teas, snap bag, angela tote and hair band
pin cushion, thread holder, needle book, mini shroom pin cushion
1/3 yard give ahoot fabric collection 4 , 1 yard red red surfer fabric, fq misc fabric and braclet to create with.
too cute to pass up!
Friday, January 28, 2011
my craftster swap
teas, snap bag, angela tote and hair bandpin cushion, thread holder, needle book, mini shroom pin cushion1/3 yard give ahoot fabric collection 4 , 1 yard red red surfer fabric, fq misc fabric and braclet to create with.too cute to pass up!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Adventures in dressmaking blog giveaway
Do you love fabric..i do.. i really love free fabric
check this out http://www.adventuresindressmaking.com/ is working with the fat quarter shop for a giveaway!
Good luck!
check this out http://www.adventuresindressmaking.com/ is working with the fat quarter shop for a giveaway!
Good luck!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
list of project for my SS Challenge
Table of contents for "Style Stitches"
| Level | Project |
| Easy | Cosmo Bag |
| Easy | Reversible Everyday Shopper..... may have to make several of these! |
| Easy | Origami Bag set |
| Intermediate | Beautiful Balance |
| Intermediate | Perfectly Pleated Clutch |
| Intermediate | Teardrop Bag ..... I LIKE IT |
| Intermediate | Key Keeper Coin Purse |
| Advanced | Fringed Hobo Bag ......... I dont like this bag! |
| Advanced | Blossom Handbag / shoulder bag ....... LOVE IT |
| Experienced | Everything Wristlet |
| Experienced | Miss Maven Ruffled Handbag |
| Experienced | Take Flight Handbag / shoulder bag |
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
sewing shed update
fabric notions and books
fabric and dresser of patterns and boxes of fabric and patterns
designer board and new wire shelves
notions, fabric, spool holder rolls of fabric
coffee maker, tea, notions, singer athena fabric... and ther are still 10 plastic totes full and 4 totes of clothes to redo, 2 of sheets, and 2 of fleece
working working working
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sewing Green or ..When your broke and trying to sew
Green and Thrifty Resources:
Getting all you need to get started can be a bit pricey so here are some ideas for getting some thrifty start up supplies
Let me say again Yahoo Freecycle Groups! http://groups.yahoo.com/ Sewing groups and Freecycle groups!
Yard Sales, Thrift stores, Dollar Stores and Shop the sales. Craigslist, also folks
Look for old patterns in yard sales and thrift shops. Must thrift stores just throw them out and will give them to you for free. Look online for free patterns and join sewing groups!!!!
I scored a $25 ruler at Hancock's 80% off in the sales rack! You name it and it was in there.
Recycle old clothes.. old t shirts, jeans, dresses, can be made into bags, quilts, pot holders, patches, new shirts, dresses and the list goes on. I have patterns and ideas for all this!
Sundays Best a fabric store locally, SCORE!! they had a sale on fabric and it was just 2 DOLLARS a yard BINGO!
Coupons you can join Hancock's, Joann's, and Sunday best, Sew much Fun and they all send out coupons, or Email you newsletters with sales and coupons so you can shop till you drop.
Save buttons, zippers, off stuff too damaged to use, belts can make straps for bags, Be creative and Inventive.
Sheets can be used for dresses and test fabric.......your muslin on the cheap.
Finger press use an old wooden
Stileto wooden BBQ skewer... big package 50 for 1.00 at the dollar store.
Cording for piping old phone wire, dollar store cording look in the tool section, twine ...its almost like a scavenger hunt.
Thread clips, finger nail clippers, tweezers in kits, computer tools, computer vaccuums, lets not forget tooth brushes and old paint brushes to wipe and clean. Q-tips, fishing tweezers they are long and thin. Use only sewing machine oil to oil your machine.
Big huge heavy washers can be wrapped and used as pattern weights.
Medical paper is cheaper than pattern paper, butcher paper, wax paper, tissue for presents, all this can be used to trace patterns. News paper can stain fabric but a friend of mine use to use it.
Old blankets can be used for quilt stuffing.
Scraps from sewing can be used for stuffing, reuse pillow stuffing.
Reuse gift boxes for storage, pill bottles to hold old needles, Old tins to hold sewing supplies, old plastic coffee cans for storage and not to mention tackle boxes and tool boxes. Yeah you have to clean them first but how nice remake them into yours
A dresser can serve as a place to store patterns and fabric. Suit cases can be used to store fabric neatly and dust free.
Need a stiff bottom for a bag? or board for your home made folios? Use old political signs, ad signs on the road that often get left behind they are plastic and stiff.. please dont go taking the good ones you can and will get in trouble for that. Dollar store foam board huge poster size is good and you can make alot from them, cereal boxes, cardboard boxes.
Old mike crates and be lined or used as they are for storage. An old file holder can be used to store rulers. old file cabinets can be used for notions and patterns. Store patterns in old notebooks look for them in thriftshops or use your kids old ones. I love PDF files for patterns!!!!! easy to store and very small.
No matter how big or small your sewing space is we can help you find the room to sew!
i added this as a page to keep adding to it
Getting all you need to get started can be a bit pricey so here are some ideas for getting some thrifty start up supplies
Let me say again Yahoo Freecycle Groups! http://groups.yahoo.com/ Sewing groups and Freecycle groups!
Yard Sales, Thrift stores, Dollar Stores and Shop the sales. Craigslist, also folks
Look for old patterns in yard sales and thrift shops. Must thrift stores just throw them out and will give them to you for free. Look online for free patterns and join sewing groups!!!!
I scored a $25 ruler at Hancock's 80% off in the sales rack! You name it and it was in there.
Recycle old clothes.. old t shirts, jeans, dresses, can be made into bags, quilts, pot holders, patches, new shirts, dresses and the list goes on. I have patterns and ideas for all this!
Sundays Best a fabric store locally, SCORE!! they had a sale on fabric and it was just 2 DOLLARS a yard BINGO!
Coupons you can join Hancock's, Joann's, and Sunday best, Sew much Fun and they all send out coupons, or Email you newsletters with sales and coupons so you can shop till you drop.
Save buttons, zippers, off stuff too damaged to use, belts can make straps for bags, Be creative and Inventive.
Sheets can be used for dresses and test fabric.......your muslin on the cheap.
Finger press use an old wooden
Stileto wooden BBQ skewer... big package 50 for 1.00 at the dollar store.
Cording for piping old phone wire, dollar store cording look in the tool section, twine ...its almost like a scavenger hunt.
Thread clips, finger nail clippers, tweezers in kits, computer tools, computer vaccuums, lets not forget tooth brushes and old paint brushes to wipe and clean. Q-tips, fishing tweezers they are long and thin. Use only sewing machine oil to oil your machine.
Big huge heavy washers can be wrapped and used as pattern weights.
Medical paper is cheaper than pattern paper, butcher paper, wax paper, tissue for presents
Old blankets can be used for quilt stuffing.
Scraps from sewing can be used for stuffing, reuse pillow stuffing.
Reuse gift boxes for storage, pill bottles to hold old needles, Old tins to hold sewing supplies, old plastic coffee cans for storage and not to mention tackle boxes and tool boxes. Yeah you have to clean them first but how nice remake them into yours
A dresser can serve as a place to store patterns and fabric. Suit cases can be used to store fabric neatly and dust free.
Need a stiff bottom for a bag? or board for your home made folios? Use old political signs, ad signs on the road that often get left behind they are plastic and stiff.. please dont go taking the good ones you can and will get in trouble for that. Dollar store foam board huge poster size is good and you can make alot from them, cereal boxes, cardboard boxes.
Old mike crates and be lined or used as they are for storage. An old file holder can be used to store rulers. old file cabinets can be used for notions and patterns. Store patterns in old notebooks look for them in thriftshops or use your kids old ones. I love PDF files for patterns!!!!! easy to store and very small.
No matter how big or small your sewing space is we can help you find the room to sew!
i added this as a page to keep adding to it
Saturday, January 8, 2011
What i bought.
with discount from quilter club, 40% off coupon, and memeber discount
Flower pins 100 count 5.00
Awl 2.75
Stilletto ......Free using Grilling Bamboo Skewers even better
Needle gripper used for threading ..5.99 LOVED THIS
Pipping Foot 10.00
Needle Nest 1.75
What i got mad about was books labled for sale but they said they were mislabled..... would not sale them to me.
10 yard of Black quilters cotton for my brothers costume no sale i already used one coupon ......
Did i mention i was pissed?
I was happy with my finds.
Flower pins 100 count 5.00
Awl 2.75
Stilletto ......Free using Grilling Bamboo Skewers even better
Needle gripper used for threading ..5.99 LOVED THIS
Pipping Foot 10.00
Needle Nest 1.75
What i got mad about was books labled for sale but they said they were mislabled..... would not sale them to me.
10 yard of Black quilters cotton for my brothers costume no sale i already used one coupon ......
Did i mention i was pissed?
I was happy with my finds.
Friday, January 7, 2011
My books are in "radda radda radda".. let the sewing begin.
Thank you amazon!! hooyahhh
and i want to thank http://ithinksew.com/ for having her wonderful sale and letting me buy lots of pattern to sew sew sew!!! Guess what everyone is getting for christmas next year!
and let not forget http://homespun-threads.com/hp_zencart/ for all her freebies this week!
my upcoming sewing buddy from http://whipstitchfabrics.com/blog/sewing-buddy-project-2011-sign-ups-open/ so sign up if you want one!
and JemJam for my bag class challenge this month http://jemjam.typepad.com/jemjam/2010/12/style-stitches-monthly-bag-challenge-2011-januarys-bag.html#tp
so much fun!!!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Sewing Buddy .....Sign me up
Want a sewing buddy? Then sign up for an e-pal Sewing buddy and make it work!
I signed up for mine!
I signed up for mine!
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