need to finish up a baby quilt and some red hoodies first :).

pink outfit

This is (ok, will be) for sale in my shop at hyena cart. I need to put the link up! Cotton velour paired with stretchy fishy print c/l jersey. I'm still going to take a better pic of the fish applique on the hat.

Stockings

I made the stocking on the right for my 2.5 year old son. The other one was made a few years back for my now 6.5 year-old. I like the bigger piecing on the newer stocking much more than the tiny piecing I did on the first one but think the new one might have looked better with somewhat smaller pieces. I also used 2 layers of fabric for the back of the new stocking instead of one like I did the first time.

Christmas tree skirt

Here's the Christmas tree skirt I made. The binding was too narrow; I can do a fairly narrow binding (cut 1 7/8" wide to start) that looks good on the straight grain but when you do it on the bias it gets skinnier as it stretches. So... next time, start a bit wider when cutting binding on the bias.

"ugly" jammies and undies

Here are the pajamas and underwear. Lovely, no? I actually think the print looks fine with the blue fabric, but the orange... not so much.

Christmas sewing

I started quilting my Christmas tree skirt today. Tomorrow is crazy busy but I might be able to work on it some more. I also hand-prewashed the fabric for the binding. Easier than dealing with all the fray damage from washing it in the machine and I can see how much it bleeds too.

Other current projects include a spectacularly ugly set of jammies for my 2 yo and 4 pairs of boxer briefs for my boys. Pics later; I keep saying that, I know. It is a rib knit with deep orange, lime, and slate blue diamond print. I matched it with orange sleeves on the jammies and variations of orange and slate blue for the undies.

I also need to make up winter hats for gifts for the rest of my nieces and nephews, and maybe a custom order, and a stocking for my younger son. For his 3rd Christmas.

insane quilt project

Well I got out the insane quilt project the other day and did a bit of work on it. I want to finish it and put it up on one of my big walls in my living room.

I am also sewing church pants for my older son, undershirts for my younger, and a long sleeve tee for me.

vogue 7693

Wrap dress that I'm kind of interested in making.

what I want to do next

Fall shirts for boys:
stripe and orange raglans
green camo w/ olive
blue camo
air force with reddish solid

green camo tee for me?

maroon and green print tees for me

undies for store
tote bag for store
1 or 2 more totes for store

tracing:
otto raglan in 122 with long sleeve
otto raglan in 92? with long sleeve

to buy:
elastic for undies
look for legendary Nay at JA
cool fabric for a bag

projectless

We went on vacation and came back and I don't know what I want to sew now. I have a patchwork quilted bag in mind. I really do NOT like those fashionable quilty bags but this one is different, hehe. Maybe tomorrow I will look in my bin and see if I have something that would go well for that project.

I also have some nice fabric that would make good long sleeve tops for fall for the boys but that will involve tracing a new pattern for my growing older one. And I have a neighbor kid birthday coming up; M will be 1 on Sunday and I kinda want to make her something.

NYB blocks

Here are the NYB blocks I made a couple weeks ago.

New York Beauty

I made a new NYB quilt block today. I'll post a pic in the next couple days, I promise. I am waiting for some dye to finish setting so I can wash it out. I am going to sew a couple of lavender rib knit items: a tee for me and a little romper for baby J a couple doors down. I have black jeans for D cut out and am contemplating making them up and entering them in the county fair. Hmm.

more pink

I made myself a pink skirt from a tablecloth I got on clearance at Target a while back. I made a green tee too and I'm happy! with the pattern. A small miracle. I have a hard shape to fit, at least to fit the way I want t-shirts to fit.

Next up are the pants for my ebay set that needs to be finished up asap. And then I'm thinking about a little t-shirt modification for D; dh's uncle works at Sundance and has a rescue dog he has trained. We have a t-shirt in an adult size with a pic of the dog on it. I'm going to cut the shirt down and resew it in D's size. Then... I have a camo project in mind for ebay.

I'm also expecting a big box from fabric.com tomorrow. My biggest fabric order yet, 17 yards. They are having a great sale! Under $2/yd for everything I bought.

pink

I finished one pink baby outfit today and will work on the other set tomorrow, I hope. It was fun and easy to do on the serger; I have made this pattern several times for my ds2 before I got my serger and it makes a huge difference=less time with the serger. I did velour for the neckline and it's kind of wavy but I think will be ok.

For HB I am still contemplating making her several snap trainers too but need to buy some stuff for them. I want to stop by the OP quilt shop to see what they have as far as summer Hawaiian print fabric and get my scissors sharpened. I'm on the fence about making a summer surf ebay set; is it too late in the season or not? I have a plan for a really cool camo set and want to get started finding the fabric for the pants, that is if I'm not going to go ahead with the surf outfit.

I am also trying to brainstorm a new ebay ID; I kind of really don't like the one I have now, it doesn't reflect what I want it to.

I will put up a picture of some of the pink stuff after I get it taken in the next day or 2. It turned out quite cute.

another ebay set

Well my sewing for fun turned into making another set to list on ebay. This time I will only recreate it once and we'll see how it goes.

I also cut out a bunch of Pink! baby stuff for a couple of my friends and hope to have fun making up girly outfits soon.

And, I'm on the lookout for some kind of fabric that will be cool for a peasant top for me.

wanting to just sew for fun

I am almost all done with my 2 customs for ebay and I'm wiped out. Tired of the work and time it takes. So for a while I will work on sewing for fun. Maybe I'll make one of the frayed edge flower quilt blocks that I really like from the new Quilt Sampler magazine. I need to ship the ebay sets like Monday if possible. I have another idea for a cute summery ebay set but just can't go there right now. I'll think about fall for a while. I do want to get out my New Conceptions pattern and make an outfit for Annie and see how that makes me feel. I really think I just need a vacation. Still thinking about starting yet another blog. Yup. Maybe I will put all my links in it of the blogs I like to read regularly. I kind of want to soo... I will.