In Over My Head

I love the idea of posting a project each week; however, I am just constantly running behind. How do some of these women manage home, kids, sewing and blogs? Between work and the kids I am still finding it hard to find time for sewing. It's definitely something I want to work more of into my life, but I don't want to fill up each week with hurried projects I'm not particularly fond of...so be patient. The posts will be fewer in between, but I hope to show some great projects soon.



Happy sewing....

Week Seven Inspiration

I'm finding it difficult to plan the next weeks project when I'm in the middle of the current one...here's a quick project...tutorial at http://3punkmom.blogspot.com/2010/11/tutorial-chrysi-pin.html

Creative Excursion #5

I have been running so far behind on my projects. With that in mind, I spent yesterday morning catching up on the last three projects. Yeah! I'm caught up!

Week #5 Applique Heart

Week #3 Fur Collar

Week #4 Fur Muff

At that point in the day, I had no idea what project I wanted to work on next. So I took a break, went to eat a taco, and spend on hour or so at the bookstore. I wanted to use the wireless Internet to play with my new ipad. OMG, it's so cool! The whole point of the excursion is to make time for yourself.

Week 6 Inspiration

I spent most of yesterday not sure what project I would work on next. I have several magazine clippings of fringed purses. I spent one of my excursions to the mall looking at them. Some were very expensive, while the affordable one was just not quite right.

Week 5 Inspiration

My inspiration for Week#5 are these heart sweaters that are showing up everywhere. They look cute for Valentine's Day.

Project 5

This project was inspired by the photos I showed previously. Additionally, with a trip to the mall recently I noticed sweatshirts painted with hearts and cut up. They were cute, but decidedly a bit too young for me.

I searched for a white shirt to use for this project, but didn't find on to my liking. I decided to go for black instead. I debated about using iron-on crystals, but was not sure to how well they hold up with washing. I found this sparkly sheer black fabric and decided an applique was the way to go. Unfortunately, the picture does not show up as well as I would like.

The total project cost was a little over twenty dollars. The fabric for the applique was normally three dollars a yard. The store has a half yard minimum, but I took the whole piece that was already cut (1and 1/2 yards) for three dollars. There is plenty of fabric for another project.

Project4

I referred to a tutorial in my inspiration for this project. They said to use a magazine for the size(pattern). This seemed to narrow in width, so I went a little wider;however, I still think I should have added more width. I cut the leopard fur about an inch shorter and the plush fur about thee inched longer, so that it would wrap around to the outside.