tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59806574813227642452024-02-19T03:51:50.557-06:00G-CAS! Sew Excited!Go Carol Ann Sew, Sew, Sew!
(Until I fall out!)Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-74765196743023799532022-11-12T12:42:00.002-06:002022-11-12T12:42:19.586-06:00Shoe Bags!!<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Who doesn't love shoes?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately. When, I arrived home
from my last trip, I unpacked and realized my past three trips I put my shoes
in <b>plastic store bags</b>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yikes!
When I first learned to sew, I had plenty handmade shoe bags that I used for my
shoes. It was a super easy project for me to practice straight stitching and
very necessary to my shoe collection! <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span> Being an avid garment sewer – I have TONS of
shoes!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, my friends and family saw them and now I don’t have
any! LOL! I have been without shoe bags now for over 5 years and I have an
abundance of shoes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t stopped
traveling so, I am sharing how to make a shoe travel bag! Just in time to make
some for myself and my next trip this November!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The key to this project is <b>SIZE</b>! It’s important to
make a shoe bag that will fit your shoes. With the chunky heal style being on
trend, this bag works great! <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second key is fabric! There are so many fun cotton
fabrics to choose from! Some have shoes and other fun motifs printed right on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be using fabric from my stash. To make
them fun and interesting, I’ll be using my Janome Horizon 15,000 to embroider
some fun on one of my bags!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">You
will need:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>½ Yard of medium weight cotton fabric</b> (Quilter’s
cotton is good). I don’t recommend interfacing on the cotton because it’s not
needed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(or)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>½ Yard of Home decor fabric</b> if you prefer to “up your
shoe bag” game! Home decor fabric is durable as well as pretty! (Do not use
Upholstery fabric-to thick and that backing is not good <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span>)
Also, a ½ yard of any fabric will yield you about 1 shoe bag!! (if you opt to
make it smaller than my dimensions you could possibly manage to get 2.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2 Yards</b> of Ribbon - 1/4” – Drawstring – ¼” braid rope
(for the home dec fabric users) You decide which to use based on your fabric
choice! And away we go! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2 Drawstring Stoppers or 4 decorative beads (optional)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marking Pencil/Pen or Tailor chalk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Straight Pins, Scissors or Rotary Cutter<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyWM0BqfUqOaYLJxV2S0IhOsoQWZ7zYgKj4UlUueJDczBL8juF8n7j4Rc2VQrcSh3YN1NxtKP8Bkzehv4lOKgYHEb9o6xR03IB1zzM4lB56e7zQlIJxTe6WezCUaTPCsvEh0lRl1KQgLKv4W0DF7bSDmCNAzicsMtAlY9Z6ULeN9M0acoebq0lRr1/s544/pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="544" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyWM0BqfUqOaYLJxV2S0IhOsoQWZ7zYgKj4UlUueJDczBL8juF8n7j4Rc2VQrcSh3YN1NxtKP8Bkzehv4lOKgYHEb9o6xR03IB1zzM4lB56e7zQlIJxTe6WezCUaTPCsvEh0lRl1KQgLKv4W0DF7bSDmCNAzicsMtAlY9Z6ULeN9M0acoebq0lRr1/w320-h259/pic1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The Steps</span></u></b><u>:</u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Cut 2 pieces of fabric 13.5” by 17.5” squares –
(If you have an embroidery machine Now is the Time!) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">From the top Raw edge of the fabric, measure
down 1.5” and draw a line across your fabric. (Wrong side) This will be the
line you will fold to and start and end your stitching.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMg-c67lTCbbS10Sai_xsFiBuGVf7wilAkhi6dkNXHpBXkU3x-WLwL3zSL-xAoAfYFk804kZlTSw73XPOdX3vfAPn_L4JG-HqqwqoziT4PtGq0vt6utbR1t_KpowtDO-gsWli3P05ZcyvCJ37MMmp7P90W8CiplhQe-vwtB99wJf56lPxaR-5H1hW/s550/pic2.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="550" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMg-c67lTCbbS10Sai_xsFiBuGVf7wilAkhi6dkNXHpBXkU3x-WLwL3zSL-xAoAfYFk804kZlTSw73XPOdX3vfAPn_L4JG-HqqwqoziT4PtGq0vt6utbR1t_KpowtDO-gsWli3P05ZcyvCJ37MMmp7P90W8CiplhQe-vwtB99wJf56lPxaR-5H1hW/w200-h159/pic2.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 1</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgVu3Q5KebLO0MVe3hxmfhYW93mWJzctarRPSkX5DrUQ-jHiKbRAuo0xdKD15XdLPsDE0-BMKPbIc4zJki9gKG5WwrlQldLNRKl10sdFq8Gs0CBiFAh3NlGvaSrLh4w1LDDlESC0VOuXl_PIACEl5zlx7n44LsnkmDvRCvUiJKm9jNcSfnn1YMERe/s587/pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgVu3Q5KebLO0MVe3hxmfhYW93mWJzctarRPSkX5DrUQ-jHiKbRAuo0xdKD15XdLPsDE0-BMKPbIc4zJki9gKG5WwrlQldLNRKl10sdFq8Gs0CBiFAh3NlGvaSrLh4w1LDDlESC0VOuXl_PIACEl5zlx7n44LsnkmDvRCvUiJKm9jNcSfnn1YMERe/w200-h150/pic3.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 2</td></tr></tbody></table></div><o:p> </o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">With right sides together, stitch sides in 1/2”
Seam Allowances, start stitching at the line you marked.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">Reinforce or backstitch at the beginning and
then continue sewing and pivot at bottom corners to complete the square. Stop
and back stitch at marked line. </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Finish all seams and press seams to one side.
You can finish your seam edges using a serger, pinking shears or a zig zag
stitch on the seam allowances. (Whichever works for you is good!) I used a
zigzag and pinking shears.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-vniBtrZroSlOVi2vA9k-VPXcJk6a7pFmlyYRjK83KF3nRjae0HIpQzn9Lyr1ebHkjQ0L_uic4wE-zFIwa_NCkZdEY2sFQk2WNmlUhaiYBo2wWZRopnTJBavZkUB8OB5qQfx8ZJxhfIPBWj03WeF7BfyaO49Nc7Ur2jUX0AfcJL0eu3lQMxeO6L5/s587/pic4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-vniBtrZroSlOVi2vA9k-VPXcJk6a7pFmlyYRjK83KF3nRjae0HIpQzn9Lyr1ebHkjQ0L_uic4wE-zFIwa_NCkZdEY2sFQk2WNmlUhaiYBo2wWZRopnTJBavZkUB8OB5qQfx8ZJxhfIPBWj03WeF7BfyaO49Nc7Ur2jUX0AfcJL0eu3lQMxeO6L5/w320-h240/pic4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 3 & 4</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">With the bag wrong side out, Finish the raw
edges at the top of the bag. Clip at the line and fold the top side seam
allowances in ½” and press. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Fold the (finished) edge 1 1/2” on each side of
the bag, meeting the marked line. Press.</span></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStKRiFES7SCwPXuf6cZGOsfe-ZpZgSo05N44IJ4KrwA640RmRqVbNemNZKxxpxoILBYf4J8R2v5RSMtD3SLt9Fzf5EBhTSqqSyKzXclfvqlmb8kE0a1LdfarG2fv32IJHPTUP58Ws7BEYroSyra0ERUeeKiqw9dLlACRg5M6dsEkr1kaJl70ftuH6/s587/pic5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStKRiFES7SCwPXuf6cZGOsfe-ZpZgSo05N44IJ4KrwA640RmRqVbNemNZKxxpxoILBYf4J8R2v5RSMtD3SLt9Fzf5EBhTSqqSyKzXclfvqlmb8kE0a1LdfarG2fv32IJHPTUP58Ws7BEYroSyra0ERUeeKiqw9dLlACRg5M6dsEkr1kaJl70ftuH6/w200-h150/pic5.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 5</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghotNisQyLfPJ_wpeenKNJ0jVvt3VRORDKrhQvQpSWs2kgjGkz4gMSHh24fP2UO4p006PV6kPbOsGrlfhYvpaHeDxjS9j12BKNNnyHCHIlMhuYHYsQZKfSO-2b4Je5PH_ue2Gwa1F7eXpTDPfulm_kTpFVy-Uap_M7JtCs01F-D6idvnQuRj_kOJhq/s587/pic6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghotNisQyLfPJ_wpeenKNJ0jVvt3VRORDKrhQvQpSWs2kgjGkz4gMSHh24fP2UO4p006PV6kPbOsGrlfhYvpaHeDxjS9j12BKNNnyHCHIlMhuYHYsQZKfSO-2b4Je5PH_ue2Gwa1F7eXpTDPfulm_kTpFVy-Uap_M7JtCs01F-D6idvnQuRj_kOJhq/w200-h150/pic6.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">S<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">titch close to the edge that meets the line.
Press. *Note* To add a ruffle to your bag, measure down 3/8” from the top fold
of your bag and draw a line across the top on the front and back of the bag.
Stitch on the line.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">You should now see
two rows of stitching.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUMiznS7h7MymFBcIdQrFqJLRK88g_yfH7NfXLsEDSjL25ipZ0gvhSY9I4fRr2XuWjJMQW-C1L3z6jcy0rECf6TwuJHiv8gqrQbOHXE_T7A7BRT4WEM278Paho5SoU6KfnPh3ZmY1ted-dmgO7aiXllnyQshEaW-uN-NR-zdTEHV3L7jqknLAVMP8/s587/pic7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUMiznS7h7MymFBcIdQrFqJLRK88g_yfH7NfXLsEDSjL25ipZ0gvhSY9I4fRr2XuWjJMQW-C1L3z6jcy0rECf6TwuJHiv8gqrQbOHXE_T7A7BRT4WEM278Paho5SoU6KfnPh3ZmY1ted-dmgO7aiXllnyQshEaW-uN-NR-zdTEHV3L7jqknLAVMP8/s320/pic7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">At the bottom corners, flatten the fabric as
shown and stitch 1” from the point across the bag. This will “square” off the
bottom of your shoe bag. Trim the excess off and finish with pinking shears,
zigzag stitch, or serger. Turn your bag right sides out and Press seamlines!
(Yes, Again </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; text-indent: -0.25in;">😊</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tqfclfQ3ECSeKvMcN5NPJK9_nVrpOmjPA_S1zr37RuDDkqqPjHmFKJBKj5BLTCZMhwlAeI2iAeVRJaS-CXjFHT8qlj3rPsofVVI-z1899JDB2bZcxLmIk6nTefPK0ziUs2EUEQZAWh4CofSkKhDnk2mpr4q51QMWUNIgd9uGOB0YGnZ23mZgogMU/s587/pic8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tqfclfQ3ECSeKvMcN5NPJK9_nVrpOmjPA_S1zr37RuDDkqqPjHmFKJBKj5BLTCZMhwlAeI2iAeVRJaS-CXjFHT8qlj3rPsofVVI-z1899JDB2bZcxLmIk6nTefPK0ziUs2EUEQZAWh4CofSkKhDnk2mpr4q51QMWUNIgd9uGOB0YGnZ23mZgogMU/w200-h150/pic8.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU7Uo67HC-1Ttziy8913DKW0hSAYizxQcaSueCbtuEMw7cRi6qV_T-dApZywdxZJQsltaQTtFYA4nG8Oi0TCh5MXVSu8gdqvPQte0uskshoEyzaoZ8eQmbS-Rq7IoB1JtIxdmZKoZwshTTBAOgvnxSIdAlWjqpBTdjVkAGs_k0RR_Ltn8KYDMzIG3/s587/pic9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU7Uo67HC-1Ttziy8913DKW0hSAYizxQcaSueCbtuEMw7cRi6qV_T-dApZywdxZJQsltaQTtFYA4nG8Oi0TCh5MXVSu8gdqvPQte0uskshoEyzaoZ8eQmbS-Rq7IoB1JtIxdmZKoZwshTTBAOgvnxSIdAlWjqpBTdjVkAGs_k0RR_Ltn8KYDMzIG3/w200-h150/pic9.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB53di-lgZDGO5FawEkemvp6ErJW-mK-puNXTD84O2HNaVQ5Qy9oufsD4XwCTntnLP5REJuVdIdBeOZCtyUqy0S-ho43DLY0TOutd-mviHv7oHhcpofnjPPHHtutInOMsHRiZ4uudkLzxPkQEjOQ_QCGnIQitvAptiedxlf3sBH4mpKKc_-bZIwhtk/s587/pic10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="587" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB53di-lgZDGO5FawEkemvp6ErJW-mK-puNXTD84O2HNaVQ5Qy9oufsD4XwCTntnLP5REJuVdIdBeOZCtyUqy0S-ho43DLY0TOutd-mviHv7oHhcpofnjPPHHtutInOMsHRiZ4uudkLzxPkQEjOQ_QCGnIQitvAptiedxlf3sBH4mpKKc_-bZIwhtk/w200-h150/pic10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Thread the bag as illustrated. Raw edges of the
string are threaded thru each side.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">You
can tie a knot or on the ends of the tie or add beads or string stoppers!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b><span style="color: red;">Your bag is NOW complete!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make as many as you like! Safe and Happy
Travels!</span></b></p>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii98YVTxKodAC0jkomAuaKgmrodMOn0Sx_yLOuU00M2thJcu2UD9-5yoBtwFTCwqFxnEoO-MhZgJdwP3EPLhSkJFttn7eFsuTfdQQ51DhBHQbwv72CcNCeWVTOkZ-3LNSCIOfwnq9l9ay0kHy9ygZXxcmV4x-CiRHKY2BhBQ0Isn6W-8HfZcvN3QM6/s1101/pic11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1101" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii98YVTxKodAC0jkomAuaKgmrodMOn0Sx_yLOuU00M2thJcu2UD9-5yoBtwFTCwqFxnEoO-MhZgJdwP3EPLhSkJFttn7eFsuTfdQQ51DhBHQbwv72CcNCeWVTOkZ-3LNSCIOfwnq9l9ay0kHy9ygZXxcmV4x-CiRHKY2BhBQ0Isn6W-8HfZcvN3QM6/w400-h299/pic11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-78661546359821325492022-07-01T17:37:00.000-05:002022-08-06T10:21:13.489-05:00Janome Project In July!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7ibbahnEYho52vBLNTTYubfC9VzOfzKerJKq3_tvUxbJYz9UaznmFbOjmDToHl1aE8g_n-2OmSmB2jwLLjZtNpJwgAZkQWa_beDOkcEP5PdaOE6xWlC21_bISvpFZpSuBYvERtA6eGsFgWZMykBvBtkoylhBgW92S8QgfnjYTDG_65rrY9DGKhro/s1280/pondering-emoticon-single-finger-thumb-resting-chin-thinking-wondering-ponder-emoticon-103989079%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1183" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7ibbahnEYho52vBLNTTYubfC9VzOfzKerJKq3_tvUxbJYz9UaznmFbOjmDToHl1aE8g_n-2OmSmB2jwLLjZtNpJwgAZkQWa_beDOkcEP5PdaOE6xWlC21_bISvpFZpSuBYvERtA6eGsFgWZMykBvBtkoylhBgW92S8QgfnjYTDG_65rrY9DGKhro/w190-h206/pondering-emoticon-single-finger-thumb-resting-chin-thinking-wondering-ponder-emoticon-103989079%20(2).jpg" width="190" /></a><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Project Time!</h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I
was wondering what I could do for my Janome Project (as always) I am never
ready. Luckily, I’m CLUTCH when necessary!
I got to thinking, it’s hot and summertime is here so, I decided to make
some shorts! Who doesn’t need shorts,
right? They are an easy and necessary
sew! They are also good because you can use of those 1 to 1 ½ yard remnants
cluttering up your sewing space. I
pulled a fabric that has been hogging up space for about 4 years. LOL</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Now, let me
get st<span style="font-family: inherit;">arted. </span> It’s a cool fabric! It’s a bright
striped twill I am using, and I have a matching stretch cotton to make a shirt! Gotta love a catchy matchy matchy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt8PrOrzvL_RcqkUwux9pwyrQfJyJfPj9mmj0TsXm-THTxoNal8PU2sV3PmgjUXkTTCetJsgaNznEkSbf0kER8mGVFxKqnNA0PpOepKPPpc57Pe9ddDfsfcD25IxpabmCgPfRlxgFQnQT6sNCigTdLI9qtvZMlUGFqZsoTTfyCGo7WVWOWz0ZBqtA/s4032/IMG_0566.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt8PrOrzvL_RcqkUwux9pwyrQfJyJfPj9mmj0TsXm-THTxoNal8PU2sV3PmgjUXkTTCetJsgaNznEkSbf0kER8mGVFxKqnNA0PpOepKPPpc57Pe9ddDfsfcD25IxpabmCgPfRlxgFQnQT6sNCigTdLI9qtvZMlUGFqZsoTTfyCGo7WVWOWz0ZBqtA/s320/IMG_0566.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The pattern I am using for the shorts is <a href="https://somethingdelightful.com/mccalls/m8221" target="_blank">McCalls 8221</a> I
purchased last summer. These shorts don’t have cuffs and I love a good cuff in
my shorts, so I am going to add them and let you in on the process. Cuffs can be added to pants as well. You’ll see how to add them while I make my
garment!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwz7lG7wWSOyvlvnER4OFkMu7Fh4zuuZl6HKjZLNJoyI2vVH8tzjKMBEXSi0b8rJyADaVXZdjS3OQHpZHAbMA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You will need to make sure you have an extra four (4) inches of
fabric added to the finished hemline you desire. This fabric will form your cuff. If you are using a pattern that does not have
a “cuff”, the bottom of the pattern will taper slightly and the last inch (or whatever
the hem allowance) and will angle out. That is <u>not</u> what you want.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdtqpYZN7NiedHIRA6odLIo_oRfC0bEFhc8Ygh-Z-fi-C4zeGJ195BPp92FAzvTi1j0L9UMIuOpKiVccHQrVxHX5_bxdqZrklVazHV3wMKWbhe93mCtQIfwfsLNiz4MdQYYpXqfrcOKcseOvHZ3DpbHhXitRdtf-e5sTHrYtk9zZy7U8Hr96-8UOk/s4032/IMG_0569.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdtqpYZN7NiedHIRA6odLIo_oRfC0bEFhc8Ygh-Z-fi-C4zeGJ195BPp92FAzvTi1j0L9UMIuOpKiVccHQrVxHX5_bxdqZrklVazHV3wMKWbhe93mCtQIfwfsLNiz4MdQYYpXqfrcOKcseOvHZ3DpbHhXitRdtf-e5sTHrYtk9zZy7U8Hr96-8UOk/w240-h320/IMG_0569.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not this!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You will need to square the bottom corners of your pattern (at
the hem) to 45 degrees. <span style="color: red;"><b>*Note</b></span><b> </b>(If your
pants are purchased “unfinished” at the hem, this will already be done). Sew your pattern as instructed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80YxJjr_EmIiOtM2K1I7nlou6QGp8ZwTsr02LKhbtvDj70E3TCq-ukwu173IoAyzMZcGGoiyagusoJNN1KZ2ui-_ogAl6LsfGAD_l7iqU5II_zME6tSwt2kDWN6gBcKNWrP4VOguJSZUtitOwee1sHd0Vi_FPn3BfF4XELLToricI6UYXrHgM-UfY/s4032/IMG_0567.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80YxJjr_EmIiOtM2K1I7nlou6QGp8ZwTsr02LKhbtvDj70E3TCq-ukwu173IoAyzMZcGGoiyagusoJNN1KZ2ui-_ogAl6LsfGAD_l7iqU5II_zME6tSwt2kDWN6gBcKNWrP4VOguJSZUtitOwee1sHd0Vi_FPn3BfF4XELLToricI6UYXrHgM-UfY/w240-h320/IMG_0567.JPG" width="240" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Finish the bottom edge of your garment with an overcast
stitch on your machine or serge. With your garment wrong side out, fold your
hem to 2.5”. Press the fold. If using a
sewing machine, lengthen your stitch 3.0 and stitch all the way around using
the fabric edge as your guide. <span style="color: red;"><b>*Note</b></span> (Feel
free to use a blind hemmer or hand stitch your hem.) Make sure you use a thread that matches your
garment!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBTLuQCdCLfVsFTHjgPg4gviKyif9kA_wSEB92DYXdPFWRJRqGq95t69jELINat2ROl7Njxskvve_KYsU399e4e_rPzXC-nAnfH2b4Q3A9sc0jky-_rf12sOPkmHrqD5v-3hACbF_knskUL7Smy176VtqM4qpqj8VtwcAGMjp74VRMjG4hUTj1bEx/s4032/IMG_0583.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBTLuQCdCLfVsFTHjgPg4gviKyif9kA_wSEB92DYXdPFWRJRqGq95t69jELINat2ROl7Njxskvve_KYsU399e4e_rPzXC-nAnfH2b4Q3A9sc0jky-_rf12sOPkmHrqD5v-3hACbF_knskUL7Smy176VtqM4qpqj8VtwcAGMjp74VRMjG4hUTj1bEx/w150-h200/IMG_0583.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished Hem</td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-om-_Zv7aXQ7syki7PB1nbcX1pfwJvyiLOtMFmw0alSo9IYKk6MqnOTPIMt829ZI7dEoJ8GzO_nU7pn71GdfSXJ5Q9e8LOTJXKMHVLqwmnuBCcgyWcC4qeUs92Gu85Yh8uxynzHs2tQzlIRr427KcabpEWsuQwKQXv3-_BxFAmILTAa3zjinpesb/s4032/IMG_0584.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-om-_Zv7aXQ7syki7PB1nbcX1pfwJvyiLOtMFmw0alSo9IYKk6MqnOTPIMt829ZI7dEoJ8GzO_nU7pn71GdfSXJ5Q9e8LOTJXKMHVLqwmnuBCcgyWcC4qeUs92Gu85Yh8uxynzHs2tQzlIRr427KcabpEWsuQwKQXv3-_BxFAmILTAa3zjinpesb/w150-h200/IMG_0584.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stitched Hem</td></tr></tbody></table><o:p> </o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Press your hem once again. Turn your garment right side out
and at the hem, turn up the bottom 1.5”. <b><span style="color: red;">*Note</span> </b>(This will leave an inch of
fabric on the wrong side of the garment.) Use your seam gage for this to get an
even cuff measurement all the way around. (Press as you measure and don’t
forget to use your clapper!)</div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoR5pZgnJ0wuXcYzcXO12vjggN18OXw40VLnBvdKqrNd7BmNUk5LFb1u2h3FVvxfB-cASFsb9z0QkYRMva7QTUe9D-SD5NvwrwsPYC4GBdBpvtg01jgI9_PAJd4oU-_H06i1bO0zFe2RYcSlNQjOxp8v4r8zEl1jgrhRt2Ms-6EJH52-TvW5DEWMU/s4032/IMG_0588.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoR5pZgnJ0wuXcYzcXO12vjggN18OXw40VLnBvdKqrNd7BmNUk5LFb1u2h3FVvxfB-cASFsb9z0QkYRMva7QTUe9D-SD5NvwrwsPYC4GBdBpvtg01jgI9_PAJd4oU-_H06i1bO0zFe2RYcSlNQjOxp8v4r8zEl1jgrhRt2Ms-6EJH52-TvW5DEWMU/w150-h200/IMG_0588.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stitch in the ditch</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlax6cRDJIpMMgcDFmPj8eoFQ1WUUVcy9kaTByh2J3Y8sov2yN4N2P-lGRRpx7PZbFr5DwoMbMhiY5--V9PnLVFb-Kr5NYLSJ9WNgPgTyvXg8K2ynJDDI9zpinzb9KGfNtLPOTjRMWkUppd-bg-_T63M4Ydptc47YgNVpRxo8W8LHS8JUz8fpoCLlB/w150-h200/IMG_0580.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="150" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clapper</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyXyNeSqRmsPODC0b2yxmZqA7T2Qges3UN2eUritK6zXskHUO6MQuBjZfmiD8vbje210Ak04gzJL2Npt-dyzS5tKmHl28CByzJq0U_1leOoR--MJaJxjvkeELi4H4sAnSw9U18mxEIue38tR973RH1nf_j8dTSfhMjE46RnHrR22XQEnLzzotLXPe/s4032/IMG_0581.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyXyNeSqRmsPODC0b2yxmZqA7T2Qges3UN2eUritK6zXskHUO6MQuBjZfmiD8vbje210Ak04gzJL2Npt-dyzS5tKmHl28CByzJq0U_1leOoR--MJaJxjvkeELi4H4sAnSw9U18mxEIue38tR973RH1nf_j8dTSfhMjE46RnHrR22XQEnLzzotLXPe/w150-h200/IMG_0581.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meausure Away!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>Once you have the cuff in place at the side seams and inseam
of the cuff, stitch in the ditch about 4 stitches back and forth. Clip the
threads and press for the last time. <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbdpTOwQNsVWI3v8fL0snWR2h9yv0TIMtWEAEM76ORmTT5wItFsC0mF8phDyT8C-2l98Gk-L1NqkdZpI95lbkfZgl1jZTT6vBBr6yV3g-3saU1uk-ULAzZ4LUy08uyK87nvJVkOmMXe0CVb18XwzHEQhhrE7mh7oFYkXhNlOjzTqFtAcgalG48QT6/s3500/IMG_0595.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3500" data-original-width="2427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbdpTOwQNsVWI3v8fL0snWR2h9yv0TIMtWEAEM76ORmTT5wItFsC0mF8phDyT8C-2l98Gk-L1NqkdZpI95lbkfZgl1jZTT6vBBr6yV3g-3saU1uk-ULAzZ4LUy08uyK87nvJVkOmMXe0CVb18XwzHEQhhrE7mh7oFYkXhNlOjzTqFtAcgalG48QT6/s320/IMG_0595.JPEG" width="222" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroVkHWLfGAV2utc3I_wuljPJmqbT0loWJyj7WTapekoZL7PY3Jays27ncmzF-sc0Khup2hFUC2tlLRDr9JtwCIomZ113hTrkfYSLc7O68WPsDCAKyEkDtAvd-Y60xbXFkDG5BLIzDJChVYwqYPgWTGEYz2O0Bp_5OpVhBmUKWrdqfKE_kyvCOuKIA/s3228/IMG_0591.JPEG" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3228" data-original-width="2858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroVkHWLfGAV2utc3I_wuljPJmqbT0loWJyj7WTapekoZL7PY3Jays27ncmzF-sc0Khup2hFUC2tlLRDr9JtwCIomZ113hTrkfYSLc7O68WPsDCAKyEkDtAvd-Y60xbXFkDG5BLIzDJChVYwqYPgWTGEYz2O0Bp_5OpVhBmUKWrdqfKE_kyvCOuKIA/s320/IMG_0591.JPEG" width="283" /></a><br /><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">You are Done!!!</span></b> Wear
your garment with pride! You just saved yourself money with this alteration
and/or learned a new skill! Nice Job!! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope you enjoyed this and know if you don’t like a 1.5” cuff
you can decrease the fold but the math is on you! LOL!! Now I mush go and complete my top!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Talk Soon,</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Carol</b></span></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-43261154292756747372022-05-02T00:13:00.000-05:002022-05-09T13:07:43.860-05:00The Last Minute<h1 style="text-align: left;">A Garment Story</h1><div>As garment sewist it seems like a thing we do. We plan but make our outfits the night before we need them. Garments for others, well that's different! lol! We prep for months or weeks before - what pattern will I choose, will I draft a pattern, what fabric is in my stash, should I buy fabric etc.? Then life sets in and before you know it, it's time to go.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>So, here is my story... </b></div><div><br /></div><div>I purchased my fabric from <a href="http://www.fabricmartfabrics.com" target="_blank">FabricMart Fabrics</a> in PA (went to visit last August) It's a soft rayon challis border print with a sheen! It was love at first sight! I had in mind to make <a href="https://somethingdelightful.com/vogue-patterns/v1851" target="_blank">Vogue 1851</a>, but didn’t have enough fabric. My sew friend <a href="http://www.diaryofasewingfanatic.com" target="_blank">Carolyn </a>decided to send me the fabric she purchased. (isn't she sweet). I received the fabric and started the garment out of sheer love for the fabric. The fabric was very fussy and required french seams. Since the fabric was so delicate, I used <b>Mano </b>(my <b><a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">Memory Craft 15,000</a></b> - this machine can do no wrong). I also used my <b><a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sergers/at2000d/" target="_blank">Airthread 2000D</a></b> to serged the bodice. It was after that I realized this fabric required extra care and french seams going forward. I was moving along with the garment and it seemed Mano's bobbin wasn't quite feeling well so, I had him serviced (He's home and fine now!) and continued on with Durt McGurt (She is the sauce!) my <b><a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sewing/skyline-s7/" target="_blank">Janome S7</a></b>. She was glad to finish the job and make things easy on me. I used my skill, fabric intuition and a regular pressor foot. (I'm a Janome Girl and I have<b><i> 4 Janome Buddies!</i></b> LOL!) </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTer5whfYpJmI4K89OSB9GojJPPkZvUF1-TEzeoLjkPfeGi_5MfXl-BGer6RNHBjUi9rRQiw7nZBV46YR_vD7J8TgDHo804Dg1rJ1IIYpH7igvO5Q_wvuR8j8-_n9wtxbHFi6XnzVh3MijQagw84MvrQAdxf21nwdyYf5h4U-q47owVEPcTW0zVfRC/s568/gems.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="568" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTer5whfYpJmI4K89OSB9GojJPPkZvUF1-TEzeoLjkPfeGi_5MfXl-BGer6RNHBjUi9rRQiw7nZBV46YR_vD7J8TgDHo804Dg1rJ1IIYpH7igvO5Q_wvuR8j8-_n9wtxbHFi6XnzVh3MijQagw84MvrQAdxf21nwdyYf5h4U-q47owVEPcTW0zVfRC/w200-h197/gems.GIF" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Janome Buddies!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Fast forward two weeks - I finished the outfit. Here are pics of the construction process and the finished garment. I call her "The Carolyn" because Carolyn sent me the fabrics to complete this master piece. I had to make quite a few alterations in addition to the french seams to finish her.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUN27SFeghtLUUvSy4fmCIMuYaLJg4oCEjl__lFo2i15lPIZXRsROlsEv-LkFySA__EtyJxgz4tWWddcYKXjjLNGxJzsV7U7QGhW48xF7A80bg9pJJh8l4ViI2P3WZuSHy23t3TfJP8d9MyUoFKAj-89esZp9QYkGaS7V94jKrPA28NKK3SjNtIJO/s4032/IMG_0030.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUN27SFeghtLUUvSy4fmCIMuYaLJg4oCEjl__lFo2i15lPIZXRsROlsEv-LkFySA__EtyJxgz4tWWddcYKXjjLNGxJzsV7U7QGhW48xF7A80bg9pJJh8l4ViI2P3WZuSHy23t3TfJP8d9MyUoFKAj-89esZp9QYkGaS7V94jKrPA28NKK3SjNtIJO/w150-h200/IMG_0030.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boarder Print-Pants</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjZ-q2JWQ99uxSUsKlXSFI4Ztz8cayr7yZask5f4cmz8sGotevmhqMcmwTFaz1eHvDRBlVo0Aa-GGSJrPuWLbtMRe3V0BQXH_LIIudP_hchWyEUecQJtfmporOU74MvwScE39G0lDqzGQIXJKGGCzolEfovZ-BCYcAsKaSat_MtWumMM-rh7tTDj-/s1800/002CF8CD-4A38-4AA5-B23E-ED9B71D93E03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjZ-q2JWQ99uxSUsKlXSFI4Ztz8cayr7yZask5f4cmz8sGotevmhqMcmwTFaz1eHvDRBlVo0Aa-GGSJrPuWLbtMRe3V0BQXH_LIIudP_hchWyEUecQJtfmporOU74MvwScE39G0lDqzGQIXJKGGCzolEfovZ-BCYcAsKaSat_MtWumMM-rh7tTDj-/w160-h200/002CF8CD-4A38-4AA5-B23E-ED9B71D93E03.jpg" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front View</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHEjCRwAzxFtl7Ua5WmVLldw34oc46AQujgSZXU7Ddb_z6dD-zmfX8R1qs981ZevfWZWL-lb5njyC8Ej8_rvCuKqc1N6QgYz5z8v5BDnsG4hh9pBxUe4ghz0B26wEpcLfAGfWpCFql6GmiJ_7CUeSXHNIkpoObmUumeVYWLM_U4Qy-ODtHcKoaP7U/s4032/IMG_0036.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHEjCRwAzxFtl7Ua5WmVLldw34oc46AQujgSZXU7Ddb_z6dD-zmfX8R1qs981ZevfWZWL-lb5njyC8Ej8_rvCuKqc1N6QgYz5z8v5BDnsG4hh9pBxUe4ghz0B26wEpcLfAGfWpCFql6GmiJ_7CUeSXHNIkpoObmUumeVYWLM_U4Qy-ODtHcKoaP7U/w150-h200/IMG_0036.JPG" width="150" /></a> </td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back View</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8LXuisoHc5KChbzftxDIKuZSub4e1Jmrq2lbqhXPHaW_egJZkmQ_yUtpWhGsGVLAJLT0BGRsteyerhy-BVKx6EGgPktWjAo6e5O5yotWnBMrR9aNo0t8ZFlhkYENUOBGTh7jwhTH5E095v0ZVWPQx1kFm5TG0S1IlioZBDBkjPJb1NKuVjj4R_NZ/s4032/IMG_0033.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8LXuisoHc5KChbzftxDIKuZSub4e1Jmrq2lbqhXPHaW_egJZkmQ_yUtpWhGsGVLAJLT0BGRsteyerhy-BVKx6EGgPktWjAo6e5O5yotWnBMrR9aNo0t8ZFlhkYENUOBGTh7jwhTH5E095v0ZVWPQx1kFm5TG0S1IlioZBDBkjPJb1NKuVjj4R_NZ/w150-h200/IMG_0033.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Seamed Slit Pocket</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxEUgeyQY0zJMEJWpCWM8DEUM0Exb3iKKvOQbavZ-u661cqRoq3DNrDS_hbtLN6jZ7scTmGfY6ZSn4Qxy8J3MkJlzROzvkJ_Npe2PBHMWll5WegKIsvZEOdPsQ-_giQCqXSgjUbE7SlAm0fyAaQYtywbbaAqE0jegWrXpJyQWRU8q1RpETeIprzG6/s4032/IMG_0032.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxEUgeyQY0zJMEJWpCWM8DEUM0Exb3iKKvOQbavZ-u661cqRoq3DNrDS_hbtLN6jZ7scTmGfY6ZSn4Qxy8J3MkJlzROzvkJ_Npe2PBHMWll5WegKIsvZEOdPsQ-_giQCqXSgjUbE7SlAm0fyAaQYtywbbaAqE0jegWrXpJyQWRU8q1RpETeIprzG6/w150-h200/IMG_0032.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodice </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GoI3nHy9zJa6HTr5V5W9AQMfvN-4rN59-4eGVqwLJ43twVA618ul8aNEUU4GjK-qTfX-bfafpqKtgU_BDZrwOA-qD9tt6r3ckgBO-wG0atHuW6Jr2C9DsMUIMz9VIPmL4JQb25tLugKKzOfVglxDMLKaeEmGZ8cZkX3MKb4Z5nQPgz9Vl0ZoOHsf/s4032/IMG_0031.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GoI3nHy9zJa6HTr5V5W9AQMfvN-4rN59-4eGVqwLJ43twVA618ul8aNEUU4GjK-qTfX-bfafpqKtgU_BDZrwOA-qD9tt6r3ckgBO-wG0atHuW6Jr2C9DsMUIMz9VIPmL4JQb25tLugKKzOfVglxDMLKaeEmGZ8cZkX3MKb4Z5nQPgz9Vl0ZoOHsf/w150-h200/IMG_0031.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeve View</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.g-cas.net/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Click here to see the French seam process</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqwTkPOUajWdhqUUcV3G3yfqDE6SVKgbTEfhjFCOuI2dYYP-f9p90b-5diFgiJcM4fHuun9u6UK4bmxxNVofxTLmRM9fcYh4dnZdLA81YUwLaKydEVzLhcWR-mEOjd8Mjs9JtLjUYpcgsCXZ8PoM_wTyrb21Ef4Hj2iW0kZzKgNbNwhBDyjJdvD3l/s2048/48EAA3E6-7B84-418E-8064-3EADF6F67D6C.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqwTkPOUajWdhqUUcV3G3yfqDE6SVKgbTEfhjFCOuI2dYYP-f9p90b-5diFgiJcM4fHuun9u6UK4bmxxNVofxTLmRM9fcYh4dnZdLA81YUwLaKydEVzLhcWR-mEOjd8Mjs9JtLjUYpcgsCXZ8PoM_wTyrb21Ef4Hj2iW0kZzKgNbNwhBDyjJdvD3l/s320/48EAA3E6-7B84-418E-8064-3EADF6F67D6C.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Seamed Pants</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndnWgHX-M9qQKNr-4WtZTgf5JBp6xNvSf4OIOPiEaOFBsmE7DZqcLVnHF4dMM7h37sP9xlf-w349YaLCwqDrR54wZTFKe9SXgAVILYo-916VuY57jh3OjC7-9ciefCvWNQuzw8BIKy7zKIDebKKGShQommDwAQm_nBxG4shbQn1TXODK2HdIyfOGY/s4032/IMG_9999.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndnWgHX-M9qQKNr-4WtZTgf5JBp6xNvSf4OIOPiEaOFBsmE7DZqcLVnHF4dMM7h37sP9xlf-w349YaLCwqDrR54wZTFKe9SXgAVILYo-916VuY57jh3OjC7-9ciefCvWNQuzw8BIKy7zKIDebKKGShQommDwAQm_nBxG4shbQn1TXODK2HdIyfOGY/s320/IMG_9999.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Seam Close-up<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then came an invite to the event. Yes, Carolyn was finally finished, <b> but I had no intention on wearing it</b>. (Don't ask me why!) I pondered, procrastinated, pulled out tons of patterns, purchased pattens, made another dress, made a top and messed up my sewing room until the night before the event - I finally decided to wear "The Carolyn". Why did I put myself through weeks of all that stuff when I spent so much time on this outfit? I must <span style="color: red;"><b>KILL </b></span>that last minute <b><i>sew something itch</i></b> It's <span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>AWFUL</b></span>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7F-NVIlgLjUi2FzqUL_SH0BrTOlMO_TMmQGX_m2enJxce15Oj-5A4LkU9b6-s87VY5jKkyS9Hkf_uzR9InfOhDSeJysgYFhpj0oaMkW0pgRe05-0gXtpkjjT9UeUf18qGNPOzrAtYiSnZW_OUU_q_x7HsqXFvTiU02z8pqH3M-XMAiT6s39o6p_K/s3088/IMG_0135.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7F-NVIlgLjUi2FzqUL_SH0BrTOlMO_TMmQGX_m2enJxce15Oj-5A4LkU9b6-s87VY5jKkyS9Hkf_uzR9InfOhDSeJysgYFhpj0oaMkW0pgRe05-0gXtpkjjT9UeUf18qGNPOzrAtYiSnZW_OUU_q_x7HsqXFvTiU02z8pqH3M-XMAiT6s39o6p_K/s320/IMG_0135.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX1HvVo3AfuTXH0JDz8SWqggl0tMbReGd5U0EewoX3L3MeHqiipE1tet5OdMfhQjElTT-Xak139xOOIXzeY-8m_IQ3N4H22B9K4p_aVnTrur8IgUGuTYVK-TYblmhHj8k_EzmBeY5sH-LUwWtYBKb-BQAjKBlLaDpwSayPquTNK1RkSoCzRznCStT/s1088/us.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX1HvVo3AfuTXH0JDz8SWqggl0tMbReGd5U0EewoX3L3MeHqiipE1tet5OdMfhQjElTT-Xak139xOOIXzeY-8m_IQ3N4H22B9K4p_aVnTrur8IgUGuTYVK-TYblmhHj8k_EzmBeY5sH-LUwWtYBKb-BQAjKBlLaDpwSayPquTNK1RkSoCzRznCStT/s320/us.jpeg" width="221" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyhooooo - We had a great time and got plenty complements!!!</div><div>😃</div><div><br /></div><div>Talk Soon,</div><div>Carol</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKps1qNSPww64zoLsuv49aHVlyfaSsRM2Aq_7rKcJ_ttSXEe6GPeUDd_uRXqdHirJhlzqShih24WUD9gnS0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-9575467559133783502022-04-26T09:49:00.002-05:002022-04-26T10:33:34.785-05:00Serger Time<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Serger is The Best!</h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Meet my serger. </b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ8yZ-cZaghgCh4PYjF-ztQq_qZ65z18zjiGBjw29TSuvOjO2hthMsXa6EkMFDVvctpEVPCjhzqGTalyIvdEzDSCR4mkmIft-KUgbCoQwAN6ZQ_Vx7OaDRyesk9lspgTqyN0kIkQym1c/s2048/Pic+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ8yZ-cZaghgCh4PYjF-ztQq_qZ65z18zjiGBjw29TSuvOjO2hthMsXa6EkMFDVvctpEVPCjhzqGTalyIvdEzDSCR4mkmIft-KUgbCoQwAN6ZQ_Vx7OaDRyesk9lspgTqyN0kIkQym1c/w300-h400/Pic+1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div>He doesn't have a name yet, but I tell you what, I LOOOOOVE it. So, this month's post is dedicated to my buddy the <b><span style="color: red;">Janome AirThread 2000D</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>When deciding what my September Janome project would be, I thought, my birthday dress! (It's this month!) I would sew my full outfit on my <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">Horizon Memory Craft 15000</a> and use only "sewing" mode! It's an embroidery/sewing machine and I call him Mano. <b> </b></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='256' height='213' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dykr9BqjSH04FFyda6KWXCQvQDIsGxslYFZuYkYLvgyx4uh2zP6Os7tLYxN5hy-Mgqck87g_SPceyzhzXSpxA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">My past Janome projects always contained embroidery along with sewing. One project is "Pants for KC" linked </span><a href="https://www.g-cas.net/2021/04/mom-can-you-make-these.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">I never really highlighted my serger buddy, I just used him to complete my projects. In this post I'll feature him because he deserves the spotlight!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>As garment sewists, we use our sergers to finish the insides of our garments or on knits, which include a bit of sewing machine work to complete a project. In my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/184641795348585" target="_blank">Facebook Sewing Group</a>, I hosted a Teach-A-Long. It's like a sew along but I try to teach the masses something new. The project I chose was leggings. Leggings you say? Yes! Leggings. I took a poll and the masses said Yes!</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySugRTzsh1UOYsKfFr4VqBq6sPcr5IL2sOxcnFj-87C8uC2nPkGH6kHs2FQI3xJhA6qX0SIIkMEsCuZZlGwmsojRWUduQ9p2F9-SiLyWEFZdfuRfb_BZWS2smX6m8Ylvb9FTiIaPisN4/s2048/pic9.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySugRTzsh1UOYsKfFr4VqBq6sPcr5IL2sOxcnFj-87C8uC2nPkGH6kHs2FQI3xJhA6qX0SIIkMEsCuZZlGwmsojRWUduQ9p2F9-SiLyWEFZdfuRfb_BZWS2smX6m8Ylvb9FTiIaPisN4/w266-h400/pic9.JPEG" width="266" /></a></div><b><br /></b>Currently, leggings are worn by most, they are quick and easy to make and you can make them completely using your serger. For this teach-a-long I have Zoom recordings of classes that show you what you need to do to produce leggings that fit and appeal to you and your body. The classes are downloadable. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2zat89Wi0EsfLBJty4QBgU1bN_5pvOtCDaiyIvib-yL7Mg7y_f0vm6dgLo2Oq0zO-DqPaPOJCsXb5Do0EIrRcM2iB8uqhL0fP7f28D93iBC3Vdx-sP41cCQ5m2GSD9KpQgIZjJBgGqw/s297/pic2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="49" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2zat89Wi0EsfLBJty4QBgU1bN_5pvOtCDaiyIvib-yL7Mg7y_f0vm6dgLo2Oq0zO-DqPaPOJCsXb5Do0EIrRcM2iB8uqhL0fP7f28D93iBC3Vdx-sP41cCQ5m2GSD9KpQgIZjJBgGqw/s16000/pic2.JPG" /></a></div><br /></div><div>One <b>Zoom </b>legging class is devoted to <i>understanding your serger</i>. It involves threading your serger, understanding your stitches, adjusting your tension, tying off and I touch on differential feed and as we move forward I even cover fitting. For this WHOLE Teach-A-Long my <a href="https://www.janome.com/products/machines/AT2000D/" target="_blank">Janome AirThread 2000D</a> is the <b><i>🌟</i></b><b><i>STAR🌟 </i></b>of the show and again I encourage everyone to use their serger on this project! I even had a few inquire about my JANOME buddy! LOL!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CG_a41CGgCZis2d0SmtnqRmXryEo25j7cJRCtE_OjhAFVErO6hJUsdwgmKhWaazoucpTzDKQNv6-QB99AZHrEjbj5m0-cJeoVs5yqcC0oAqiMUOIMRW3D9-WHAOw5GgQQ6Mg7yIJ8gU/s2048/class.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CG_a41CGgCZis2d0SmtnqRmXryEo25j7cJRCtE_OjhAFVErO6hJUsdwgmKhWaazoucpTzDKQNv6-QB99AZHrEjbj5m0-cJeoVs5yqcC0oAqiMUOIMRW3D9-WHAOw5GgQQ6Mg7yIJ8gU/w168-h224/class.JPG" width="168" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://simplicity.com/simplicity/s8424" target="_blank">Prep Work S8424</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsMn0DRIkO5NSPrNrkw1-aUGW4sc9GYOuBBKDCb81gZFPURwW02VDYAAjI05QkdCCSv-CglHCtPBfrQS-sfVE-_rhqfghHyUibYOA56imGqEPfzzFbbiXz3GO4BvFJzcLBBwKmtTRp4Q/s800/Pic4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsMn0DRIkO5NSPrNrkw1-aUGW4sc9GYOuBBKDCb81gZFPURwW02VDYAAjI05QkdCCSv-CglHCtPBfrQS-sfVE-_rhqfghHyUibYOA56imGqEPfzzFbbiXz3GO4BvFJzcLBBwKmtTRp4Q/s320/Pic4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Class Demo's<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>My serger was acting like a champ during my demo's. I did mention that I Love him dearly in this post and in the video classes too.💕 This machine is super duper easy to thread and it takes the time out of prep work needed to start a project. <b><span style="color: red;">THE STITCHES</span></b> are always perfect and make me look like a Pro! 😂 LOL!! </div></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7qo1zVmrPfmEqcgNElpGlr6o9o6gK0ZQLh54meuOoeD7mfItdFzUYXXY6JlTrqEHFx1Wus1CvS66uT5Rbxyn1vQWqBUDuFjgsOdMFtoHGP6K_-OtgcumtaZBnsL-eJ7NnG-bvJ8mb1k/s2048/Pic4.JPG" style="clear: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7qo1zVmrPfmEqcgNElpGlr6o9o6gK0ZQLh54meuOoeD7mfItdFzUYXXY6JlTrqEHFx1Wus1CvS66uT5Rbxyn1vQWqBUDuFjgsOdMFtoHGP6K_-OtgcumtaZBnsL-eJ7NnG-bvJ8mb1k/w266-h200/Pic4.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magic Happens!</td></tr></tbody></table><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='244' height='203' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwWmQzVGmjaqDeZgH45VY4g0HlilVCfJBsPHzXizHcns5TxjxiM8g505FapLBq3NAgix2B3DCfYLnD4FlUJkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPaN25fPjGjZor5NrfQEi9qoI8byw9FZdDxEGo8KLUnZmsE8p8pFqPgbcRr86KofvuZYkCLdxkHP4bHHxYThytfGrQ6F4OJqlKnEn803XfDUxvyOFbe5lpEgyYpS8JQ9vt3lAVLyNaMY/s4029/IMG_9464.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="1708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPaN25fPjGjZor5NrfQEi9qoI8byw9FZdDxEGo8KLUnZmsE8p8pFqPgbcRr86KofvuZYkCLdxkHP4bHHxYThytfGrQ6F4OJqlKnEn803XfDUxvyOFbe5lpEgyYpS8JQ9vt3lAVLyNaMY/w170-h400/IMG_9464.jpeg" width="170" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to go!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Both of my project leggings are made completely on the AirThread 2000D. The white fabric and abstract printed fabric are cotton spandex. It's a two way stretch fabric that the machine handles like a dream. I used a 4 thread safety stitch for each project. The white leggings have a contrast panel of mesh and stretch lace which also sew nicely on this machine. I want to move forward with some new feet and discover what else this serger can do for me. That is something major I can share with the group.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://simplicity.com/simplicity/s8212" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1169" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YieTBh9gnMFjVeHZgwo5ij2gMeRonYwDj8giAEEUfNKnqbeTMWOOo3i8jEUplKOIEwWpqxlyO7s3vkFjiCsdM9WoYXQR33pEiW3Iyvvmb5nDsN94xiEGclFCOC7SZATsJeUszI8_jRg/s320/Pic+3.JPEG" width="183" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://simplicity.com/simplicity/s8212" target="_blank">These got the fire started in the Group! S8212</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Below I'm sharing a serger demo in which I show you how to remove serger threads without the dreaded "seam ripper". The stitching was provided by my AirThread 2000D. Although you see them being taken out, know that they went back in and my mistake corrected. LOL!!!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='283' height='235' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw-VB7xiv08VUKVCPV7n9_9-rbazQZZfRw2ZU4PNslAwfSL_ctfw82tGo3cB4hGuHTJuaTFOiwyLjelZcuRxg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Talk Soon,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Carol</span></b></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-34444129069953025072021-09-06T15:13:00.000-05:002021-09-06T15:35:19.442-05:00Happy Birthday <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">September is My Birthday Month!</span></h2><div><br /></div><div>As I reflect on another year the Sun has revolved around me, I realized that I'm not only getting older but I'm getting better! LOL!! Have a good day and on to the next thing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHrQxGpi03l0b3bJ8mn55SGl1dbpWdzRcwmFlqFsNUsgiMLfhH16i2sUX4VdYbOZ9MjDXA_wtvugl12Zurn6CKxyGLs6J569EAymD2p-eyXjW-M1AOxMxiBP507i9hKOykWnv7QwwOmw/s580/m_57ca170a3c6f9f66da000cbd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="580" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHrQxGpi03l0b3bJ8mn55SGl1dbpWdzRcwmFlqFsNUsgiMLfhH16i2sUX4VdYbOZ9MjDXA_wtvugl12Zurn6CKxyGLs6J569EAymD2p-eyXjW-M1AOxMxiBP507i9hKOykWnv7QwwOmw/w400-h400/m_57ca170a3c6f9f66da000cbd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Happy National Sewing Month Sewists!! Everyone else have great rest of the year!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRuIRaFfwDu-AzWxn8q0QKAknNdnCijykI468N0JKR1BGRMjC6G4Xc4T237Dp7g-anOhFdTfgYmxh6DP8-_rSSIRhbtkApVrjOUy0Rm0hY0pa0DUtgtwfiCO47N6NsVHchoLj49MimPA/s250/NSMLogo-2004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="250" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRuIRaFfwDu-AzWxn8q0QKAknNdnCijykI468N0JKR1BGRMjC6G4Xc4T237Dp7g-anOhFdTfgYmxh6DP8-_rSSIRhbtkApVrjOUy0Rm0hY0pa0DUtgtwfiCO47N6NsVHchoLj49MimPA/w400-h350/NSMLogo-2004.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Talk Soon</b></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b> Carol</b></span></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-91787635820752273442021-06-30T18:16:00.006-05:002022-04-03T12:07:58.354-05:00My Stylish High End Nephew!<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0omly7XI7ILWDxPXJ3zIqVs_GpA2TlYcXWgjkPOBiFn-N1bktPaQKhfIo1KZZi1qDaraWQyb9ItMb2lCAoifHP5mnkXrqYtY4WmGNytKPYcH9ZWEVTa6mvqAfvlvNBvzYH1VU_DCJIuU/s2048/IMG_9116.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0omly7XI7ILWDxPXJ3zIqVs_GpA2TlYcXWgjkPOBiFn-N1bktPaQKhfIo1KZZi1qDaraWQyb9ItMb2lCAoifHP5mnkXrqYtY4WmGNytKPYcH9ZWEVTa6mvqAfvlvNBvzYH1VU_DCJIuU/s320/IMG_9116.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl1FNN7IPeiv9-FZD6E9uCZIVc_z_-orE-UfDHNHbivfS6vfHwHJETcnQyhF3ZiHi5EbHReI-NjkQ7BsBH2wP-4SEh_SV4K1pJVVLnJ7hFO-oOTt0wzKOdkcWWfz4ZGlSxuauRg2dEdk/s2048/IMG_9051.JPEG" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl1FNN7IPeiv9-FZD6E9uCZIVc_z_-orE-UfDHNHbivfS6vfHwHJETcnQyhF3ZiHi5EbHReI-NjkQ7BsBH2wP-4SEh_SV4K1pJVVLnJ7hFO-oOTt0wzKOdkcWWfz4ZGlSxuauRg2dEdk/w288-h320/IMG_9051.JPEG" width="288" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">My husband and his nephew (Allen) have a special relationship. I heard about it back when we were dating. Because he lived in another state, I didn't actually meet him until years after we were married. Well, recently within the last three years he has really been very present in our lives. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">He has a very kind demeaner and will do anything for my husband. Let's say he's more like a younger brother to us than a nephew. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Anywoooo, he is quite stylish and a "Label" man. He wears Gucci, Ralph, Louie and buys expensive </span><span style="font-family: arial;">cologne. So, imagine my surprise when he mentions to me - Auntie, I want some fuchsia shorts! 😂</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4YqtqM6Cc71ZFUrR5fLTVbD7FTS9tCBk4bpzfx9uk7NmefxyyfTcv5pn91zWVnghYILtfiFiA1YAYz7vjjmm96Nv3Wjk97Sxqk5QbBCljxH9aXkPv-8EkL30BUaOfJaZiqspyXD7bD0/s2048/IMG_9043.JPG" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4YqtqM6Cc71ZFUrR5fLTVbD7FTS9tCBk4bpzfx9uk7NmefxyyfTcv5pn91zWVnghYILtfiFiA1YAYz7vjjmm96Nv3Wjk97Sxqk5QbBCljxH9aXkPv-8EkL30BUaOfJaZiqspyXD7bD0/w240-h320/IMG_9043.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He said he has been looking everywhere and I believed him because he loves stylish clothes! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I just happened to be sitting in my sewing room as we were talking. I asked him would linen do? Linen is a premium fabric and I knew it would be of his standard. So out from the stash table came some - you guessed it <span style="color: #ff00fe;">fuchsia </span>linen. It had been taking up stash room for about three years and I had a lot of it so why not. Now, I do <b>NOT </b>sew for anyone except my son so he understood the magnitude of my <b><i><span style="color: #800180;">yes</span></i></b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I told him, I will do everything just be ready when I need you. He was quite excited and said this was his first custom garment. I prepped my <a href="http://www.jamome.com" target="_blank">machines </a>and got to work. Not only was this a good opportunity to flex my menswear muscle, I could also do my <a href="http://www.janome.com/inspire/janome-artisans/" target="_blank">Janome project</a>. (<a href="http://www.janome.com/inspire/janome-artisans/" target="_blank"><b>I'm a Maker ya know! LOL!!</b></a>) </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I measured my nephew that day and we had one fitting and the rest is photo history.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvNpX8-okJzibmrZuQyrsEmZrIJKcxz6klEUgwb6wLhlzPqylZx7UCRyGp4R9jZtDs-t5XLGjCKoIiu2yB4W06B3FSnQL8Xnro77sU44JUjZ0U8i1RAUnRNWAwijptW6r7dMBqxTdvb0/s2048/IMG_9112.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvNpX8-okJzibmrZuQyrsEmZrIJKcxz6klEUgwb6wLhlzPqylZx7UCRyGp4R9jZtDs-t5XLGjCKoIiu2yB4W06B3FSnQL8Xnro77sU44JUjZ0U8i1RAUnRNWAwijptW6r7dMBqxTdvb0/s320/IMG_9112.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The pocket was embroidered by my </span><a href="http://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Janome Horizon 15000</a><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">. Such a smooth and flawless job it does! The monogram is one of many designs that come on the machine! </span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU2DX4EIgXU7gnW-RpEn5o3QszTONsRgUjgsrI_4YFR2CkWQjwdtIJlEs3fspF7eIOQeH5qoM64U2iW1rq-C5uByAONeU69kbk3w1pa50Se1nDJxOi_3Rb_-cMdGcnSRou4FK6W82Xsc/s2048/IMG_9113.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU2DX4EIgXU7gnW-RpEn5o3QszTONsRgUjgsrI_4YFR2CkWQjwdtIJlEs3fspF7eIOQeH5qoM64U2iW1rq-C5uByAONeU69kbk3w1pa50Se1nDJxOi_3Rb_-cMdGcnSRou4FK6W82Xsc/s320/IMG_9113.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBQW6N-BJdjLvZvano84EQnIxI8YwZDBM96d8n5ZGhzWT-eAM7p-Klq5pd60IsUO0nbMfq58NEVqIwUWej_tx0HOaGeCUxc7a5tvxOBXQvMYBsBg8Cgz7n_A0hT38-xrbqPTlcQJnLbg/s2048/IMG_9048.JPEG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1804" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBQW6N-BJdjLvZvano84EQnIxI8YwZDBM96d8n5ZGhzWT-eAM7p-Klq5pd60IsUO0nbMfq58NEVqIwUWej_tx0HOaGeCUxc7a5tvxOBXQvMYBsBg8Cgz7n_A0hT38-xrbqPTlcQJnLbg/w176-h200/IMG_9048.JPEG" width="176" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPzNatQvdfKMZdIi8TC-xS8O1sNvuF03JrXZ7RwVWgKQLiCaB0Mz1P6OHhyphenhyphenoGS134cQaiwVtXEIOB0gVSqhonrUzN3vdndRjU0I0aH1_4f5DIQTFD9nZqoBm5pU2P_OeazVRiwZ4-5o0/s2048/IMG_9045.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPzNatQvdfKMZdIi8TC-xS8O1sNvuF03JrXZ7RwVWgKQLiCaB0Mz1P6OHhyphenhyphenoGS134cQaiwVtXEIOB0gVSqhonrUzN3vdndRjU0I0aH1_4f5DIQTFD9nZqoBm5pU2P_OeazVRiwZ4-5o0/w150-h200/IMG_9045.JPG" width="150" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I used the <a href="http://www.janome.com/machines/sergers/at2000d/" target="_blank">Airthread 2000D</a> to serge the fussy linen edges. I also had fuchsia serger threads to make pretty insides. I made sure I lined the inside of the shorts to minimize the wrinkle factor. They have elastic at the waist, a fly zip and wooden beads to finish off the shorts.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1obm1JZPjki8bZmWtA7I0dVyFpJqPlAbNydmmvpuwTwr_0QPT-aEMVxdIdpIMYPwzBQmT3TqEbgth-ss1w2s2BBGRnME_cvOs5lQRVZd4TWsHmkoCgYbojUiQQszfLc0iFZclp8Fooo/s2048/IMG_9040.JPG" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1obm1JZPjki8bZmWtA7I0dVyFpJqPlAbNydmmvpuwTwr_0QPT-aEMVxdIdpIMYPwzBQmT3TqEbgth-ss1w2s2BBGRnME_cvOs5lQRVZd4TWsHmkoCgYbojUiQQszfLc0iFZclp8Fooo/w150-h200/IMG_9040.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOB5e65cBWynQ3iBZhjec7uzW9Bt3uRG04M6fWmqLLSx_QkmSGZ7B8cu3Spa92PcSqvHwSySPitZHwMGcfkYyFCd9LBk7oA55MDfYsKz5uWb9YyPW-3Sf_bGZLuPBqczHVI89Cyh2IcM/s2048/IMG_9053.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOB5e65cBWynQ3iBZhjec7uzW9Bt3uRG04M6fWmqLLSx_QkmSGZ7B8cu3Spa92PcSqvHwSySPitZHwMGcfkYyFCd9LBk7oA55MDfYsKz5uWb9YyPW-3Sf_bGZLuPBqczHVI89Cyh2IcM/w150-h200/IMG_9053.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He absolutely loves his "custom linen <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i>fuchsia</i></b></span> shorts" and I am the best Auntie ever💖! I love my title and loved sewing for him was fun.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Allen, I know you will read this and the answer is still <b><u>no</u></b>! We 💘you to the moon and back!</span></div><div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">He wears them well. Real men wear fuchsia!</span></span></h2></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x2kEOMyTcXkXA9po-_5M0_3zh9ioot155TZktuQ_TS0ZJuIVSrJjoPnBk8RgJvLu8u4GRQoD5XyM7NQwFq-ll0S7LeWoGUT4buvbafbIg09YUqgG3dU9u_RQmzqhwYMFZjUysOrepaw/s2048/IMG_9111.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x2kEOMyTcXkXA9po-_5M0_3zh9ioot155TZktuQ_TS0ZJuIVSrJjoPnBk8RgJvLu8u4GRQoD5XyM7NQwFq-ll0S7LeWoGUT4buvbafbIg09YUqgG3dU9u_RQmzqhwYMFZjUysOrepaw/w300-h400/IMG_9111.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They look Great! If I do say so myself!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>This post is also featured on <a href="https://www.janome.com/blog/" target="_blank">Janome's </a>website!</i></b></div><div><br /></div><b>Talk Soon</b><div><b> Carol</b></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-55120294105783153612021-06-23T13:34:00.001-05:002021-06-23T13:34:31.069-05:00This Dress Has History!<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This Dress Has History!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KTjb4-3EMT05wT2hmvZ9gcVCnYidBzq93OhtQjFyL7bHqqbKRl-m8neEFRxXuekY94oa_xGWHLNli05oK9hbmIfF5siogbKrq9A7LtE4Hq37rOp7glMhM7gmrzLepA8ZipUQ3A3p__g/s2048/front.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KTjb4-3EMT05wT2hmvZ9gcVCnYidBzq93OhtQjFyL7bHqqbKRl-m8neEFRxXuekY94oa_xGWHLNli05oK9hbmIfF5siogbKrq9A7LtE4Hq37rOp7glMhM7gmrzLepA8ZipUQ3A3p__g/w216-h400/front.jpeg" width="216" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I LOVE the finished dress!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>So, I decided to participate in a <i>UFO challenge</i>. Those of you who are not familiar with UFO it means "unfinished object". In the sewing community this is not uncommon because there are tons of factors that will keep you from finishing a project. Bad fabric, above your skill level, not enough fabric, doesn't work with this pattern or just plain old - I fell out of love with it and something better has come along!</div><div><br /></div><div>I call it the "hell freezes over pile". This dress landed in that pile in 2010. Yup!! I said it 11 years ago. So, through the years I have gotten stuck by it (<i>I guess it was pissed at me</i>. LOL!!), forgot completely about it, pulled it out and put it back, saw the ruffle cutting and just put it back. The list goes on!! The reason I didn't toss it (like some of the other projects that landed in the pile) was the fabric. I loved the color of the fabric. I think I paid $1 a yard back then for it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anywhooo, I took it out the bin last summer during the pandemic and said "I'm finishing this Bitch!" It didn't happen. So, I was cruising Instagram stories earlier this month and<b><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> Jacinta Green</span></b> of <a href="https://www.shopjacintagreen.com/aboutthedesigner" target="_blank">@pinkmimosabyjasinta</a> was having a UFO Challenge. She is a feisty baby who I knew would NOT let me get away without finishing a project on her watch, so I decided to commit! When I committed I had three weeks to complete the dress. </div><div><br /></div><div>Three weeks was a great amount of time because it allowed me to procrastinate, finally cut out the ruffles, bullshit and still meet my deadline. After all these years it's done! Now, let me explain, it's not a dress for the new sewer at all. (Which fooled me) Back in 2010 I considered myself an intermediate sewist until I purchased this pattern. I knew the ruffles had me. I considered buying ruffles, but like I said, I loved the fabric and the dress and I knew the ruffles would up my skills and look cool too. So, in the bin it went and I've been peeking at it ever since. </div><div><br /></div><div>Well - <b>I DID IT! I DID IT! I DID IT!</b> I'm so excited about this dress. I'm so glad I refused to toss this project!</div><div> </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwraHrAAy2fxXsLqwXzJ4NvS8qw2ekIpDCHg0ejQmRZ0gf13QSI3hLUoiQ18n2wo_CAuHp_hY_A0E1lVY8K-J0bb6kqThG0ymLLIYSOfFJgSQtsoI4tTQbGdgGZefhf-Gq0Barr312bz8/s2048/IMG_9206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwraHrAAy2fxXsLqwXzJ4NvS8qw2ekIpDCHg0ejQmRZ0gf13QSI3hLUoiQ18n2wo_CAuHp_hY_A0E1lVY8K-J0bb6kqThG0ymLLIYSOfFJgSQtsoI4tTQbGdgGZefhf-Gq0Barr312bz8/s320/IMG_9206.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did View A - circa 2010</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sewing and cutting the BIAS cut ruffles (yea, I said bias) and placing them on the dress was a big hassle but it was worth it in the end. I won't be doing it again tho! LOL!! I can add this to my list of sewing accomplishments. I added a weft interfacing to the hem which allowed me to sew an invisible hem. It also added some nice body to the hem and split on the dress.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27RU2AyCo-9QrHUKtC5I4V9Qi5OyrN3DNlGTVT-6nheWmOtV3LuoZ2vUD0fl8-7Q1jCLdBlcIzj4jRAUuIWwlA3FFLXnQln6r9QgStwJsKEVC3SSTZZgEutxMDEbgsXhOWg1Um7MoSs4/s2048/IMG_9201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27RU2AyCo-9QrHUKtC5I4V9Qi5OyrN3DNlGTVT-6nheWmOtV3LuoZ2vUD0fl8-7Q1jCLdBlcIzj4jRAUuIWwlA3FFLXnQln6r9QgStwJsKEVC3SSTZZgEutxMDEbgsXhOWg1Um7MoSs4/s320/IMG_9201.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruffles/Split</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>I added green beads to the neck ties for fun and lengthened the belt considerably. It was crazy short! I think they meant to print "cut two" instead of "cut one" on the pattern piece.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmULnITh6KJDH85jY41iW1uTngbFqEa4qIXmsk8ftWNrV1yosoGtbvoRsfnCIBDOzLLshOB5BEOZtCQLCI-PuXK6s8pInnSO7GuWM4ro0bhHzu0AoisbTnVT5BzmCnhaYBCjZ5N6AL_c/s2048/IMG_9203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmULnITh6KJDH85jY41iW1uTngbFqEa4qIXmsk8ftWNrV1yosoGtbvoRsfnCIBDOzLLshOB5BEOZtCQLCI-PuXK6s8pInnSO7GuWM4ro0bhHzu0AoisbTnVT5BzmCnhaYBCjZ5N6AL_c/w150-h200/IMG_9203.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7u1JjpcA0vThpv8_nQe8FUuA9ueZypIrryhEAB8PzwJgYonvtYovSskOs2m8EyqGC8jPN8MWNKYQZDEAhmWseRDK0HpaLlXT9H6InAfEChNA3ziwJhukJghPKMiVqqA4CNHq0697RyA/s2048/IMG_9204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7u1JjpcA0vThpv8_nQe8FUuA9ueZypIrryhEAB8PzwJgYonvtYovSskOs2m8EyqGC8jPN8MWNKYQZDEAhmWseRDK0HpaLlXT9H6InAfEChNA3ziwJhukJghPKMiVqqA4CNHq0697RyA/w150-h200/IMG_9204.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX-Mf3l8NrB39fW0Tu74uc7QIKWm2oG7jvlmQTApvygjys_DWiUfr9hawHtH3Zml_y96y4n-s0I7xYiN3getGu_8wL7A_Hhyphenhyphen4Ynwd-1AULLyN-HtvB_vFOS0WHxI01-Mhi1-XAmHAoBA/s2048/IMG_9205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX-Mf3l8NrB39fW0Tu74uc7QIKWm2oG7jvlmQTApvygjys_DWiUfr9hawHtH3Zml_y96y4n-s0I7xYiN3getGu_8wL7A_Hhyphenhyphen4Ynwd-1AULLyN-HtvB_vFOS0WHxI01-Mhi1-XAmHAoBA/w150-h200/IMG_9205.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Well Cynthia - we did it! LOL!!! That's all Ya'll!!!</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Reel Dress Diddy! Enjoy!!</div><div><a href="https://instagram.com/p/CQVvQ6jDYTf/">https://instagram.com/p/CQVvQ6jDYTf/</a></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Talk Soon</span></b><div><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Carol</span></b></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-72993271076317382312021-05-04T22:22:00.001-05:002021-06-23T10:53:55.457-05:00Flannel - Not just for winter!<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s Spring in the Midwest! - </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAFFoKXvJtpMnnSQFRKtBsWRjYxhrrfGlTwKs_vNS49ioNkfh-E_JHCTYlmTbG9-fuNgE_lvqxvWJe9GS-QiKl-Y3o8-4ii3c3MbxwpvuAlw3QMSTiqP-grDmT5XuclhsN0diHNg9hRg/s225/sunny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="225" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAFFoKXvJtpMnnSQFRKtBsWRjYxhrrfGlTwKs_vNS49ioNkfh-E_JHCTYlmTbG9-fuNgE_lvqxvWJe9GS-QiKl-Y3o8-4ii3c3MbxwpvuAlw3QMSTiqP-grDmT5XuclhsN0diHNg9hRg/w200-h199/sunny.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I am a <a href="http://www.janome.com" target="_blank">Janome </a>Maker!<br /><p class="MsoNormal">The days are longer and starting
to become warmer, but the nights are still chilly. I thought what would be great to make for this
type of weather? Knowing summer will be here soon, a sweater was not the answer
nor pants. I thought about a dress, but
I just wasn’t feeling choosing a style. Pajamas! Easy, fun pretty. I did say summer was coming, but it’s still
cold at night. I thought about air conditioning and how cold it can be.
Flannel!!! Flannel Pajamas with a hint
of summer fun. Flannel is a great fabric.
It’s not just for winter. It’s colorful,
inexpensive and breathable cotton!💖 Off to the store I went to get some flannel and I found a
gem of a fabric. I opted for some shorts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYcDHx04OsjDYY6EFW2TEOnI_t4zI94wfd6QPLWaLA3SpRaVm9Z9ftvGFK3PmhLkd86KMtmMC42PhGu4kGkDHCMifnGckCKJu0h4bYBc-YG1smMT-e7ID_md_L75TWVC_RONCTL8cHpk/s800/1-IMG_8897.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYcDHx04OsjDYY6EFW2TEOnI_t4zI94wfd6QPLWaLA3SpRaVm9Z9ftvGFK3PmhLkd86KMtmMC42PhGu4kGkDHCMifnGckCKJu0h4bYBc-YG1smMT-e7ID_md_L75TWVC_RONCTL8cHpk/s320/1-IMG_8897.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">Then I reached for my go to PJ pattern
and figured I’d make a “Bedroom Jacket” to match. I was off! Me and Mano my
<a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">Janome Memory Craft 15000</a>. This machine is so smooth sewing flannel.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91yT_86yNGEyk8CJKPSBiWyL01iN_zaRtrcq8vsCfw8pdQ8EeZpKobhjF4PBr-xseCB8h4wqnkkrS5DWMstz6qws5CWP3U58nUi1oWczLChieBd6ZvmyBgerXCFCo2pZR5SqIGHVWMOI/s2048/Me.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91yT_86yNGEyk8CJKPSBiWyL01iN_zaRtrcq8vsCfw8pdQ8EeZpKobhjF4PBr-xseCB8h4wqnkkrS5DWMstz6qws5CWP3U58nUi1oWczLChieBd6ZvmyBgerXCFCo2pZR5SqIGHVWMOI/s320/Me.JPEG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me gett'n Busy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Sometimes I feel like I’m cheating the machine sewing such a
simple project. But then I remembered that this machine is made to make sewing
easy. I used my <a href="https://www.janome.com/accessories/sewing-machine-feet/dual-feed-foot/" target="_blank">Dual Acufeed</a> foot which is normal for me. It allows me to sew fast and not worry about
buckled/uneven seams. I also finished
off my seams using my AirThread 2000D serger.
This machine is a dream!! I love to sew with it as I had to change
colors during my creative process so the threads would match. Yea, NOT AN ISSUE
anymore! Even flannel pajamas deserve my professional and personal touch. <br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><b>Added a pink ribbon and All finished!</b> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gD-l2HDswQw71E-trlB8I9KgUhVImTkteiOAV7neb1fu7CcSfuo-2SmTEYDNznb0Ao38xwXdW9nt2R9V5Z81pzxLeh62GNCZA99YTtd2UrwlXkDkyv9zcwH52m-hZAHIzIsXv_UpJAU/s800/1-IMG_8887.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gD-l2HDswQw71E-trlB8I9KgUhVImTkteiOAV7neb1fu7CcSfuo-2SmTEYDNznb0Ao38xwXdW9nt2R9V5Z81pzxLeh62GNCZA99YTtd2UrwlXkDkyv9zcwH52m-hZAHIzIsXv_UpJAU/s320/1-IMG_8887.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>Wait!!!</b></span> This cute pair deserves a matching top. My first
attempt was a <b>HUGE </b>fail, to big, to ugly and a huge mess. NO PICTURE’s of the
wadder here!! So, I sat staring 👀 at jam’s thinking what could I make to match
this set? Finally, it dawned on me that Mano is almighty! This machine turns
into an embroidery unit! I got out the <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">Janome AcuDesign</a> software and found the
perfect design for <b>$1</b>! I found some fabric in my stash, set up my machine
and got busy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJfjPh_IKsD2VSXnrwLAFmQNsOG_FItVo8Pzq5yYmgPeBdoaUy1xrmvrLmujHCuQzXX3eOFgzRO__yH_Vj0Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After I embroidered the glasses, I used my <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sergers/at2000d/" target="_blank">Airthread 2000D</a>
again. Loaded it with fuchsia threads and was off! After the main seams, I
serged the bottom edge and finished the rest of the top on Mano (my Horizon
15000). I used the lightning stitch and a straight stitch on the collar binding
and a twin needle on the arms with contrasting thread. I didn’t even use a stabilizer, which I
normally use when working with knits.<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> <b><i>Look at that stitching!</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHa_My7VPAH3S1xlj_KDoS4E74oZZSeiCCAED5YN6iV245BRjxLf6nVEsbeYg0mUcl60mX0R8tNxEJq3PmMSZazOVEAj0ROIZZQTPIX8VSBWfAO3tXkF64NYPW5Pj9xq8tdfQY48KeD-Q/s800/1-iCloud+Photos2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="800" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHa_My7VPAH3S1xlj_KDoS4E74oZZSeiCCAED5YN6iV245BRjxLf6nVEsbeYg0mUcl60mX0R8tNxEJq3PmMSZazOVEAj0ROIZZQTPIX8VSBWfAO3tXkF64NYPW5Pj9xq8tdfQY48KeD-Q/w400-h286/1-iCloud+Photos2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love it! Fun Pajamas are a great way to practice sewing
and if you are seasoned sewist, they become a great project as you add
creativity to the task. I like to be cozy and stylish all year round! Spring/Summer
flannel pajamas! Don’t sleep on it! <span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b><i>Pun
intended!</i></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwMTdbK_5nsoAuNaZ40Nlz8kyLVsmbwYQCBWxIISIj58R3_l8TTqYzsGRVPmu2iImmRWx35cVvXAgw2wM_-Jg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p></div><div><br /></div>Talk Soon,<div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Carol</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6E4n6AEnBHC9JixY8aDJFgZNZr8RnqSJ44_skQASjJcw0ygkgmFp33ZMkXO2zlcblnSw20yvvT2rpWDn_nziCZXrhBZNbADGG8DjPxPwtaCkPgsFqQeYpykoFjHDyFCyG0alkn3k2Fo/s568/gems.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="568" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6E4n6AEnBHC9JixY8aDJFgZNZr8RnqSJ44_skQASjJcw0ygkgmFp33ZMkXO2zlcblnSw20yvvT2rpWDn_nziCZXrhBZNbADGG8DjPxPwtaCkPgsFqQeYpykoFjHDyFCyG0alkn3k2Fo/w200-h197/gems.GIF" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keep Sewing!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-43512783395686083652021-04-06T02:31:00.003-05:002021-06-23T10:54:42.037-05:00Mom - Can you make these?!<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a82dc508-7fff-70ee-6504-75433f1beb52"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5AyBwyXrznMK-udTzumPUsitA_X0thNs86PqZHdHXDKFZ8rTkDdHVu9LhNHi0Q3IZbD9OUdiMUirvLxLfS0sO2SnkVvhqDhenI-m2-L7ORPK0ouWyJ6LskXDEW8gQWIF8MydRL2Y2qs/s1440/me12.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5AyBwyXrznMK-udTzumPUsitA_X0thNs86PqZHdHXDKFZ8rTkDdHVu9LhNHi0Q3IZbD9OUdiMUirvLxLfS0sO2SnkVvhqDhenI-m2-L7ORPK0ouWyJ6LskXDEW8gQWIF8MydRL2Y2qs/w200-h200/me12.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I am a </span><a href="http://www.janome.com" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Janome </a><span style="text-align: left;">Maker!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></b><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not Your Average Sweatpants!</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As this crazy year drew to a close, I thought, Janome Maker submissions are coming up. So, I picked, prepped and prepared what I thought to be the perfect project. I started in the fall and then life happened. I got a new job, which is a good thing, but It has taken up so much of my time that my beautiful Makers project was waiting in the wings. So as time grew closer, I didn’t feel any pressure until I looked up and it was Christmas. To make a long story short, my sewing room is a mess and my beautiful project was not done!! I scrapped it because I will finish it later and rushing is not an option! <b>ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT!</b> That project didn’t work out, nor did the other one that I won’t mention. 😛</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hu4JGjskRvYYksEujwcUW3jh2pbKfcjrGtVlwYTwfJ59PHlGSs3RSjbG-01MXGR3723EhzTeCg6pJXR8KbRV14MpvCptP_zFobM6oWSuWrhXPbNSB4zo1HVLvptulcToSvPb902XOBU/s2048/IMG_8378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hu4JGjskRvYYksEujwcUW3jh2pbKfcjrGtVlwYTwfJ59PHlGSs3RSjbG-01MXGR3723EhzTeCg6pJXR8KbRV14MpvCptP_zFobM6oWSuWrhXPbNSB4zo1HVLvptulcToSvPb902XOBU/w150-h200/IMG_8378.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I stood around my sewing room in complete despair December 31st and my machines started talking. “You better get busy or Mano (Horizon 15000) is going back! My serger <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sergers/at2000d/" target="_blank">Airthread 2000D</a> - he’s still nameless) started to cry. So, I looked around and saw a project for my son that I started a month ago. Gertrude (AKA Dirt McGurt -<a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sewing/skyline-s7/" target="_blank">Skyline7</a>) Said “Darling that’s it! Finish your son’s project, it’s just been sitting there collecting dust anyway!” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My son asked me to copy some “sweats” he saw on the internet about a year ago. I committed. How hard could that be? Well, he sent me a picture of the “sweats” and my eyes grew. These sweats have 8 pockets and 4 zippers and 4 of the pockets are 3D and Cargo! So, I decided to go all out! I ordered waist banding and collected all I needed for the project and it sat. Gert called me out on New Year’s Eve. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzSgSortzoS39KIbZU-n1jMVMN4EjTWc_U_iGzIavS3DYBL-jpOy0iPFeG5RY1_cX-NkWvCMPjlbQbZjRCL_JQ-ybFOM2r5eiC28hfeWg8TZeq9-h_lGZUdWkwaIV8tayzCL8NKLLa9A/s1200/inspo+pants.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzSgSortzoS39KIbZU-n1jMVMN4EjTWc_U_iGzIavS3DYBL-jpOy0iPFeG5RY1_cX-NkWvCMPjlbQbZjRCL_JQ-ybFOM2r5eiC28hfeWg8TZeq9-h_lGZUdWkwaIV8tayzCL8NKLLa9A/s320/inspo+pants.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspiration Pants</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">I got the pile of cut up love and started working. I had already drafted the pockets and flaps, I used a pattern as my block, customized the block and we had one successful fitting. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0xmfGyJHijh936aa8ZnlynjcrSNHU8BKbYx6cVpGXC91AtDpyFmMlZLz4gWQ4TWm_l3WsygiptTzRTk006mXowLF3k1Y5ebpKZLUGGYJnS8j1V_x8ZEVl7uDnYXB9G8r3sg9HW6lMfo/s2048/IMG_8411.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0xmfGyJHijh936aa8ZnlynjcrSNHU8BKbYx6cVpGXC91AtDpyFmMlZLz4gWQ4TWm_l3WsygiptTzRTk006mXowLF3k1Y5ebpKZLUGGYJnS8j1V_x8ZEVl7uDnYXB9G8r3sg9HW6lMfo/s320/IMG_8411.JPEG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D Pocket Pattern</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">My love pile needed construction only. Since there is a ton of sewing on this project, I used my 15000 to embroider and for most of the construction, Skyline 7 for basting and my Airthread 2000D serger for finishing. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My son is an artist so, I wanted to include something on his sweats that had meaning, and I wanted to embroider something since “Mano” and I have become such good friends. I decided to add a tiny bit of embroidery on one pocket. I used the Janome <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">AcuDesign </a>software to import a free design onto my J<a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/embroidery/qm-mc15000/" target="_blank">anome Horizon 15000</a>. The software was pretty easy to learn and it came with my machine. I love how subtle and statement making the design is. “Kace” the nickname I gave my son as a baby, and it’s also his artist signature. (Mom moment)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6emhzj0ouH8IdqZIc0l7kcdQOJ8GfpwkEnMdtWM6GFRXFO7X0IRr32PGZiddvHcNhIWshpnbokJ2rDkW9BxNBwucvpbuZdscLjfeMxDBbCrzQuzdBvfASZHsywgUa0QYFDXDFKPPvwW0/s2048/IMG_8419.JPEG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6emhzj0ouH8IdqZIc0l7kcdQOJ8GfpwkEnMdtWM6GFRXFO7X0IRr32PGZiddvHcNhIWshpnbokJ2rDkW9BxNBwucvpbuZdscLjfeMxDBbCrzQuzdBvfASZHsywgUa0QYFDXDFKPPvwW0/w150-h200/IMG_8419.JPEG" width="150" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0UoYqS3d5wEvHZ3YvwiyoAbPW027YFG3CDcPmA1geQD2Yx0gz1L-ZwJgT8KylFHU8BHxSmMyNiBVXndxveCxpkPowDXJapd5alo1s_-OvQXfQB9zZqVi-bxbu20Ew94RYlBz37H_Wk0/s2048/IMG_8421.JPEG" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0UoYqS3d5wEvHZ3YvwiyoAbPW027YFG3CDcPmA1geQD2Yx0gz1L-ZwJgT8KylFHU8BHxSmMyNiBVXndxveCxpkPowDXJapd5alo1s_-OvQXfQB9zZqVi-bxbu20Ew94RYlBz37H_Wk0/w150-h200/IMG_8421.JPEG" width="150" /></a></div><br />This<span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> fabric was <i>crazy </i>thick and backed with a heavy fleece. It’s very heavy and great for the winter. This fabric, I thought, will be an issue for the serger. I did a test stitch and was so happy! The <a href="https://www.janome.com/machines/sergers/at2000d/" target="_blank">Airthtrad 2000D</a> serger was flawless and made serging the pants a dream!! That serger has the best attitude <b>EVER</b>!</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZp4E_Dq8pPBuNxcexz79zPDeNiKp3Fe-xfPPt8mB3tdqWC2NnCMOJTaaTwLOFSJBfd5d4Pqiak5_tvthDVGEm-iMsFoTsIaJyJtwQ5rehPNaVyJsqrAhQQbE-nZK26KkPr1VoNkN8Hdo/s2048/IMG_8440.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZp4E_Dq8pPBuNxcexz79zPDeNiKp3Fe-xfPPt8mB3tdqWC2NnCMOJTaaTwLOFSJBfd5d4Pqiak5_tvthDVGEm-iMsFoTsIaJyJtwQ5rehPNaVyJsqrAhQQbE-nZK26KkPr1VoNkN8Hdo/s320/IMG_8440.JPEG" /></a></div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To make things easy for myself, I used size 14 universal needles in the sewing machines and regular </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All-purpose thread. I used the <a href="https://www.janome.com/accessories/sewing-machine-feet/dual-feed-foot/" target="_blank">Acufeed dual foot</a> on Mano-my Janome 15000 and used the Acufeed Dual on Gert-my S7. (I love walking feet!) </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the embroidery I used Sulky Rayon thread in black, a Janome purple needle and cutaway stabilizer. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>All day and night later😫</b> - the rest is history! Here are some construction pictures of the 3D pockets and the invisible leg zipper. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also cut in and made two half welt pockets on the back of the pants (per request).</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbjJXdCt837Wp1VivBa_PrRxJnRtGo6_b18k1vC8v2VEaxQhlqmwR-Ug_LQipU3ZPT2uavyaOW_zQ4bxH1DoCo3gDkmkO8jxOFV6XLAQxO6jW3dkplQFiMQmIASGq1DiknkouLwvHGLs/s800/1-iCloud+Photos3.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbjJXdCt837Wp1VivBa_PrRxJnRtGo6_b18k1vC8v2VEaxQhlqmwR-Ug_LQipU3ZPT2uavyaOW_zQ4bxH1DoCo3gDkmkO8jxOFV6XLAQxO6jW3dkplQFiMQmIASGq1DiknkouLwvHGLs/s320/1-iCloud+Photos3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Construction Details</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; 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margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px;">I</span></span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks-dKc3DOqGKYgL6gHL2gwW0A5Kt4-QQQBg6DpPhphSGKuQdv31RzIDrF4o62aeXcL8yUJpCUZUnEyKxtPp90Z9jh4TMIQ0i1LDGqhmhv7v7hgTpuL0p9TfKddB2vqIDb2RJoVPd6so8/s2048/iCloud+Photos4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks-dKc3DOqGKYgL6gHL2gwW0A5Kt4-QQQBg6DpPhphSGKuQdv31RzIDrF4o62aeXcL8yUJpCUZUnEyKxtPp90Z9jh4TMIQ0i1LDGqhmhv7v7hgTpuL0p9TfKddB2vqIDb2RJoVPd6so8/w400-h286/iCloud+Photos4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pants!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">And my KC (Kace) modeling, what is now, his favorite pair of pants!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: red;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkncNPOCjwn2N7s5VBd9yeNXUhWJxCUHPdm8el7JPWqf0orHWFx3DdsOQofe8ofilpKEqrgXSMlLbWSwAEKI8fgJJdEPKf74o9Xf1DCnH-ZLpoAATf9CQatLrSaDMHQiq8K84cYNJfzYs/s800/1-IMG_8463.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="457" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkncNPOCjwn2N7s5VBd9yeNXUhWJxCUHPdm8el7JPWqf0orHWFx3DdsOQofe8ofilpKEqrgXSMlLbWSwAEKI8fgJJdEPKf74o9Xf1DCnH-ZLpoAATf9CQatLrSaDMHQiq8K84cYNJfzYs/w229-h400/1-IMG_8463.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He's the best!</b></span></span></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18125210506156148/" style="font-size: 14.6667px;">https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18125210506156148/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Talk Soon,</div><div>Carol</div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf16xqRIQNzhQEl9fDFq6gcI8mtMSVCWHqPGONbs40vQHyDq_P7dOQkwU-r1vD08dVAdsIqDY2eKq-Wa6idFlBOxtO_y5MiRQGNO88OmJmzEWj8jNQaRgr0ZMh7aknsX-AR6-tn82HM9g/s568/gems.GIF" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="568" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf16xqRIQNzhQEl9fDFq6gcI8mtMSVCWHqPGONbs40vQHyDq_P7dOQkwU-r1vD08dVAdsIqDY2eKq-Wa6idFlBOxtO_y5MiRQGNO88OmJmzEWj8jNQaRgr0ZMh7aknsX-AR6-tn82HM9g/w200-h197/gems.GIF" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Keep Sewing!</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-70315714022500069832020-06-07T03:05:00.004-05:002020-06-07T03:28:40.014-05:00Black Makers Matter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have joined a coalition called Black Makers Matter. We are a group of Black Sewist and Crafters that know it is imperative for our voices to be heard in the sewing/crafting industry. The group is very talented and passionate about our cause. We would love for you to join us in our movement at Instagram! Follow us at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blkmakersmatter/" target="_blank">@blkmakersmatter</a> meet us and learn more!<br />
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I'll still be posting my makes etc. but, I'll be sure to update you with our progress as we move forward to incite change. Be safe out there, take a deep breath and feel free to leave comments suggestions here or leave them our Instagram page!<br />
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Carol</i></b></span></div>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-19424449676025379882020-04-07T01:47:00.002-05:002020-07-07T14:12:12.434-05:00Mask Making<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With this worldwide pandemic, I had put the breaks on my sewing clothes because my insides told me otherwise. I have been making face masks for my family to help keep them safe.<br />
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I have posted tips, other websites and their tips and even a filter company to aid the sewing community in this war we are facing and mask making.<br />
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Anywoooo, during this journey, I used my husband as my "Mask Muse" and tweaked and tweaked and even tweaked some more today to make him a comfortable face mask. The hubby is a big guy so it took few tries. I am glad to say I finally got it! I am offering you a change to have this pattern.<br />
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You will gain access to my XXXL pattern for your "big/tall boy", and a children's pattern which I have also customized as well. Lastly, you get step by step instructions/pictures on how I make my masks. All of this for is free but feel free to donate if you'd like.<br />
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<a href="https://app.luminpdf.com/viewer/5e920f4a7bb59f0018a0b1f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Regular Sized Mask</span></a></div>
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If you are not a member of my Facebook Group and you belong to the sewing and crafting community join me and a host of talented men and women! Also check out my YouTube channel. Both are "Carol's Sewing Corner!" I'd love to have you join! Remember to breathe, be thankful if you are healthy and your loved ones are doing well and also remember to take care of yourself first and foremost!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">I haven't blogged since 2018! 😆 Does this mean I back? I dunno! Thanks for stopping by!!</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About <b>5</b> years ago, when KC was in the 8th grade, I wondered would I make his prom outfit. Not that I didn't have the skill to do it (because I was sewing for Men at the time), but would he actually want to wear it?! That was the question. So, as the years went by and my child grew into the average prickly teen (LOL!) I managed to keep my influence on his wardrobe and the way he liked to dress. Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of times shopping where he didn't want to see a thing I picked (and I wanted to leave him at the store). But I still managed to keep my edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Well, his Jr. Prom he actually approached me and asked for my assistance. <a href="http://www.g-cas.net/2017/04/junior-prom-2017.html" target="_blank">(Pics here)</a> As usual, I went all out (for a good cause) LOL!!! <a href="http://fayessewingadventure.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ms. Linda Faye</a> had a challenge called <span style="color: purple;"><i><b>Pop'n </b></i><b><i>Tops</i></b></span> and I thought how cool would it be to add his shirt to this challenge. So, I went for it. Well, she did it again this year and asked if I would participate again. <b><span style="color: red;">WELL YA KNOW I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!</span></b> So my crazy thirst for the prom outfit of the year kicked in and went to 1000. I decided that KC needed a Tux because I saw his dates dress. I had the fabric for the tux and didn't have a clue on the shirt. I combed the internet for the perfect shirt. One that would complement the outfit and be snazzy enough that when he took his "show stopper" jacket off , the crowd would still swoon! (ROFL!!) I opted for a custom high Chinese style collar which I drafted and trimmed the shirt in lavender. (the other color of the jacket) and the buttons have purple in them! <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Here it is! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He and his date stole the show! They were the talk of the prom! Since then a gazillion folks have asked me to make them sh*t. (😒Eye roll emoji) They had a great time and my mission was accomplished! It's bittersweet seeing him grow up and move on but, I hope and wish that girl, in his future, sews.😜 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(I can hope can't I?) </span><br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-16963518049125581222017-04-29T00:01:00.000-05:002017-05-23T13:27:10.184-05:00Junior Prom 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the challenge I was inundated with KC's prom project. I shopped for and altered his suit, changed the buttons on the suit, made his pocket square, ascot and his dress shirt (i.e. Pop'n Top!) In this past two weeks I think I heard the word "Mommy" so many times, I'm hearing it in my sleep! (or am I woke?) I made a HUGE boo boo and had to start the shirt completely over (thank God I had extra fabric). After that rude awakening, I knew I wouldn't make this challenge with all the work that needed to be completed before prom so, I asked Ms. Faye would KC's shirt work for the challenge and to my surprise she said yes! Here are some pics of <b>KC</b>'s Pop'n Top and that Pop'n Top in <b><span style="color: blue;"><i>ACTION</i></span></b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm so proud of the young man he has become and can't wait for him to grow into the wonderful man I know he will be! Sewing for him is my secret pleasure! Now that </span><i>Top Pops</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey Y'all - Long time since my last post! Well anyway, Hubby has sparked a blog post. (I think he is sleeping and I hope it stays that way until I get done!) After I post, there's nothing he can do! <span style="background-color: yellow;">(chuckle)</span> Anywhooooo, you think you know your spouse until you let them have the floor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been sewing non-stop for the last 16 years. I have sewn for profit, proms, magazines, retail stores and professionally for businesses. (although I don't profit sew anymore) I pull all-nighter's, plan outfits for EVERY occasion, mentor newbies on social media, I'm a sew sista, I swim/live and LOVE fabric, I love to see my fellow sewistas from all over the world post what they are sewing, knitting, crocheting. The online fabric community gives me chills and when I have that urge, some enabler posts sales and I run to the store and buy patterns to ease the savage beast. (My pattern stash is ridiculous!) <b><span style="color: blue;">I CREATE!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why does he think I am the only one with this <strike>problem</strike> passion? Well watch as you see my husband be faced with an ugly truth. <b>HE WAS WRONG ABOUT ME!</b> I am not the only one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love my sew sista's and the sewing community off and online! What a great bunch of women you are to share my passions! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Feel free to share with your significant other! If you can get him to sit down long enough to entertain my </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pink</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Web Page! </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROFLMAO!</b><br />
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I have created a Facebook Group! My personal FB page was being infiltrated by my sewing peeps! That's a good thing, but lots of my peeps don't sew! So, I decided from this point on I would have a home for sewing peeps and my regular and old skool peeps would have a place on my regular page!<br />
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I've been sewing! My mojo is on go but not off the chain (which is fine with me). Here's what's on my table! How long its going to be there has yet to be determined! ROFL!!!<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-70253352332583464682017-01-09T01:39:00.002-06:002017-01-09T02:12:18.478-06:00I'm Called The Fabric Whisperer!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is a<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://periscope.tv/anncie2001" target="_blank">Periscope</a></span> broadcast I did Sunday evening! Enjoy! Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think. Pardon the every now and then word slips! Who's perfect? Now, I think I can go and take my Christmas tree down. It's time! Feel free to send me any fabric you want me to research as well!! ROFL!!!<br />
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Watch on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a> Lets talk about Fabrics 👚and interfacings. How to identify and … <a href="https://t.co/MiLzumrO1E">https://t.co/MiLzumrO1E</a></div>
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Watch on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a> Fabric talk part 2! The mill and pricing👚👗👚 <a href="https://t.co/zomOidLGz4">https://t.co/zomOidLGz4</a></div>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-56445723743889720252016-12-24T17:21:00.003-06:002016-12-24T17:21:38.822-06:00Happy Holidays!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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See you Next Year! I'll be ready to blog on a semi regular basis! (LOL!! I said Semi!)<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-71593694674661330282016-10-10T23:08:00.000-05:002016-11-26T03:08:06.556-06:00Unselfish Sewing! A Dress For Mom!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well my search began and I came across this double sided fabric and fell in love. (I did).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a wonderful time and it was so good to see our family in attendance at the wedding! This was the <b><u>best </u></b>unselfish sewing ever! Mom really loved her dress. I figure she gave <i><u>and</u> </i>gives me life, I can return the favor errrr now n din! <b>ROFL</b>! She asked for<b><u> 8 </u></b>more dresses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's a saying my grandmother used to say when she would see wrong doing when we were already in trouble - and sometimes suffered the consequence! LOL!! You know that whole "hard head make's a soft tail" thing. Yea, that thing! Well, I have been floored by this outfit that Anne Hathaway is wearing and<b><span style="color: red;"> <i>I MUST HAVE THIS!</i></span></b> But, of course, I can't buy it. So, on with another ambitious project with low-no sewjo! It just happens I guess. I want it for the upcoming early October wedding I'm attending. It's in a warm climate - Fall Sewers! (Tongue out emoji - ROFL!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My birthday outfit took a toll on my sewojo! 4 yards of flimsy and shifty chiffon and bemberg lining. Say, I had two bottles of stiffener and forgot about it? Ouy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anywhoooo, I got in my sewing room last Friday and made this little combo to try and revive my sewjo!<b><i> No GO!</i></b> Didn't work, but I do really like it! I've been procrastinating all week. Friday is here again and I'm blogging! ROFL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sew, "what does this all mean?"</i> </span>Well, I took my a$$ to the fabric store with that pic in mind armed with my Groupon. The original is made of Floral Cotton Sateen and the blouse is a coordinating Silk Charmeuse. These types of printed fabrics are not reachable to pe-ons like me but I'm sure with much adieu and cash I could get it. (Yea Right! Bwaaaaahaaahaaaa!!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To recreate this look I will be using this floral cotton voile fabric. I found it at Textile Chicago Warehouse. I purchased 8 yards for all three pieces and I got 5 yards of cream bemberg lining. To beef up the fabric I'll underline the jacket and pants with batiste. The shirt will be a classic button down, unlined, and I'm trying to decide if I want a larger collar or not. <i>(I'm </i>Thinking now cause I don't have much time!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway in the meantime in between time, I have a dress to make for my mom for that same wedding and then I can can get started. I PLAN on starting this Sunday on my ambitious "there's never enough time fa dis" project. I'll keep errrrrone posted! Gotta take my time and do it right because I don't want anyone to mistake me for the unmade bed and jump on my back! ROFL! (that would be awful!) They gotta mention <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Anne </span></i></b>when the see me! I'm tired just thinking about it. Not to mention, I 'm not sure about shoes!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Helloooooo Readers!! August was wardrobe challenge month with the PeriCrafters group on Facebook and I must say it made the month fly by! Since I was a "facilitator of the Pants" my week came fast and went! By that time, it was already the third week of August! (Geees) Anyhooooo, I have another wardrobe I can use with some items I already have in my closet. I actually have clothes I can wear that classify as <b><i>business casual</i></b>! (HA! Who knew?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I created all the views with some modifications. I added 8 inches to the cardigan and I call it my cardicoat! (LOL!) I did make the pants however, they belong to another <a href="http://www.g-cas.net/2016/08/an-outfit-post.html" target="_blank">outfit post.</a> The pants I did include are Simplicity 2148 and work just fine. I thought the wide leg was not what I wanted for my "business casual" wardrobe. I also included a dress with my wardrobe as well. Why not!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Aside from the five pieces here, I can mix and match them with the basic white blouse/T-shirt or black pants. I can even put on some jeans with any of the T-shirts! Well the possibilities are endless! (Que laughter for being so corny - ROFL!) Below are a few combinations! (I forgot the shoes!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm always loving a challenge. This one I actually finished and didn't have to rush! I'm getting better! LOL!! If you haven't already, you need to. Quick Fast and in a Hurry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I have been active in this PeriCrafters Wardrobe Challenge I have actually been sewing and blogging! I started up blogging again after a few of you had questions and stuff. But since I have found Periscope I have been sharing on there. <i>WELL</i>, I just finished an outfit and I really love it so I'm blogging in depth about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Geometric Boarder Fabric (Matte Jersey) I scored at <a href="http://finefabricsusa.com/" target="_blank">Fine Fabrics</a> in Norcross, GA. What a visit! I scored a lot of fabrics I <u>didn't </u>need for $49!! (ROFL)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shirt has a contrast piece at the top of the top (tee hee) front and back, both cut on the fold. So I utilized the boarder as the contrast fabric. Since I didn't have much fabric left I had to cut the back in two separate pieces and added seam allowance. This also allowed me to better fit my top in the back. The contrast pieces were cut on the fold per the pattern. I chose to bias bind the neck and armholes for style and stability. The pattern says fold down/stitch. This top needed more and I love the result.</span><br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-34676337007487026042016-08-15T18:01:00.003-05:002021-06-28T00:56:41.546-05:00Wardrobe Building Challenge - The Pants! Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sunday, 8/14/16 - 7:30 CST - Pattern Prep and Cutting</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Monday, 8/15/16 - 8:00 CST - Seam finishing and Waistband Treatments </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday, 8/17/16 - 7:30 CST - Hem Options</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Friday 8/19/16 - 7:00 CST - Q & A and Show my pants!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'll be posting progress this week of the pants process for our Wardrobe Building Challenge. I am making <b><i><span style="color: red;">two </span></i></b>pair of pants. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and the other <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/21922516?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227016023307&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40942137032&wl4=pla-78879846992&wl5=9021591&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=21922516&wl13=&veh=sem" target="_blank">Simplicity 2148</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">Why two pair you say? The reason is, I need two pair! (</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">LOL</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">!!)One pair (2148) has a much narrower leg. I like the palazzo style in a fabric that allows much flow but that's not very business like, so one is for fun the other for work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have included a few pics of my personal alterations progress and you can watch my <a href="https://www.periscope.tv/anncie2001/1YqKDbgWPezJV" target="_blank">Periscope </a>which will allow a little more explanation. I'll be updating the blog as my progress moves forward! If you don't follow me on Periscope already. You can by clicking on the <i>"Follow" </i>icon at the top of my blog page!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Look 6735 Pants Layout for all sizes! Look Mom, only two pieces!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pants Back Alteration.<br />
Shortened/decreased a total of 3.5 inches<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks for joining us on this wardrobe building journey. It's was I needed to stay on track and keep my azz working on one project at a time! (ROFL!) Hope to see you on Monday!!</span></div>
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Carol</span></i></b></div>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595297306976390158noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980657481322764245.post-42252757690018912752016-08-04T23:07:00.004-05:002016-08-04T23:16:55.595-05:00Wardrobe Building Challenge PeriCrafters!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's what is happening in the sewing world I participate in. (LOL!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I belong to a Facebook group called PeriCrafters. What we do is Periscope (live video) about crafts, DIY, sewing or anything creative. It's a great group and easy to get hooked on. There are a lot of captivating women and powerhouse sewers with lots of information to share as well as talent! So, although I find it's taking up a bit of my time - at least I'm learning something and my sewing <span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>MOJO</i></span> hasn't taken its usual DIVE! Plus I love the <span style="color: #741b47;"><b><i>Cam-A-Rah</i></b></span>! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scoping is fun! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you sew or craft - join the group!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sooooo - I'm helping with the August Challenge! It's is a wardrobe builder! Now, recently I got in a <a href="http://www.g-cas.net/2016/05/wtw-blog-post.html" target="_blank">Pattern Review contest</a> for a wardrobe but it's a little loud (to say the least) although I do love it, this time I'm toning down the color a bit but it still has that busy flare that I so love. And the pattern is quite easy to sew up QUICK! Here is it New Look 6735. Anyone joining in the fun can use this pattern as well as picking a similar wardrobe pattern or many separate patterns. As long as you are sewing a wardrobe or wardrobe building pieces. Fair enough!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are my fabrics I'm going to be using for this challenge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm also adding a dress (the stripes). I'll be blogging my progress so stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The facilitators are spearheading a project each week of this month. And here we are listed and Fabulous. Yea, I said WE! I'm help'n out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://periscope.tv/doc2be" target="_blank">Ila </a>is doing the Skirt this week and she will be on Friday (Aug 5), <a href="http://periscope.tv/sewtofit" target="_blank">Andrea </a>is doing the Shirt next week, I will be doing the pants the third week and <a href="http://periscope.tv/onesewsweet" target="_blank">Myra </a>will close out the month with the cardigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I even got my skirt and first shirt cut out and ready to sew! It's the only way I stay on track. Challenges help me keep my sewing focus (sometimes). I need guidance FO REAL!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anywhoooo! Join us - we're happy to have you and these ladies are BAD AZZ!! Follow them all on Periscope and follow me on Periscope too, if you don't already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Come join us!</b></span><br />
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Carol</span></i></div>
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