Patterns.

                                                     

Butterick 5557, This is a set, but I love the look of this top. 

  Butterick 5562 I already have a McCalls pattern 6164 that has the same sleeve treatment,, but i fell in love with the neck on the green top,, and my daughter loves cowl neck lines,, besides i seen this made up in a sweater knit at sharon sews and I have a couple pieces of fabric that would be perfect for it...

I just like the simple clean lines of this jacket,, I may have to add a closure to it,, don't know if I like just having a belt to keep it closed,, will see.

Another purse,, well two....

Ok I need to do more of these,, they are fun, just choosing the project and the font is the hardest,, this was  an embroidery design I got from  
here  My Embroidery Haven,,, I omitted the ribbon,, and put on the font instead..

I decided to throw one more in, this is one I got from a  blog.. outside was easy,

The inside however was a little more tricky,, not putting the pockets in, but sewing the 'inside" up,, I had to take out some seams and make the lining smaller so it would lay flatter. or more flat... ha ha..

Which to do first,

I have gotten back to the sewing room,, several times in fact,, problem is I need to narrow down what I want to do.. I got started on the pouch/purse things,, I even got another one made, will post pix soon,, but I also started sewing clothes again,,, uuhhhhh,, don't faint,,, it has been a while,,

See I figured out something,, ok this is going to sound totally crazy, I love to sew and embroider, but I do my best when I am helping someone, and they are telling what to do,, like what designs or patterns, material, thread colors,, in other words,, I am not making the "decision",, starting to sound familiar,, 

Which brings up another scenario,, my husband,, now this is a good thing believe it or not,,, you know how most women say thier husbands have no style,, well fortunately mine does, and in my case,, very fortunately,, cause I have had to go to him several times to ask his opinion on, colors, (eeks) fabric,, (shock),, I mean he is like a woman,, uh let me be clear,, lol,, in the terms of taste,, he is very should I say gifted,, he just has good tastes,, and ideas.

I said all that to say this,, I was in my sewing/bedroom,, ha ha,, the other day, looking through material to see what i wanted to do with what,, and I thought,, everynow and then i make something, (for our daughter Holly) that he just doesn't like, for one reason or other,, problem is I do it fairly often,,(ok let me insert this here, you know the saying "what were you thinking" when you bought that,, i mean, even with clothing,, maybe more so, with clothing, just because its on the rack doesn't mean it should be purchased, I mean has anyone seen the emails, "poeple of Wal-Mart",, ) problem is, I probably get a lot of materail that you could say that about,,) now most ladies I know would just say, its just my husband,, if i want to make it I will,, well just like clothes that we buy, we want  them to be liked by our family,, we just feel good, or better when someone says,, oh that looks nice, or I like that,,,, well, DH does when he likes it,, but he also says something when he doesn't,, which lately  has been faily often,, soooooo,, I decided to ask him on material,, ok don't thow things at me yet,, cause here is the scenario,(should I be numbering these yet, hhmmm) I am looking at material, trying to look at it from his prospective,, ok this is what he says,, "looks too busy,, too small print,, too old looking, oh yeah,, that will work",, and I think I need to separate this material, because I have pieces in there that I want to make,, but I need to find out what would work best for her first,, so what do I do,, ha ha,, this  was my great idea,, I have never actually done this before,, not on material for clothes anyway,   I asked him to help me pick out material that  he likes for her,,, we go through about 20 pieces of material in about 5 min,, i pick them up, and say what do you think,, he looks at them and says,, yes or no,,, or great, or ^&%$ no,,, lol...

So I start pairing material with patterns after that,, it was SOOOO easy,, I paired up about 5 things after that,,, why didn't I do this sooner,, I could have saved myself so much frustration,, I have about 20 more pieces for hime to look at in the closet, but at least I have a direcion now,,,

So that is  part of the reason i havent't posted, I am busy trying to figure out what to make first,, well thats not completely true,, I am sewing a jacket,, that just why I havent posted on embroidery,, I am trying to figure out what to make next, I want to to a font on something,, I just haven't decided what yet..

And you might say, well you asked DH about the material,, ask him about the embroidery project,, huh, no way,, I want "something" to be me,, even if it does look like crap mess up at least its my crap mess up.

Embroidering projects

I am doing some embroidering for a change,, pouches and key fobs, they are so fun, and addicting,, I am going to make more of the key fobs, they are really fast,, and pretty easy,, the pouch takes a little more time,, but it is padded,,  they both came from  http://www.embroiderygarden.com/store/index.php  Reen is a wonderful designer, and she has great ideas.

I am going to try monogramming next,, I can't believe I have had an embroidery machine for so long, (blush) and have never done that yet..

Where did she go,,,

She is still here,, just hiding,,
That's about what if feels like, it feels like I dropped off the face of the earth as far as sewing goes.. my sewing mojo took a trip and it didn't come back,,, :(..

Well hopefully it is back, I have been cleaning out my sewing room "again" not like it really needed it,, but,, you know you find something to do when you don't know what to do, so cleaning it was,,

I have found another part of my problem when it comes to sewing,, or maybe I just didn't want to admit it,, either way,, it is a problem,, making desicions, and being too technical about them,,

You see, my DS, is a VERY technical person,, not in the way of work,, but in thinking about things,, he over thinks in other words,, WAY over thinks,, well, he gets it from me,, for me when I start  thinking about  a pattern, I am probably like a lot of sewers, I find the pattern, material, ect, but for  me I  think,, I have 2 yds more fabric than this pattern needs,, so instead of just using the material, and having some left over, I think, what else could I make with this material that would use more of it,, and I start looking, and find a pattern, but am either not ready to do all the alterations that I know it is going to take,, or I am scared to try it, simply because of how much material there is, and how much trouble it would be to get it on my table,, get it straightened out,, and such.. so, I decide not to do anything,,, does this sound familiar to anyone....

New things

Uhggg,, see that procrastintor bug bit again,, don't have anything new to show,, well not that I have made anyway,, BUT I do have something that was made for me,,,, drum roll.....
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I am so excited,, my Ddad made me a table just for my embroidery machine,, how great is that,,, oh admit it you are jealous,,, ha ha, just kidding.. my Dd has been in the carpentry business off and on for about 40 yrs,, well in May I thought I would like to have my cutting table free of my machine,, to be able to cut things out on without having to move a machine around ever time I wanted to use it,, HA, now I just move junk around,, but thats another story,,, lol.. I knew my Dh wouldn't want to do it,, besides to be fair,, I don't think he has the tools anyway,, so my options were pretty limited,, then I thought of Dad,,
 
                                                   Click on pix for a closer look.....

It is 40 in high,, I know that may sound high,, my cutting table is 36 in ,,but, I got so tired of  bending over to thread the machine, or to see how it stitched out, or whatever,, I dont have to bend at all with this one,, it is actuall a little high for some things,, but I will  get used to that, that brown that you see is  formica (sp) it came from my Dbrothers, my Dd made his kitchen cabinets, and this was the formica he used,, you can probably tell I proud of this can't you,, it has also helped me to organize a little, I can put my stabilizer in it,, right now I have binders with pix of projects in there,,

It also has a  flap that folds down when not used, it is perfect for hooping or taking the hoop out and trimming,, or ever doing cutwork,, right now I have my Bernina 330 on it,, I am STILL waiting on my D1 to come home from the hospital,, its been over a month,,

Patterns

I finally found some patterns I like, well  I only got a few for right now,, it seems that lately I haven't found many that I like,, or that I have so many it is hard to find something I don't have,, lol... it seems I have weeded out as many as I have in the last year. I mean, just how many ways can you make a skirt or a knit top,, oh well never mind about the top...you can never have too many well fitting knit top patterns..


Anyway, here are a few of my recent additions McCall's. 5847

I really like this one,, I like embellishments,, and I can also use some of my scrap material  to make the ruffles with.

McCall's 6036

I thought this was a good play on the basic T. it also lends itself well to some embroidery?????

McCalls6164

I just thought this one was neat,, I don't know if I care for the piece that hangs down  from the front hem, but it might work good for using scarps to,,

Vogue 8671