Felting wool.

Now this is something totally new to me,,, I felted wool....... 

I have seen and read about it being done,, but never tried it.. I was cleaning out a storage room, and found some wool I had purchased from Fabric.com,, 3 years ago,, I know,, I am slow,,, uhem,, so slow in fact I forgot whether I had pre-washed it or not,,, well I obviously hadn't ,, cause this is what happened....

I  washed it in cool,, and dried it,,,a side view,, see how thick it is, now this is just from the washer,, the piece on top is before,, the one on bottom is after it was washed,, I was going to take a pic after it came out of the dryer,, but drying it didn't make any more changes....

It literally fluffs the material up,, 

 Trying to get a good picture, sometimes you need to take several,, sometimes you even need to post several,,, ha...

 I also isn't as shiny, now I could have dry cleaned it and kept the flat shiny look,, but i don't dry clean my clothes hardly at all,, so I pre-wash and dry everything the way I am going to use it after I make it,,

This was so much fun,, I think it is nice when you read or see something in blog land that you would like to do,,but are maybe afraid to try,, then you say what the heck and do it anyway,, 

So now I can say I have felted wool.....

I have 4 yards each of the green and blue,, now what to do with them,,, that is for a later post... he he....

Getting things done..

Wow, it feels so good to sew again,, I have sewn more in the last 2 weeks than I have in the last 2 months,, almost the last 2 years,, oh well maybe not THAT long,, but it feels great,, I have got the sewing bug again,,, and  I LOVE IT.....pix will be posted soon........:-)

A new contest...

I have been reading about this, and decided to join,, I really needed a fabric stash contest,, but pattern stash is good enough.. Well I guess it is almost fabric stash,, I am getting rid of fabric to... lol...

Behind, behind....

 I was looking through my computer at pix I was supposed to put on my blog,, I am bad,, really bad,, I take pix thinking I am going to post them, then they sit on my computer forever.... ok for instance... both of these I have had since August 2011,, the ones from Fabric.com. are ITY,, my 1st purchase of this type of fabric,, and,, ( this isn't so hard to believe) I still have to make them up.... the one from GF,, is a very lightweight cotton knit,, somewhat sheer,, should be fun to work with,,

From Fabric.com

From Gorgeous Fabrics...

I see other things on there as well,, project, embroidery,, more,, more,, and still MORE fabric,, hopefully I will get to it soon,, but don't hold your breath....

Burda 7595

This is another new favorite,, any pattern that I can make for my Dd straight out of the envelope is basically a favorite,, lol..

 I used a very light weight almost sheer knit from my stash,, Making view A,,I  shortened  it a couple inches, and the collar, it calls for it to be hemmed, but I didn't want the wrong side to show, so I folded it in half and sewed both ends into the neckline.. then I finished the hems with a double needle,, 

New top.

Simplicity 2147 is up next, I have been working on this  had it on my table a while,, I can claim procrastination for part of it,, but mostly it was a lack of commitment in design that got me,,the body of the shirt is supposed to be tucked,, but I didn't know how it would look over DD boobs,, I didn't want the material straining pulling the tucks apart, so I gathered it instead,, it actually looks good,, and I didn't have to do a FBA,, YEAH,,,,,

I think I sewed a 14 straight out of the pattern,, so if this fits that well over her, you know it has to have a LOT of ease,, the yoke "that includes the sleeves", kinda gets lost in the busy pattern of the material,, which is ITY from fabric.com.. I was really nervous about using it, cause it is a little drapey, (is that a word?) I was afraid too drapey,, but it works,, and it works even better with a undershirt,, the gathers don't fall between the um boobs, so it looks good that way... and she likes it,, YES,, we have a winner,,   

I think I will try and make her another sometime, and put a piping or contrast material between the yoke and body, so it distinguishes then...

Nothing special,,,

Another Vogue 8151 done,, I think I could have taken this one in a little more in the arms,, but it still works... 

I am trying to teach Holly to pose a little,, I think we'll keep trying,, lol...