Post It Note Label Roll use with sewing and CPS reader challenges...

I have been doing quite a bit of garment sewing lately when I have time. I love my new machine... I bought a roll of Post It Note Label Roll a while back for ummm just wanted (I love going to Staples).

Then while working on my jacket I thought what 

a great way to label the "right" side of the fabric 

when the right and wrong side look the same....

 Then I thought what a great way to mark my 

sewing guide line of the darts...

And also mark my 5/8" seam allowance....

Gets you right to the tip of the dart....

 just a little tid bit for sewing darts, to avoid ending at the

tip of the dart, put your needle down, turn your garment 

and start sewing back up along your stitching of your 

dart and then make your "knot" and clip that way you 

don't get a mess at the end of your dart.

 

This may be a repeat but I entered the Cloth Paper Reader 

challenge of tunnel books. Mine was not chosen but it was

fun to make...

I am entering another Cloth Paper Scissor Challenge called

Amazing Alphabet... I have been messing around with these

letters so created this and will be sending it in... we will see...

I have been trying to squeeze in creativity with my crazy work schedule. Have managed a few things... Going to run downstairs to work on something creative.  Thanks for stopping by and looking!

overtime = new sewing machine...

One benefit of working overtime is saving a bit of the extra pay and buying a new sewing machine which by the way was in the nick of time... my Viking #1+ died... I went back to owning a ta-dah....

I owned a Pfaff years ago and have gone back to this brand...

I even made the extension table for my machine.

I am so excited about sewing again... I finished a shirt I started over a year ago, cut out a new one which is process and have a few other pieces of clothing I am going to make. After I am done with some garment sewing it is going to be time to quilt! I have a lot of projects that are in the piecing stage and a lot of quilt tops to finish. 

Hi Ho off to work I go... thanks for stopping by and looking.

work, travel.... gone...

It seems like for me at least at the beginning of the year things are exceptionally crazy with my job. The holidays came and went and I also was home and gone to Denver, CO and home and gone to Tulsa, OK and working an amount of hours that have made me want to sleep for a month. But forget that stuff... I have done a few creative things....

Made the layout way better than it was before.

 I think if I had an Ikea close by I could of done way more.

 You have to love what you can get at local stores to make a new table.

 I made a "Merry Christmas" banner 

(I cannot find the picture of the finished banner)

Banner in progress....

I had painted this piece of fabric a while back 

and decided to make some bags out of it....

The finished bag.....

And then I broke my finger... trying to start my snowmobile.... 

I am still wearing a splint but it's a bit smaller but of course

 it is my right hand and I am right handed.

Well thanks for stopping by.... more post to come but have to head to work.

Have a great day!

new project (along with unfinished ones)

I have started a couple of new projects and this is one of them...

I know it doesn't look like much right now but what it is... is my favorite shirt and I have taken it apart to make a pattern. I love this shirt in fact I need to get busy on creating a new one. Now this is just one way to make a pattern out of a garment that you seriously love... there are other methods and maybe I will do a series on that method too but, for this one you actually take apart the garment. Of course this being a shirt I only need one front and the back I cut in half because I will place it on the fold. My next steps are to transfer this shirt on to pattern paper or the pattern "interfacing" I will call it that you can get at the fabric store. I went to fashion design school many many years ago and they had the pattern paper which I cannot find anywhere... it is great stuff. So this week end I am going to start turning this into a pattern so I will take more photos on the process so you can see.

Well thanks for stopping by, off to work I go now. Have a great day!

Flygirls ATC's and snow....

I got my ATC done for a January trade a bit late.... here they are:

and then there was snow...

The theme for our group this month was Dream... Doing ATC's are new for me, I love the challenge it makes you stretch. This next month is Love and I need to get busy on them because they are due here in a few weeks, can you believe in a few weeks it is going to be February. 

We finally got our first snow fall. Typically it doesn't snow down here in the valley but in the mountains close buy it does but even the mountains have not had any snow. The ski resort might get to open in a few days now....  I know it wasn't a lot of snow to move but, to have my driveway cleared off is nice. This is the first year we have had a tractor and for 19 years we have shoveled this driveway by hand, I am now doing the happy dance because I didn't have to do that! Yippy! 

In a few days I am hoping to post about a couple new projects I am starting... one is making a screen (sort of speak) to block the downstairs entrance from the dogs and I am making a pattern out of an old button down shirt I love and hope to show you how you can take a garment you love and make a pattern out of it. 

For now, it's time to close and go to bed... thanks for stopping by and looking...

Working on a new garland....

Some times I get an idea in my head and then I had just have to go with it... this year I am making a new garland for my tree and making it up as I go along.... 

I am hoping to have a few strands done before the weekend because I do have to decorate my tree... what a laundry list of things that I must get done by the end of the week. I do have a dream of even making some gifts before Christmas... Why do I seem to wait until the last minute? Do you ever do the same thing?

Thanks for stopping by and looking!

piecing a new panel for my bag...

I have slowly been piecing the other side to my bag...

I have been able to get some sewing in this week. I have started the next side of my bag. I made some squares and painted some curvy lines. Added some more strip piecing and feeling like I know how I am going to put it together after I quilt everything. I think I am going to call this bag "getting over it". I am getting over my creative funk that is have been in for the past seven years thanks to my morning pages.

I went shopping today and picked out a few things... Some embroidery thread, a new book: Surface Design Essentials by Jand Davila's and a Fabric Paint Cannon by Tulip. I read about it on this blog: . I cannot wait to try it out.

Well, it is midnight and time for bed so I can go to work. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Karen