Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Making of a cheese costume

 I carved out the inside of the foam so it would hopefully fit around the top of the back a little better and not just sit on top.




 
The outfit is much to big for Giupetto, but he was a sport.


 
Of course, what cheese costume is not complete without a mouse:

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend

The flag went up and the sun came out for a bit.


We planted in our flower pots on the decks. John insisted on buying the plants and flowers this year. My preference are impatients as they bloom for such a long period and do so well in various conditions.  I know John's favorite color is yellow, but impatients do not come in yellow, so I told him to get something in the purple range. That should go nice with yellow.

He bought some hanging ivy type for the upstairs balcony shadow box, with these little purple flowers, and we chose Coleus for the bench seat.



Here's a video of the pictures I took of our 4 day weekend.



Here's a movie with some short clips of the making of the Rock Star design on the embroidery machine:

Saturday, March 3, 2012

My sewing room

Pictures of my sewing room.
This room used to be a utility closet and had the washer and dryer. After many requests from my husband who was tired of me taking my portable sewing machine out and sewing on the dining table, he finally convinced me that we take the washer and dryer out and make this my sewing room.
So it is now my cute little sewing room, and utility room. He built all the shelves, in put in under shelving lighting, and it is my little space and I love it.

This first picture is a panarama shot taken with my new camera. A little distorted as I had to take it too close, but a cool feature on the camera.
Note the framing I did of all the ACEOs.

I love my collection of ACEOs purchased from some of my PetsJubilee team members.
The one on the left is by Athena, from www.SassySashaDoxie.
The middle and right are from Patty from www.DogBarks.
Here is the other wall. The ACEO on the left is also from Patty, and so is the fabric dog pin up.
The ACEO on the right is also from Athena. She gave this one to me as a gift. It is of my Giupetto and Gianna on the couch.
This one is from Athena - Doxie on Skateboard; fabric cat and dogs from Patty.
You can also see my Giupetto and Gianna bobble heads, and a felted inchworm made by another team member Hilary.

Athena also made me this one of my parrot DaVinci, on his play gym. I have not framed this one yet, but it sits in my sewing room.
Might seem a bit cluttered - we try to fit as much storage of household items in this small space...
...but the area I see when I sit and sew is so pretty, cheerful in yellow with red accents and my friends art work all around me. I keep that area pretty clear.
I found these prints on etsy and just had to have them as well, and framed them all together.
My friend and team mate Pauline found this print on etsy. It reminded her of me and thought I would be interested, and I was. She knew I would love it. This door closes and this is the picture I see from inside the apartment.
Pictures to see the size of the space, and all my sewing storage on the first shelf.
The red and green striped fabric totes were a gift from another friend and team mate, Alice from www.MakingStuffWithLove. I keep ribbons in one and bows in the other.


I hope you enjoyed your visit to my sewing room.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Annie Fabric - Project 1 and 2

A few weeks ago Annie from the Petsjubilee team I am on, had some extra fabrics, and asked her team members if anyone wanted any. Here is the fabric.









I didn't see dog clothes with this, but I did almost immediately come up with an idea for this beautiful fabric. I told my friend Alice about my idea and she sent me a pattern for it. Although I ended up not using the pattern, choosing to make my own, the pattern showed the use of 2 fabrics and I immediatley thought of this great black corduroy with cherries fabric.


Based on the pictures below, I asked my other team members to guess what I was making.

Some went with dog clothes, some said totes and bags, even shoe bags and drapes.


The closest was Sue Ann who thought it was a cover for something. She guessed suit bag for a closet, couch or cushion covers...









I also had enough fabric for a 2nd project. That project also included 2 of these cards that I purchased from fellow team mate Eva. I knew when I purchased these cards that I wanted to use some of them for this purpose.







So...what did I make with Annie's fabric and Eva's cards? The answers lie here.
If the screen is cut off, click on it to make it full screen.





Sunday, May 1, 2011

Weddings are in the air...

The royal wedding was not the only wedding in my mind this weekend, although I think it may have been my inspiration.



Following is the makings of my latest wedding dress.

This one is for a Cockapoo named Hannah.


I'm ready to make the first cut of this beaautiful lace fabric.

It has an irredescent thread running through it as well, which is hard to show in the pictures.


Looks like I will have just enough.


( The shamrock table cloth is put down to protect the table while I am cutting.)



Sewing begins. The lace fabric gets a double lining so the seams do not show.




The peanut gallery (thank God for lint rollers):



Playing around with some designs for the bodice.

I decided to use an organza ruffle that has sequint flowers in the center. I used this along the neck edge and I made a curved design with it on the bodice.

I also used some organza flowers which have beaded centers.








Work starts on the train - no lining on the train so the lace will really stand out.


Finished dress with train. The train is removable, so Hannah can dance at the reception.








I also bordered the bottom of the train with the organza ruffle.





Here's the dress without the train.





Close up of the bodice.

That bottom flowerette gets removed and that is where the train gets attached:




And here is a picture taken outside with the veil on:


The head piece also has some of the sequint organza ruffle along the front:


Of course, she must cover her face while walking towards the altar - so the veil can be worn over the face:


I wonder if this will be a June wedding. :-)