The Walnut Creek Chapter of the American Sewing Guild presents: Twisting Me Softly Vest Class Materials: • Sewing machine with decorative stitches. (2-3 people could easily share) • Serger set up for 3 thread balanced stitch, left needle (wide) • Assortment of regular sewing thread and serger thread • Glass headed Pins, Tape measure, marking [...]
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November ASG Meeting
November 4th, 2011 at 6:16 pm » Comments (0)
Halloween
October 31st, 2011 at 9:51 pm » Comments (0)
The medusa costume came out well, if I do say so myself. Here I am all ready to go to the Halloween party at our marina. Clicking on the image to the left will take you to a larger version at flickr. I’m wearing blue fishnet stockings and 4 inch (which lasted for about 2 [...]
Medusa Costume
October 30th, 2011 at 5:15 pm » Comments (0)
I sewed the leftover fabric to the big triangle. I decided to turn it inside out so that the silver would frame me. I don’t like this as much, and it’s even hotter because there are two layers on top. I used some elastic to tie the top (to my bra), and I inserted a [...]
My first draping project
October 13th, 2011 at 6:18 pm » Comments (0)
Yesterday was beautiful. It would have been perfect for the houseboat. The weekend is supposed to be nice, not as warm as today. I’ve been intrigued by the Simply Sally Top. And I found this site that seemed to have instructions on how to make the Simply Sally Top without the pattern. Alas, I did [...]
Medusa Wig
October 9th, 2011 at 6:53 pm » Comments (0)
Calaveras
October 9th, 2011 at 10:54 am » Comments (0)
Papier mache using sugar skull molds and pattern tissue and instructions. The bigger ones are still drying. The details came out great, so far. I tried to use an old Sherlock Holmes book, but the paper was too heavy. The tissue paper was okay, but the pattern instruction sheet was the best compromise between paper [...]
Burda 8665
October 5th, 2011 at 9:50 am » Comments (0)
IMG_2354, originally uploaded by neefer. This used to be one of my favorite patterns. I have gained weight since I last made it, but I figured that it would work just as well if I retraced it. Instead of grading up the last version, I retraced a larger size. I’m not happy with it. It [...]
My new Purse
September 30th, 2011 at 9:01 pm » Comments (0)
I based the pattern on a purse from Kohl’s and reused the findings. I still need to do a bit of finish work on the zipper, so pictures of the innards are coming soon.
Vogue V1018 OOP
July 7th, 2011 at 9:32 pm » Comments (0)
Sewing mojo may be back
June 8th, 2011 at 8:17 pm » Comments (0)
I spent the weekend sewing. Imagine that! Chunguita has been asking for an apron for a long time, so we went by the quilt shop and picked out a pattern and some fabric. Chunguita made the pattern pieces, cut out the fabric, and did a bit of the sewing.
