tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33711024389914685552024-03-04T23:19:27.751-08:00A Little Fabricatedfabricated: to make, construct, devise or invent. This is me, doing all of the above...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-35017087706695369802015-02-24T23:10:00.000-08:002015-02-24T23:10:41.564-08:00Vintage Pattern Pledge<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are some things that I get overly excited about when I discover them. My elation will change to disbelief when I find out that someone else already knew about said awesome thing and failed to share the info with me (cuz the world can totally revolve around me sometimes, right?). One of the times this happened to me was when I discovered vintage patterns (uh-oh, story time...).<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was at a garage sale a few years ago to acquire cheap sewing notions (zippers and trims and such) and came across a box of vintage children's patterns. At the time, children's clothing was pretty much all I was sewing (cuz they have this lack-of-curves-therefore-easier-to-sew-for-thing) so I was pretty thrilled, especially since there were quite a few sizes I knew I could use for the nieces. Those were my very first vintage patterns.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I told my mom about them, her response was pretty much, "Vintage patterns? Oh yeah, I have all your grandma's old patterns- at least a couple boxes full."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wait, WHAT? You mean she kept me in the dark about the existence of easily accessible vintage patterns all these years? Don't worry- no grudges were kept (especially if I hope to own those patterns myself some day- mwahahahaha!). Next time I visited she pulled out the boxes and showed me a whole bunch of vintage patterns from the 60's and 70's, in an array of sizes, children's and adults, patterns my grandma actually used to sew clothes for my mom and my aunts. My aunt told me a story of how she didn't even go clothes shopping for the first time until she was in Jr. High cuz my grandma made all their clothes. How rad is my grandma? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anywho, looking at all those vintage patterns made me curious about what other kinds of vintage patterns are available or out there somewhere, maybe even from an earlier decade (cuz as my mom tells me, "Nicole, the 50's called, they want their style back."). I started looking on Ebay at vintage patterns and even bid on some, finally winning a few, then a few more, and a few more on top of that. I wouldn't say I have an obsession (yet), but I've definitely accumulated a decent pile in under two years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alas, as beautiful as they are, I've never opened one. Not a single one- not even to see what the pattern pieces look like. I know I didn't just buy them to collect dust, I actually want to use them. There's even been a few vintage pattern challenges I've considered joining but didn't (call it fear if you like cuz it really was fear). This year will be different (not regarding the fear- it's still there). I'm making my public declaration- let it be known throughout all the land (or just a little bit of the internet) that I will participate in this years' <a href="http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/2015/01/join-the-2015-vintage-sewing-pattern.html" target="_blank">Vintage Pattern Pledge</a>. Ahem-ahem-ahem, my official pledge:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phew! The easy part is out of the way. Now onto the doing part. That only means different markings, tinier waists to enlarge, weird bust points to fix, fragile tissue patterns to attempt to not rip... Yeah, I can do it (do I sound scared still?).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> My mom and I usually text each other photos of what we're working on. Today she covered some boxes in fabric to go in new cubby hole shelves she has in her craft room. I've been working on knitting (we had a mobile baby/toddler staying with us recently so all sewing had to get picked up for obvious safety reasons- both for the child and the projects). I've been trying to teach myself to knit, off and on, for about a year now, but would always work a few rows of a new stitch and abandon it. I decided to start an actual knitting project, just going for it (and making LOTS of mistakes) instead of trying to learn stitches individually first. While I'm incredibly slow at it, I'm sticking with it for once and enjoying it too. Yay for a project that can go to work with me/travel with me/wait in waiting rooms with me/etc... That's all for now, thanks for being my guinea pigs for testing blogging on my phone, you guys rock my socks off (if I ever wore them besides at work).</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-89423628918367523642015-01-22T18:10:00.001-08:002015-01-22T18:10:39.891-08:00New Look 6587 and 1000 Shirtdresses of Autumn<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I totally admire people who take the time to construct and sew an awesome collared, button down shirt. There's many examples to oooh and aaah over, like Lauren at <a href="http://lladybird.com/2014/12/29/completed-the-bruyere-top/" target="_blank">Lladybird</a> (I want this shirt), Andrea at <a href="http://foursquarewalls.blogspot.com/2012/02/vernon-shirt-read-im-cool.html" target="_blank">Four Square Walls</a> or Mary at <a href="http://www.idlefancy.com/2014/12/miss-melinda-needs-longer-arms.html" target="_blank">Fancy Idle</a>. Speaking of Mary, she is finishing up her 1000 Shirtdresses of Autumn and I declare myself a last minute arrival. Well, kind of, sort of, maybe...?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even with my total and utter dislike of wearing them, I still wanted to participate in Mary's challenge. I might have cheated... I bought a pattern off Ebay that I thought I could dig, collar and all, but the seller couldn't find the pattern and returned my money. After that I finally found New Look 6587. It has 3 views with a collar (but a fake button placket, let's be clear about my laziness) OR 2 views without a collar. Yes! I figured if the pattern itself has lots of options for the (kinda) traditional shirtdress, it counts- regardless of which view I make, right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love the slight 40's flare it has and how it twirls and hits my natural waist perfectly. All the reviews I had read said this pattern had a short waist and many lengthened it. I know my waist is short or high or whatever so after carefully measuring and looking at numbers, I decided to keep it like the pattern. I'm glad I did. And even tho I was unsure about the length (5" longer than most of my dresses), I like that too.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-43788161629957377032014-10-31T10:40:00.000-07:002014-10-31T10:40:26.346-07:00My Halloween Horror Story<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello all! Happy Halloween to you, especially if you have your costume ready to go (bonus points if you're already wearing it).<br /><br />I have a tale to tell you. My favorite 6 and 4 year olds are coming to stay with me this weekend (and their mom). They're my nieces and I'm especially excited that they'll be here instead of me driving there. These particular nieces are particularly spoiled, especially by me. I make their costumes for halloween each year. And I let them choose what they want, so they tell me all year long what they want to be. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I enjoy it, but we all know I have this laziness thing that I also enjoy. So putting these two things together- costumes with a deadline and laziness- never turns out well (only for me tho!). I thought I would share with you my awesome phone pics of their costumes from the last couple years as I proceed to procrastinate longer on finishing those costumes. Oh, didn't I tell you? It's Halloween and my nieces will be here in under 7 hours and their costumes are not finished. In fact (might be TMI here) I just started them last night. Yeah, I've had 3 hours of sleep. Here's to hoping my current Halloween Horror doesn't end up full of blood and gore and stained/ruined costumes! But on with the cuteness...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This cutie is my older niece who was sooooo into "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" two years ago that she wanted to be a pirate. I painted the fabric for those pants myself cause I couldn't find anything I liked for pirate pants. She was truly adorable (and still is).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This cherub is my younger niece who was soooo into princesses... Wait, she never outgrew that, she's still soooo into princesses. Anyway, with her older sis being a pirate, she had to keep up but also beat the game. She wanted to be a princess pirate. You guys, I had (have) no idea what the heck a princess pirate is! I totally just made a costume full of pink but hopefully a little edgy-ish (for a toddler) and piratey. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is last year. They were both super heros, but little niece had to up the ante again because she was not only a super hero, she was also a princess (again). Ladies (and gentlemen?) I present to you The Flash and She-Ra! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They're definitely off to save the world here, pretty sure that's why we're all still alive. I mean, who could live without this kind of cuteness in their life? <br /><br />THIS year, they've actually chosen completely unrelated costumes, which kind of makes me sad. At first they wanted to be Elsa and Olaf from "Frozen" but let's be real- who wants to sew an Olaf costume? I tried to be as non-encouraging as possible while encouraging the older niece to choose whoever she wanted to be (I rock this auntie stuff, right?). Then they wanted to be Princess Peach and Mario from the Nintendo game Mario Bros. I was all for that- how awesome are my nieces? But alas, their final unrelated choices are Elsa for the younger and Captain America for the older. Not complaining or anything but Elsa...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yeah, every other little girl out there is going to be Elsa too. Haha! At least my niece's Elsa will be different than every other Elsa. I mean, who doesn't take creative liberties when sewing children's costumes? Or is that just my laziness speaking...?</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-13447679824252870982014-10-27T17:26:00.000-07:002014-10-27T17:26:19.059-07:00Running and Dreaming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few years ago I started running. I hated it. I knew it was good for me and I did it, but I hated it. I started training for a half marathon when I moved to SoCal. Then I hurt my ankle (like REALLY bad). That half marathon was no longer happening (yes, I was totally relieved) but I told myself I would start running again after my ankle healed. Yeah... I kept telling myself that for the next year and a half. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">BUT! I FINALLY started running again a couple months ago. And guess what? I'm LOVING it! Even while running. Amazing right? I ran a 5k at the beginning of October and I'm signed up for a 10k at the end of November. I'm only up to running 4 miles (which realistically translates to almost 3.5 miles) but I'm following a training plan and am well on track to being able to run 6.2 miles before my 10k (hopefully).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I keep thinking that I should combine my new love of running and my love of sewing. There are patterns for running clothes so why not? I admit that part of me is fearful of working with the fabric running clothes use. But conquering that fear might be as awesome as a running high, right? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These seem like the most practical of all the patterns I've found. And what an awesome way to add my own spin with cool fabrics for the stripe down the side. I'm discovering I like a certain weight of fabric while running and a certain fit, but somehow I can never find both preferences in a ready-made garment.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been wanting this pattern ever since I saw <a href="http://gingermakes.com/2014/05/19/ginger-made-papercut-patterns-pneuma-tank/" target="_blank">Ginger Make's version</a>. I wanted it even more when I saw that <a href="http://www.fabletics.com/index.cfm?action=shop.viewproduct&featured_product_location_id=0&product_id=1613146&psrc=&master_product_id=1613131&original_master_product_id=1613131" target="_blank">Fabletics</a> has a top very similar to it. One of my friends (she's actually training and running with me) bought a running shirt at Target that also has a similar concept.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn't run in yoga pants (even though that's what I started running in) but I need to start doing some cross-training (cuz I've got the weakest core (read flabby stomach)) and yoga pants would come in handy for say yoga or pilates.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On my list of to-do-someday is undergarments. Sports bra seem so much less terrifying than underwire bras. Also, the running tights/shorts are an added bonus to me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The design lines on this top are so cool! To be honest, I prefer looser tops while running (cuz that breezey-ness they provide is a nice distraction when your lungs and legs are screaming at you), but maybe during the winter (HA! SoCal doesn't have winters) this top would be nice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your bonus photo for making it to the end- this is after our 5k (if you couldn't tell, it was a color run). Our upcoming 10k isn't a fun event run like this, but it is right by the beach (I totally love the beach!).</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-62649931490433848922014-09-27T06:00:00.000-07:002014-09-27T06:00:02.726-07:00Quick (as in not super long just normal long) Update<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't expect moving to keep me away and busy for a month, but I'm not even fully unpacked yet. Ok- the real truth- everything is unpacked EXCEPT my room. My books are still in boxes, my craft supplies are still in boxes, my fabric is still in boxes, my patterns are still in boxes. The only things I have access to (without digging thru more boxes) are my clothes and shoes. Honestly, unpacking is even more overwhelming than packing and moving. It's more than having to just clean up or put things away. I have to find a place for those things first and I want that place to be established before I unpack so I don't have to rearrange things later (remember that lazy thing- still have it). I'm working on it, but it's going very S...L...O...W...L...Y...<br /><br />The plans for today included photographing that garment I mentioned FOREVER ago but somehow I ended up with two naps instead of a completed To-Do List. Can I just mention- naps are totally wasted on the young. Anyway- back to productivity (if writing a post and watching "Call the Midwife" can be called productive- hehe). I'll take photos tomorrow (unless a fun weekend happens instead) and work on unpacking so I can get back to the real fun (sewing-duh).<br /><br />A few days ago I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA. It was SUPER crowded which I was hoping to avoid by going on a Thursday after school had started. The park was only open for 8 hours and my roomie (the 1st) and I were there for 7. We only went on 5 rides, but they were probably the 5 best rides there. FYI- if you ever go the Magic Mountain- go on Tatsu. BEST. RIDE. EVER! I felt like a dragon twisting and turning and flying around the park. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />YOU GUUUUUYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! Look who I met while there! I'm a huge fan of SYTYCD (Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" for those who think I just made up some alphabet soup) and apparently the whole Top 10 were at Six Flags. I saw one of them briefly early in the day and geeked out for a while. THEN, right before we were getting ready to leave I noticed this huge banana and then noticed who was holding it and I totally became a fan girl and talked way too fast to them while grinning like an idiot and finally asked for a picture. I present to you Serge (on the left) and Rudy (on the right) of season 11's SYTYCD Top 10 dancers. Yeah, it'll be like the highlight of my year.<br /><br />Sorry there's nothing thrilling or exciting in this post (even tho there is- look at the above photo!). Hopefully I'll get back to a normal routine of life soon, even if I have no idea what that should look like. Hehe.<br /><br />So tell me, have you ever met anyone famous and were you a cool-cat or a fan-girl? Or who would you fan-girl over if you got to meet that person in real life (as opposed to fake life, you know?)?</span><br /><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-47245645673730458792014-08-29T05:00:00.000-07:002014-08-29T05:00:00.446-07:00Moving On Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soooo, I went to visit my sisters and their little cuties (the nieces and nephew) last week and then took the nieces to my mom's house for their first rodeo (cuz cowboys are <strike>hot</strike> <strike>cute</strike> <strike>wear tight jeans</strike> awesome). The next day the nieces and I drove to have lunch with my dad, effectively seeing all my family (except my brother- he lives in a different state- boo!) in a 5 day trip. It was pretty awesome. When I arrived home I found my living room did not look like my living room. It looked like a packing factory with assembled and unassembled boxes everywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dang it, no matter how much I hate packing and keep hoping it'll get done by itself, these empty boxes tell me they're not doing my work for me. Lazy boxes! I'm excited for the change I suppose, especially since a friend is moving in with my current roommate and me. I'm not excited about all the physical labor moving brings with it. Just think about the word- MOVING- it's implications are that you can not sit on your bum watching re-runs of "Reba" on Hulu or lie lazily on your bed reading your blog feed or continue to keep your crafting mess all over the living room so it's conveniently located for late nights of sewing. Nope, for MOVING you have to MOVE. Yeah, I definitely have lazy bouts (not ashamed of it, watcha gonna do?).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I finally decided to get to work on packing my room. This is my bed. Apparently if I want to sleep tonight (this morning) I'll have to actually pack these. The fabric on the right is all washed and ready to sew with. The fabric on the left needs washed. Since we're moving to a place with a washer and dryer (goodbye coin laundry) I thought it'd be alot easier to pack the washed/ready separately from the not-washed/not-ready so as soon as we move into the new place I can get to work on washing everything that's been neglected up to now. I TRIED to organize them into cottons, apparels, knits, bottomweights, synthetics, etc... The piles got unruly really fast, so in the end my goal changed to not letting the piles collapse on top of each other. It's not settling, it's just changing my mind, you know- being a woman and all (and indulging in that laziness I so enjoy).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a great memory, but it's one that works best with repetition. My roommate says she's having me be her color coordinator for her wedding cuz she doesn't know anyone else who can match shades of color from memory (she doesn't have a boyfriend right now, so I'll just take it as a compliment). In college, I would memorize my modules for Anatomy and Physiology for each test, then discard that module to memorize the next one (bad idea- you don't actually learn anything this way). I can usually tell you exactly where a recipe I read is located (which magazine, website, cookbook, etc...) or read through instructions for a project only once as long as I'm immediately working on the project next. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I suppose this is the obligatory post saying "Follow me to the magical world of sparkles and lace and clouds and frosting and orange-awesomeness and-" Oh, I guess you don't get all that... Well, I do but it's all in my memory which means it's going to disappear with the rest of my smart brain cells. How boring would the world be without the color orange? Sadness! Umm, I think I'm off on a rabbit trail over here... Bunnies are so CUTE!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I had an obvious lack of shirts I deemed long enough, it just seemed appropriate to make one. So I did! Hehe. I used Megan Nielsen's <a href="http://megannielsen.com/products/crescent-blouse-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">Crescent Blouse</a> pattern with the curved hum tunic option. I made it over three nights, maybe working on it a couple hours each night. It was an easy sew, but there's a lot of ironing involved. Because of the thin/flowy fabrics recommended for this pattern, there are no raw edges, which means either you're binding with bias tape or making french seams. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The curved hem option wraps the back part around the front, making a cute little detail. Ignore my facial expression here, I'm still getting used to using the timer on my camera. That combined with the window to my right makes for some interesting photos. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The above picture probably is the most accurate depiction of the actual color of my shirt. It's a bright, springy green- it almost looks neon in the sunlight. I got the fabric from Wal-Mart yeeeeears ago intending to use it as a lining for one of my nieces easter dresses. I ended up making something different that didn't require a lining so it's been sitting in my stash for all those years. I think it's a blend of some kind. I say this because I used a higher heat setting instead of using the synthetic setting on my iron. I was determined to get good creases. I kept adjusting the heat higher and higher, testing a scrap of fabric and watching for melting. It never happened, so while there maybe some polyester in this fabric, I'm convinced it must be a small amount.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like the way it turned out, but there's definitely some things I would change next time I make this. The pattern says the seam attaching the bottom pieces should be at your natural waist. As you can see above, the seam is about an inch and a half to two inches below my waist. I think I would raise that, but I would need to adjust the tunic pieces then because I wouldn't want to loose length. In fact, I would like it longer! Changing the neckline to be slightly lower is another thing I'm thinking about for next time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the end of July an event happened around here that a lot of people went to. My roommate was one of those people, her brother flew out here to be one of those people too. Me? I continued on with my life, blissfully ignoring this event and not seeing my roomie while it happened. Anyone ever hear of Comic-Con?<br /><br />While my roommate was trying to figure out her costume, she kept trying to find things that she could do with stuff she already had. She was going to go as a female grey Gandolf, wearing a grey sweater dress, grey tights, grey boots and buy a grey robe and hat. I told her that was boring. So she next thought to go as a character in a TV show she watches who only dresses in regular clothes- no one would even guess she had dressed up. I finally stretched my imagination really far in an attempt to understand this nerdy event (I'm a geek, not a nerd, so sometimes it's hard to relate- hehe) and suggested she go as a character in this really nerdy TV show that all my nerdy friends watch (and the watching of this show is what makes me lovingly call them nerds)- Dr. Who. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She went as River Song from Dr. Who. River Song is apparently Dr. Who's wife but from what I understand, it doesn't seem like they always both know they're married and she tries to kill him multiple times and spends her days in jail but not her nights and was kidnapped as a baby and whatever... That's the best explanation you'll get from me. Apparently there's this outfit/dress that River Song wears in a series of episodes and so I thought it'd be easy to recreate it... Until I started looking at details. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It wasn't so hard to sew up, it was adjusting and readjusting the pattern over and over that was irritating. It's a sleeveless shift dress with an exposed zipper and an uneven hem. Right below the zipper the skirt is attached in a curved shape and made of multiple pieces then somehow gathered at the bottom with what looks like bungi-cord...?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />Because I decided to add a skirt lining I had no idea how to insert the zipper since a lining wasn't included in the directions. I tried tho. I pinned it in and sewed it up and...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br />I learned so much from this dress, especially since all my sewing before this was children's clothing and home sewing. Even with all my mistakes, I still feel good wearing it and have pride in it being me-made. I've recently decided to use this pattern again, hopefully with different mistakes this time. Hehe! Also, my roommate would love for our living room to be completely pink like that (and I'm totally amused by the pink filter!).</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-70459489985817300542014-08-04T19:29:00.000-07:002014-08-24T03:29:30.749-07:00WIP & Bargain Finds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started with a straight size 8 since my friend is normally a size 2 when not pregnant and I knew there'd be extra ease since New Look is part of Simplicity, a Big-4 company. Well, that extra ease was not enough for mama and baby belly. I measured how many inches I was short along the back where the zipper would be (and where the dress wouldn't close). Taking those measurements, I added them to the given measurements for the size 8 and ended up all over the place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This dress was way too big, but I was ok with that! At that fitting, I pinned the back shut and all down the excess at the back of the skirt. I pinned the extra on both side seams under her arms and it happened to line up perfectly at the bottom of the waist band so there was no need to grade down the skirt's side seam. Now this part is real tricky- I took a Sharpie and marked along everything I had pinned- really hard, right? At home I measured from marked line to seam line and marked that onto my pattern piece. Because (pretty much every seam) had two Sharpie lines, one on each side seam/back zipper line, I ended up with two different measurements per pattern piece. So I literally went in between the two marked lines and cut down the middle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's one part on the skirt where it's gathered and attached to the bodice that some of the skirt fabric got caught and stitched into the gathering. It almost looks like a pleat. I tried to unpick it so it could be redone nicer, but the fabric wouldn't cooperate and played hide and seek with my stitches- so a pleat added into the gathering it was! I think (hope) I'm the only one who noticed. I also decided to be lazy on the skirt overlay and not adjust the tension for the thinner, sheerer fabric. The result was slight puckering that I hadn't even worried over until I saw the dress on my friend while standing up with the other bridesmaids (in their pucker-free J-Crew dresses). Lesson learned I suppose.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />All in all, it was a good experience and ended pretty well. I didn't think I would do anything like that again anytime soon, but that was before I realized the difficulties I have saying "No freaking way!" to people. Cuz, ya know, I totally made my roomie's Comic-Con costume. But that's a story for another day.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-83993426286420641552014-06-10T18:40:00.000-07:002014-06-10T19:22:06.271-07:00It Must Be Wedding Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-I get more involved in weddings than I think I will be</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-I underestimate how long wedding projects will take</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-I can't write blog posts and work on wedding projects in the same time period</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Driving three plus hours with a wedding cake frosted and assembled in my car was nerve wrecking. I read some tips about transporting a cake on <a href="http://sweetapolita.com/2011/07/fluffy-vanilla-cake-with-whipped-vanilla-bean-frosting/" target="_blank">Sweetapolita</a> that I took a chance with and were really helpful (although I doubt she meant for her tips to be used on that long of a drive). On the bottom of my passenger side floor, I used the rubber grip stuff then placed my cake (which had a dowel all the way through both tiers as well as dowels on the bottom to support the top tier) on the floor on top of the rubber grip. The cake was too large to just be able to place down onto the floor, I had to tilt it at an angle to make sure it cleared the bottom of the glove box, but it held steady. I used a large black trash bag tucked into my glove box and draped over my passenger seat to prevent the sun from shining on the cake. I had my A/C on the whole time, on either the feet only setting or feet and dashboard depending on how cold my feet were getting. The black trashbag makes a nice insulator and keeps it wonderfully cool where the cake is. I will definitely be using these tips again!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">1/2 cup Finely Chopped Coconut</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">1 cup Coconut Milk (I used canned light coconut milk since it's thinner than regular canned coconut milk)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">2 tsp Coconut extract</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit), grease and flour (or spray) your cake pans (two 8 or 9 inch round pans). Combine the first 6 ingredients (sugar, flour, coconut, b.p., b.s., salt) in a bowl. Combine the eggs, coconut milk, oil and extracts in a separate bowl, mixing so the eggs are beaten lightly. Add your egg/milk mixture to you flour mixture and combine until there's no more flour visible and mostly smooth (the coconut is going to add texture/lumps). Pour your hot/boiling water into batter and mix/whisk until it's all incorporated. Divide your batter between your cake pans and bake for 30 mins, or until top is golden yellow (NOT brown) and tooth-pick comes out clean. Let rest in cake pans for 10 minutes before dumping out onto a cooling rack.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the only picture that accurately shows the color of the green gingham. I didn't have time to take pictures before we had to leave for Bunco, so I took pictures in my mom's car while we were driving there. No judging please, I already know I'm crazy. <br /><br />I have another basket I need to make this week for a baby shower this weekend, but I'll definitely be taking more time on the top-stitching this time. I already have the fabric for that one and it's going to be so cute that I can't wait to see it all put together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I stumbled upon a blog a few weeks ago that was going through <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/category/wardrobe-architect" target="_blank">Colette's Wardrobe Architect</a>. I was intrigued so I went exploring. At the time I thought it sounded interesting, but not for me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This sounded all too familiar... because I had already done it this morning with my clothes! Honestly, I was so disgusted with myself. What else is there to do but give up, plop on the couch and browse the internet for cute shoes. Somewhere in the midst of ballet flats and oxford heels, I remembered that Wardrobe Architect thing. Web-searching for it was super fast and before you know it, I'm writing a blog post committing myself to at least go through it. The worse thing it can do is not help, in which case I'm just back here looking at shoes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">-You </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">acquire thin</span><span style="color: #134f5c; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gs you don’t use</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">-You tend to buy</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">quantity over quality</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">more than you’d like</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ok, that's almost all of them. Looks like I might really benefit from this. ~insert happy dance~ This should be interesting, I have no idea what I'm expecting, if I'm going to see that my tastes have changed, my body shape needs different styles, I am completely missing something from my wardrobe, no clue! The only thing I <b>DO</b> know is I should go work on that</span></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I-don't-like-my-body-fat-to-show-itis disease thingy I have and get some more exercise... soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the big sister's skirt I had to guess her waist measurement and I guessed <i>slightly</i> too big. It's about two inches too big for her skinny body. I haven't decided if I'm going to sew her a new one or put new elastic on the one already made. Either way, I can't wait to see the sisters in their matching skirts! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, I know I mentioned it at the beginning, but the wedding I was sewing stuff for happened and was beautiful and I am <b><u>SO</u></b> happy that my sewing-with-a-deadline is over. I also finished the maternity bridesmaid dress (since it was for the same wedding) but have yet to get pictures of it (I was exhausted and sick and just didn't care at the time). That'll have to be another time anyway, cause I need a new cup of tea.</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371102438991468555.post-27920115335705090592014-04-09T13:58:00.000-07:002014-04-09T13:58:21.017-07:00A New Kind of Insanity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A friend of mine at church got engaged late last year. She approached me a couple months ago about sewing some stuff for her wedding, which I laughed about and moved on. She's very persuasive, because I currently have the fabric she's chosen for her wedding that needs something done to it. It's not difficult, but there's a lot of uneven, raw edges which must be straightened out and hemmed. There's probably about 10 pieces total, but some of them are rather lengthy. Seeing as how her wedding is in less than 4 weeks, I thought I should probably get started.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have another friend who is going to be a bridesmaid in that same wedding. She's almost 7 months pregnant and the bridesmaid dress she ordered off of Etsy hasn't arrived, nor can she get the seller to contact her back. She originally asked me if I would be willing to make her bridesmaid dress (which I laughed about and moved on), but somehow I now have the pattern and fabric for her dress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pattern she choose is not a maternity pattern, and the smallest size it comes in is size 8 (she's a size 2 when not pregnant). It's New Look 6864 by Simplicity, a choose your size, choose your style type pattern. I'm not the most experienced or knowledgeable sewist, so there's a lot of prayers going into this! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again, these 10 pieces for the bride and the bridesmaid dress for the momma-to-be (for the second time!) are for the same wedding... next month... less than 4 weeks away... I'm also working my normal job while attempting to accomplish these multiple projects. I think I'm insane, anyone want to second my opinion?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My goal is to accomplish 3 pieces for the bride and one muslin for the bridesmaid dress each week. My current (probably inaccurate) calculations is that by keeping with that time-line, I should be able to just add one more piece into the last week to complete the 10 projects for the bride and fit/adjust the bridesmaid dress at least twice (I know, there's a GOOD chance I'll need to do three muslins) before cutting out and sewing the final dress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To top it all off, the friend/bridesmaid with baby #2 on the way is having a baby shower the weekend before the wedding and I REALLY want to make something for the sweet baby girl and her adorable older sister. I've seen so many cute <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2013/01/divided-basket-pattern.html" target="_blank">Noodlehead divided basket</a>s (like <a href="http://youandmie.com/2014/02/25/camp-ivanhoe-inspired-divided-basket/" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://skirtastop.com/2013/11/08/bicycle-basket/" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://probablyactually.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/divided-baskets/" target="_blank">here</a>- seriously just go <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=noodlehead+divided+basket&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hK5FU_GAAcLcyQGP9oDoAg&sqi=2&ved=0CGYQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=667#imgdii=_" target="_blank">Google</a> it!) and I'm really wanting to buy the pattern and make it for my friend (then fill it with cute baby girl clothes and diapers- of course). So what does one do when short on time with too many projects? Start a blog of course! I officially welcome you to my chaos. <br /><br />P.S.- Any stories of similiar bouts of insanity are welcome, I would love to be distracted. LOL</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11815142378906598761noreply@blogger.com0