Want to see a master’s work? Take a peak at some gorgeous dresses and suits designed by Irene Lentz-Gibbons on her great-niece Karlyn’s website. Irene – a master!!! yes,yes,yes. Karlyn and Greg Lavoi – THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! – Posted with Stuffr! –
Meet some of the cutest little critters this side of the creek! Here is Slobo’s picture of Emma and her two babies. She is such a good mommy! and one of the babies just after nursing… Nothing like a happy baby! I am so excited to meet Emma’s owner, Sandra! She and my family are [...]
In the previous post I mentioned problems encountered with the first weave on the tabletop loom. Now for the pictures and explanation of the latest changes. I share this not only to track my own projects, but for other newbies… Just as the business end of a spinning wheel is not the wheel but one [...]
There has been progress on the tabletop loom I built a couple of weeks ago as I prepared the first warp (mine and it’s). It consists of 6 yards of Aunt Lydia’s #10 cotton thread for hopefully 5 dishtowels with fringed ends. The warp design comes from a set of dishtowels we bought last year [...]
After spending several hours on Saturday and only getting 5 inches onto the warping board of Aunt Lydia’s no. 10 threads, I decided I had to get round balls from squared balls – What I needed was a bobbin winder. It only took 45 minutes to convert the balls to tangle-free easy-store bobbins. Just remove [...]
One of the many butterflies that has swarmed my brain for years is weaving. I’ve always wanted to learn how. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I decided it was time to figure it out. Four weeks later, I have a 24″ counterbalance table loom that fits good on my drafting table. I made the [...]
I’ve discovered lots of great free audio book sites for our mp3 players. In the process, of course, my fingers started the old familiar itch to knit or crochet. One of the books I downloaded is called “Excercises in Knitting” by Cornelia Mee on the AudioOwl website. From there I followed a link to Knit [...]
With festivities around the corner, the sewing room has been stepped into high gear. I’ve started reupholstering our sad-sad pit group. One half is done at least, in preparation for Thanksgiving day parade watching and football. I got a great deal on these fabrics at the end of summer when JoAnne’s was having a half [...]
I am working my way through all of the fabric that I’ve purchased over the months in preparation for our winter growth spurts. One of the things I had bought was a sueded /faux sherpa combo from Hobby Lobby. I bought two yards of each in pink, tan, and chocolate brown. One yard went [...]
I love old movies. I watch two channels on tv: Turner Classic Movies and lately – Discovery Science. (I used to be an HGTV addict – but those days are Gone With the Wind!) Whenever I watched an old movie and was inspired by the costumes, they were almost always designs by Edith Head or [...]
Today, I cut two versions of the Paisley Pincushion Nightgown. Before I share that here’s some fun: Did you know you too could own a Zoom-O bobbin winder? You can play AND wind a bobbin for the cost of only 10.00 at Wally World!
This pattern is from the paisleypincushion.com Slobo bought it for me out of the newark_dress_supply catalog as a birthday present. It came in the mail today which couldn’t have been timed better! After digging up the garden today – sick with a head cold, hiding out in the sewing room tommorrow will be a welcome [...]
I got the baby’s scarf done! Yippee! The yarn is wool and wool/nylon mix from Ella, purchased at Ewe Knit. I love Ewe Knit – the name, the store, the owner, and all that gorgeous yarn! The pattern is basketweave from Creative Kniiting’s fall edition. I’ll be making the hat soon. After which, doc is [...]
Now that canning is over, I’ve picked up knitting again. Here’s a scarf and hat for my apple cheeked little boy! I was in the middle of knitting the scarf when my December issue of Creative Knitting came in the mail. The scarf is just straight knitting with Wool Ease and some leftover blue wool. [...]
Betcha’ wonder if I sewed anymore, huh? I was beginning to wonder that myself! J3 grew like a weed this summer. After cleaning out his dresser, I realized he was down to 3 pairs of PJ’s that actually fit him. So I made him some more (with room to grow through the winter). The flannel [...]
The last few weeks have been really busy. With the kids starting back to school at the end of the month, I’ve been in a rush to try and get loose ends sewn up in the sewing room. I’ve had fabric to make myself some clothes from for two years but just kept putting it [...]
Here is the table with the main cutouts completed. I still will need to cut holes for the hinge pins, thread stand, and light mount when I receive them, but this is how the main cutouts turned out. The template worked. It was a tight fit on the back edge, so I still needed to [...]
Okay, here are the long awaited pics of my newly – rehabbed – recycled – not quite remodeled Consew 225 and the table that came with it! Motor Specs: I was pleased to discover today that the ole’ rusty motor just purrs along like a kitten. DH took the plunge and plugged her in – [...]
Yeah, Cornerstone Sew and Vac finally called back yesterday and said my Consew 225 is ready for pickup! You may remember I took her to them on April 2nd. After adjusting the timing, it kept slipping just a bit out of alignment. The repairman called last week and said it was doing the same thing [...]
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