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Space apron 2007-07-15 00:29:54 Hi sewing friends,
I finished the Space
apron and the gift was ready for Friday as initially planned. Here is the picture of the apron:
The apron is based on McCalls 2233 but graded to a smaller size. If you are interested in reading about how I graded the apron please click here.
Here is a picture with some cutouts that were fun to sew as decorations (note the globe under the large pocket, the boy and girl on the strap and Saturn under the two D-shape loops):
The Space apron wraps up the series of gifts that I was sewing lately. I’m done sewing aprons for a while and I’m off to sewing knits and playing with the serger. My next project will be a swimsuit. I was originally inspired by the June/July 2007 Threads issue on swimsuits and after reading Dawn’s posting on serging I got myself the book “Sewing with Knits” by Connie Long and I believe I’m ready to go.
On a more personal note, I would like to share with you that I left my corporate job on
Kool Katz Pillowcase 2007-07-08 02:32:51 Hi there,
I was able to spare few hours today for sewing and looked into the pattern for the pillowcase. As I said in my previous post, I was originally inspired by the contrasting fabrics on McCalls M4483 D pillowcase. When I read the pattern instructions for this pattern I realized that they make an outside pillowcase with facings and ties and an inside pillowcase in contrasting fabric. What I didn’t like in this pattern is that the inside pillowcase is not reversible and therefore one cannot wash it. Therefore I decided to modify this pattern by cutting the following pieces (mind you, my pillow form was 18″x18″):
2 panels 17″x19″ in Kool Katz for the front and back
4 ties 3″x19″ in Kool Katz
1 panel 14″x19″ in contrasting solid orange for folding
1 panel 6″x19″ in green for the facing
Construction:
The basic rule I followed was to have the finished front and back pieces equal the size of the pillow form, plus a 5/8
Space apron and Kool Katz pillowcase 2007-07-04 01:14:00 Hi sewing friends,
I’m working on two new simple projects; the Space
apron and the Cool Katz pillowcase. These are going to be a gift for two wonderful daycare teachers that have been part of our DD daily life for the last two and a half years. I have to finish both by next Friday when DD has her last day at daycare. She will graduate from there
I’m making the Space apron in size small and I’m planning to use the following material:
Space notion cotton fabric; 21″ (50cm) long 42″ (108cm) wide
Solid green cotton; 31″ (75cm) long 42″ (108cm) wide
Thread
2 metal D-rings
I’m using the same pattern as for the Teacher’s Apron, which is McCalls 2233, that I graded to size small. You can see that I’ve shortened the apron for 2 inches and took in 1 inch on the side seam. I also raised the underarm curve and pockets accordingly. The neck strap is 1 inch shorter and the ties are longer; from the original 5cm wide and 75cm long to
Teacher’s apron 2007-06-30 01:31:26 Hello sewing friends,
Yesterday was the last day of school for us and my DD gave her teacher this apron as a token of appreciation for the great year she had at school. DD finished grade 2 and she had a truly amazing teacher.
I used McCalls 2233 to make this medium size apron using the following material:
40″ (1 m) of solid red cotton
20″ (0.5 m) of a novelty “school print” cotton
thread
2 metal D-rings (for the strap)
My alterations to the original pattern were:
lined pockets instead of single layer pockets (this is mainly due to the fact that my novelty fabric had a lighter weave)
left upper pencil pocket (this detail seemed suited for a teacher, and besides, it is practical)
few appliqués (I sewn few cut-outs from the novelty fabric using a decorative stitch on my SM)
longer ties (this is so that one can wrap the tie around the body and tie a bow at the front)
interfaced novelty fabric ties (again due to the fact that the novelty fabric was thinner)
Read more:Teacher
Nonna’s Pincushion 2007-06-26 21:59:55
Hi Sewing Friends,
This is my grandmother’s pincushion and I inherited it Being the only grandaughter and knowing that my mother is not into sewing or fiber crafts I was the only hereditary in line. I believe it is at least 60 years old and is made of carved wood. Originally the pouch that holds the needles was filled with cornmeal . I replaced it with a muslin fabric filled with PolyCraft batting. You can tell I’m attached to it since I’m dedicating a post to it and in fact I’m planning to use it as my sewing blog logo. How fun marrying the old with the new!
Talk to you really soon,
Anna Read more:Pincushion
Pants alterations 2007-06-24 00:36:39 Hello sewing friends,
Do you like doing alterations
on RTW? I don’t particularly like alterations but I sometimes do them for my family and friends. Some RTW pieces are hard to alternate since most seams are serged and are hard to rip open. Some are more suitable for alterations like this pair of pants I worked on a few days ago. It is a pair of man black slacks purchased in Gorizia, Italy some ten years ago. My DH was going through his wardrobe an was about to toss this pair of slacks because they were too tight (everybody gets a few pounds in ten years). It turned out this particular pair of pants was so beautifully finished and was worth alternating.
The fact that these pants were made of 100% wool made the alteration easy. The fabric was very forgiving and steam pressing made the ten years old seams magically disappear.
On this picture you can see how the right seam allowance still shows the old seam crease while the left one is no longer visible.
Opening the back center se Read more:Pants
Xmas in October 2007-10-28 17:08:17 Hi there,
Our container arrived! Yippee!!! Unpacking the boxes and finding all our stuff from Canada feels like Xmas
. It is lots of work but we are at the home stretch.
While my kids are excited to find their toys, I’m excited to find my sewing supplies (and my clothes and my books and …). After we unpack I’ll be able to organize my sewing corner in the apartment. I believe we are so excited because the shippment was late and instead of getting here in six weeks it took good ten weeks.
Here is the picture of the container when we got it at the container terminal in Ljubljana:
Take care All,
Anna Read more:October
Still unpacking and serger 2007-11-01 17:25:32 Hi All,
We are still unpacking. Current count is 25 boxes out of 52 unpacked. I still didn’t unpack my sewing machine. It must be hiding in one of the 27 boxes that still need to be opened
A while ago I started thinking about purchasing a serger and I decided to buy it at the end of this year. I’m also counting on some serger deals around Xmas time.
Here in Slovenia, I can get Elna, Pfaff, Singer, Toyota and Bernina sergers. What is your experience with sergers? Do you recomend a 4-thread or a 5-thread serger? I never owned a serger but I used it in the past and played with it. What brands do you recomend?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Anna
Жизнь на … лыжах 2008-03-31 10:05:19 Этот сезон был не такой как вчера - мы стали кататься. Быстро кататься. Конечно нам далеко до тех кто умеет, но пришло удовольствие. Как результат - несколько поездок на Whistler, и тест всех местных Ванкуверских трас. Вчера
Дом. Версия 2.0 2008-02-22 16:28:22 Свершилось - мы завершили разработку новой версии нашего жилища и выпустили этот улучшенный выриант на рынок.
Описание первой версии:
Пятнадцатилетние кабинеты на кухне
Незаконченный подвальный этаж
Winter and snow 2008-01-03 20:43:07 I went to Whistler for 2 days.
It was so much fun.
Cause there was so much snow.
I also went to the biggest swimming pool.
And I also went skiing at the top of the mountain.
It was so cold there we had to close up our ears and hands.
The ears were more important cause it blew harder at [...]
Сохраниться и продолжить 2007-12-04 12:31:28 Checkpoint…
Ремонт в доме в полном разгаре. 80% завершено. Фотографии скоро будут.
Катюхе вручили грамоту за академические успехи. Еще она плавает, танцует, слушается и учит маму с папой как правильно посылать электронную п
Борьба с экологией 2007-06-13 23:55:48 После визита Терминатора в наш город решили приобщиться к борьбе с окружающей средой и здоровым образом жизни. Теперь у Яны и Кати экологически чистые транспортные средства. А я все еще на мерседесе…
PS: Я не туп
Проект Мая - балкон 2007-05-27 17:38:17 Дизайн, озеленение - Яна
Менеджер проекта - Паша
Консультант - Вадик
Рабочие - Дима
Неожиданный подарок 2007-05-17 12:51:53 Вот такую вот мобильную площадку для подводных вертолетов мы неожиданно купили и установили у себя в огороде.
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