tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9884067449343766352024-02-07T16:22:08.478-08:00where a second glance makes all the differenceTracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-60255992141449527952011-08-17T18:44:00.000-07:002011-08-17T18:46:48.049-07:00pinwheels<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I don't forget.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">press seam allowance to print</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sew both sets with dark on top & left on bottom and right side & bottom on top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">press seams toward white this time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">match center seams, top and bottom and sew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oh! say hello to my little friend (Josiah's bear pattern)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">press seam allowance either way....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ta-da!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">why it matters.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ah.... better</td></tr>
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-82881105610618667262011-07-16T15:24:00.000-07:002011-07-16T15:27:02.658-07:00quilted<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I finished the quilting on my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/partial-paintbox.html">taking-forever paintbox </a>on Thursday;</div><div style="text-align: center;">the binding is going to have to wait until it gets cooler.</div><div style="text-align: center;">much cooler!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">simple diagonal straight-line quilting with a curlicue border</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added a word, because I just<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> have</span> to...</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDOl0SdjmjTPTlc62FDKbyxT9Vs9Gg3bNc6R490saVpdkNjgtIQSmN_glb_5bnjEPVGfeXeqWmGlgJiXMiiPim6eCcv9DpWh8HVMRSgTLTbk6uDSJAjkaRLrafv6SwAIyTeuibhXNh3Q/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDOl0SdjmjTPTlc62FDKbyxT9Vs9Gg3bNc6R490saVpdkNjgtIQSmN_glb_5bnjEPVGfeXeqWmGlgJiXMiiPim6eCcv9DpWh8HVMRSgTLTbk6uDSJAjkaRLrafv6SwAIyTeuibhXNh3Q/s400/028.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the back does have some puckers, <br />
but not nearly as many as this picture would have you believe.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEeVbZwK97vXauD1XFaB8gPF6WJJY7Lqf4N11pG-XEHrSG4y9bMRbC3LQ7C4wnqdbaLcQdPP7nQL9LyKhviy2gQkUmZH31HNhyc_007NlComYUBPReJelnzkn2hKe3xB6nzQkNQWn7Tk/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEeVbZwK97vXauD1XFaB8gPF6WJJY7Lqf4N11pG-XEHrSG4y9bMRbC3LQ7C4wnqdbaLcQdPP7nQL9LyKhviy2gQkUmZH31HNhyc_007NlComYUBPReJelnzkn2hKe3xB6nzQkNQWn7Tk/s400/024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking this may be my Gramma's Christmas present;</div><div style="text-align: center;">she used to paint, so the 'paintbox' is appropriate.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She loves bright colors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and she gets awful chilly in the winter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think she'd like snuggling under this and watching her tele.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And she loves me enough</div><div style="text-align: center;">that she won't mind my puckers and mistakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this one's Gramma's.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-59990719654353888922011-07-11T10:27:00.000-07:002011-07-11T10:29:20.546-07:00getting there<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hmm - I should have ironed before snapping a picture,<br />
ya think?!</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not surprisingly,</div><div style="text-align: center;">given how the rest of<a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-weeks-stitches.html#comments"> this quilt</a> has gone,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the back doesn't look</div><div style="text-align: center;">anything</div><div style="text-align: center;">like what I had intended<br />
when I first set out to make it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm happy with it all the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used the same dark gray sheet</div><div style="text-align: center;">for my border on the front, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wonder how long it'll take me to get it quilted??<br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-30059391970637804772011-06-14T23:06:00.000-07:002011-06-14T23:08:18.916-07:0050 cent swimsuits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Wow!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been a whole month since I've been on here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not much making going on these days</div><div style="text-align: center;">unless it's <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2011/04/busy-beavers.html">graduation</a> or <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2011/04/power-in-lem.html">LEM</a> <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2011/04/power-in-lem.html">related</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hand sewed a little spot that had come undone in a pant's seam</div><div style="text-align: center;">and longed for some time to just stitch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">ah well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tony made me promise to not do any prep work<br />
for his little graduation party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I'm honoring that - mostly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm good with informal</div><div style="text-align: center;">(really informal, even)</div><div style="text-align: center;">but you can't just have NO centerpiece on the tables whatsoever,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I came up with these quick and easy tri-table-toppers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><div style="text-align: center;">First, I picked three photos</div><div style="text-align: center;">(really you could use anything!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">turned them over </div><div style="text-align: center;">and spread rubber cement<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I was doing that,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lexi was hard at work unfolding binder clips.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're not as fancy as I'd usually make,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but then,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ton's not really a fancy kind of guy....</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-15913832550735870732011-03-28T10:50:00.000-07:002011-03-28T10:50:48.671-07:00what's up<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My knitting went from bad to worse.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I very first started,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I planned to keep </div><div style="text-align: center;">(maybe even frame!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> my very first little square.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Except</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's not a square.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had anywhere from 24 to 28 stitches on my needle</div><div style="text-align: center;">at any given time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently I have a knack for </div><div style="text-align: center;">miraculously adding stitches.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I would decrease</div><div style="text-align: center;">- at least I think that's what I'd do -</div><div style="text-align: center;">next thing I'd know,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd have an extra stitch or three.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And holes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of big holes, scattered here and there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ~sigh~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm not giving up, I casted on (cast on? cast on-ed?) again last night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I started with 26 stitches</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, after 14 rows, I still have 26.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So far, so good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In addition to learning to knit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this weekend I <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-got-skillz.html">added another skill </a>to my </div><div style="text-align: center;">jack-of-many-trades master-of-none repertoire.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like learning how to do new things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or rather - I like being able to do many different things,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I really want to find time to sit at my sewing machine</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometime soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss creating with good ole fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">speed</span> of creating with fabric!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-14520601299110756392011-03-16T06:53:00.000-07:002011-03-16T06:53:14.481-07:00finally yarning along<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Every Wednesday,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I read <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/search/label/Yarn%20Along">Ginny's post</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">then I spend the next several days visiting </div><div style="text-align: center;">all the fabulous knitters and crocheters around the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">and drool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You see, up until yesterday,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't really a 'yarner'.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty much the only thing I could do with yarn</div><div style="text-align: center;">was crochet a <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2009/01/recent-projects.html">fun fringe on socks and blankets</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But thanks to <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/">Make it - Love it</a>'s new mini series,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/03/learn-to-knit-mini-series-with-rebecca.html">Learn to Knit</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I</div><div style="text-align: center;">am now</div><div style="text-align: center;">a knitter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh yes, I knit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">cast-on</span>....</div><div style="text-align: center;">(on my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/03/sewing-sticks.html">homemade knitting needles</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and yes, I know - they are much to big to actually use</div><div style="text-align: center;">but before running to town to purchase some,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I figured they'd be good for practicing...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps, someday, I will learn enough to be able to knit </div><div style="text-align: center;">the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/montessoribyhand/5465472311/">booties</a> I've been wanting to make for months.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A girl can dream, right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-56093115632258576762011-03-15T12:11:00.000-07:002011-03-15T18:39:41.083-07:00sewing sticks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inspired by <a href="http://ourmothersdaughters.blogspot.com/">Aunt Leila's</a> <a href="http://ourmothersdaughters.blogspot.com/2011/03/make-knitting-needles-tutorial.html">post</a>,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I made knitting needles!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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Best I can tell</div><div style="text-align: center;">- what with my complete ignorance of the subject -</div><div style="text-align: center;">these are a US size 10,</div><div style="text-align: center;">meaning I used a 1/4 inch dowel rod.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I din't go to all the trouble of using a nail file; </div><div style="text-align: center;">fine sandpaper seemed to work great.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have no clue how <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">real</span> knitting needles should feel...</div><div style="text-align: center;">They only took 5 minutes total </div><div style="text-align: center;">including rubbing them down with <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/search?q=baby+bottom+grease">baby bottom grease</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When Lily saw me hot gluing the buttons on</div><div style="text-align: center;">she said, "Oh! You're making sewing sticks!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like the chicken in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Hood-Walt-Disney-Masterpiece/dp/6302178924/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1300216062&sr=8-2">Robin Hood</a>!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I figure</div><div style="text-align: center;">if a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">chicken</span> can knit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">surely <b>I</b> can learn too??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-90572091924919673202011-02-26T14:23:00.000-08:002011-02-26T14:25:34.207-08:00when will I learn??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The pattern very clearly said </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">to make a sample shoe out of cheap material</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">without interfacing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Did I listen?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I'd handled all sizing issues on the front end</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the sample shoe wouldn't be necessary,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and besides,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm no stranger to<a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-shoes.html"> making</a> <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-shoes.html">shoes</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(never mind I still haven't <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2008/06/little-shoes-and-lotsa-links.html">mastered them</a>....)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">plus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not <i>exactly</i> a beginning sewer....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have made the sample!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">grrr</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My only consolation is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the second shoe isn't entirely made,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">only mostly made....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-36762768432711379772011-02-23T21:55:00.000-08:002011-02-25T11:59:53.589-08:00this week's stitches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have the hardest time laying out my blocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I knew I was going to be moving these blocks all around</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">so my usual <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2010/06/exciting-times.html">lay-out-the-quilt-on-the-bed</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">wasn't really going to work for <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/partial-paintbox.html">this quilt</a>.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I calculated</div><div style="text-align: center;">and re-calculated (twice)</div><div style="text-align: center;">how much I would need, then I carefully cut <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2009/05/gone-batty.html">my batting</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and tossed it up over a curtain rod in the living room,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> stuck in a few pins so it wouldn't slip off</div><div style="text-align: center;">and ended up with a nice little temporary design wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I left it up several days and moved blocks around occasionally.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got it to where I was satisfied.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not thrilled, mind you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but satisfied.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then </div><div style="text-align: center;">Josiah</div><div style="text-align: center;"> knocked over half of my blocks off!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I was back to <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-good-helper.html">square one</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I ended up completely changing my plan</div><div style="text-align: center;">(again ~ this quilt has had a mind of its own)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and went with 6 x 9 rows</div><div style="text-align: center;">instead of 7 x 8.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once I got them rearranged</div><div style="text-align: center;">I stuck a pin through each one;</div><div style="text-align: center;">they weren't going anywhere this time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got a <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/it-just-sorta-happened.html">little sidetracked</a> in my sewing on Saturday</div><div style="text-align: center;">but then Saturday night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I sat down to put the white thread back in the machine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to get those blocks sewn together!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As soon as I had my machine threaded though,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/sewin-lane.html">stack of to-do's</a> stuck behind the serger </div><div style="text-align: center;">caught my eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglqoi9yh0dFvFeR6dP0K63YBdZ0mfUdgXp78Ob08UeCK0I9Bhle9u9rfqyIKMfpQ38zKvrtHsjGO5rG86ByFRDAKkFO9-RtPqnCtQa8v4ziCA3n9VNl5IRxD-HH38DNUEDyehOGlZRnc/s1600/sewin%2527+lane+013.JPG">cheery sunshine</a> started calling my name.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And before I knew it - I'd made this little number,</div><div style="text-align: center;">inspired by a little girl's dress I'd seen at church 6 days earlier.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I showed it to Lex' in the morning,</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was so tickled!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"A tutu dress? Thank-you, Mommy!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love that she says thank-you without being prompted to.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, Lily wondered where <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">her</span> dress was...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taking some time here and there throughout the week,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I finally did get around to sewing those blocks together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I added the horizontal sashing</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I'm getting close to getting the whole top sewn up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm stuck on what to use as a border, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't typically do borders,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> but I think it'd add to the 'paintbox' feel if it had one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plus, it could stand a few extra inches;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like my throws nice & big.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back will be gray </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with one 3" block of each fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should I use gray?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two narrowish borders ~ gray, then white??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Something different entirely???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whatdya think??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-35891513615131498622011-02-19T15:31:00.000-08:002011-02-19T15:36:14.788-08:00it just sorta happened<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It isn't as though I don't already have </div><div style="text-align: center;">plenty of projects in the works.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one just sorta happened though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a book I've been supposed to bring to a friend </div><div style="text-align: center;">for over 2 weeks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's waited patiently right by more door.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I've been so slow in getting it to her,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I ought to make a little gift to go with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Months ago</div><div style="text-align: center;">she posted on FB that she needed a business card holder</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65851933/tri-fold-credit-card-business-card?ref=v1_other_1">kinda like this one</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last time I checked, she hadn't ordered one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure that this fabric is 'her'</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I thought it was better than anything else in my stash.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Problem is, I don't really know her well enough</div><div style="text-align: center;">to know for sure.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was fun to make </div><div style="text-align: center;">and went together pretty quickly</div><div style="text-align: center;">even though I was figuring it out as I went along.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a bit irritated with myself for having the curve on the flap</div><div style="text-align: center;">going the wrong direction.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Silly thing is - I had my fabrics cut for the other way</div><div style="text-align: center;">but somehow convinced myself I had it backwards.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I changed it and guess what?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got it backwards.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh well ~ it'll still work just fine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in retrospect - I should not have used black thread!</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It always amazes me how much mess I can make </div><div style="text-align: center;">working on one little project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll be happy to know, though</div><div style="text-align: center;">that my sewing desk is still clean :-)</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-54098300606905356592011-02-17T13:30:00.000-08:002011-02-17T13:41:05.624-08:00the sewin' lane<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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When we first <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2010/03/7-quick-takes-in-march.html">set it up</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeremiah called it 'the sewin' lane'</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the name sorta stuck.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My sewing space is pretty small - just a 20" x 56" piece<br />
of the dining room,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but let me tell you - I am happy to have it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">To have a machine out </div><div style="text-align: center;">and ready to sew at any moment</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is a real blessing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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My sewin' lane has gotten a bit messy lately.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You got me.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a disaster area.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's gotten so bad - I barely have any room to sew!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So today,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got to work!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, I started yesterday evening</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I didn't get any farther than dumping everything </div><div style="text-align: center;">onto my dining room table</div><div style="text-align: center;">when my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/birth-day-suit.html">daughter</a> called to tell me<br />
that the baby's heart-rate was too high.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest of the day is a blur,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but thankfully, Baby is fine now<br />
and it looks like s/he's decided to </div><div style="text-align: center;">peacefully stay put for another day or so.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found all sorts of things buried in the mess:</div><div style="text-align: center;">A t-shirt & fabric that should have been made into a dress</div><div style="text-align: center;">last month for Lexi's birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some pants I'd forgotten I told Tyler I would alter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(sorry, Hon!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of Tony's work aprons that needs a 2 minute repair job.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lexi's blanket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">About 3 inches of the crocheted fringe had come undone</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I wasn't entirely sure how to fix it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had inkling, but wasn't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sure</span>, so I just put it off.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For almost TWO years!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The ridiculous thing is</div><div style="text-align: center;">- in the middle of my sorting and putting away -</div><div style="text-align: center;">I fixed it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It worked just like I thought it might,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it only took 7 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Why didn't I do that sooner??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yards and yards of FOE :-)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also unearthed fabric I'd purchased ages ago</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to make a wrench roll for Tyler.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess that's what you'd call it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">like a crayon roll - or a case for crochet hooks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">only for wrenches.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As usual</div><div style="text-align: center;">the job took longer than I anticipated</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it's soo nice to see the table-top again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I can get back to work on my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-good-helper.html">current project</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">so I can hurry up and get goin' </div><div style="text-align: center;">on my</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>next</i> one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm joining <a href="http://happinesscomes.wordpress.com/">Adirondack Momma</a>'s <a href="http://happinesscomes.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/the-sewing-bee-week-2/">Sewing Bee</a> today.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> next week? perhaps actual sewing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-510069985294200332011-02-15T10:27:00.000-08:002011-02-15T10:27:36.136-08:00birth day suit<div style="text-align: center;">Up 'til about midnight last night,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd never heard of a <a href="http://www.birthinbinsi.com/index.htm">birth day suit</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(besides the <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/search?q=birthday+suit">original one</a> :-)<br />
but when Lana sent me a note<br />
asking what kind of fabric.....<br />
well, I couldn't get it out of my head.<br />
<br />
So<br />
as soon as I got up this morning<br />
I went digging through my stuff<br />
to see if I could find anything that would work.<br />
I found a gray slightly stretchy embroidered curtain panel<br />
that my husband had picked up at a yard sale for $ .25<br />
thinking I might could make something out of it....<br />
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I whipped up a skirt after reading through <a href="http://mommysblessings.blogspot.com/2010/01/birthing-skirt.html">this tutorial</a><br />
and quickly decided Lana'd need a little top, too<br />
so I made a simple tube top<br />
with straps<br />
and <a href="http://www.thesewingdictionary.com/#r">ruched</a> the center a bit.<br />
I mis-figured where my opening should go for the elastic<br />
and it ended up on the outside,<br />
instead of inside.<br />
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oops.<br />
That's when I decided that a bit of ribbon would look awfully cute.<br />
I cut my elastic 2 inches shorter than I needed it<br />
then sewed some ribbon on to each end<br />
before threading it through.<br />
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I added my usual tag :-)<br />
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Now she's got the birth suit,<br />
all we're waiting on is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">day.</span><br />
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I love you, <a href="http://musingsofaservantprincess.blogspot.com/">Baby Girl</a>!!<br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-56744587667572371802011-02-14T19:42:00.000-08:002011-02-14T19:42:06.749-08:00my good helper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaeL6ranQEnwVndf9kvUX75j5COcLXkHUxBmsVtjM-rteXedsZtA0NTYnhEkCjar8K12iUDkw_B-6484kgntg4IK5eN4-LeDBi3oieTPeh-9YQGEx-sG-fJrZj81OjEloSpz5E1y8EhM/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaeL6ranQEnwVndf9kvUX75j5COcLXkHUxBmsVtjM-rteXedsZtA0NTYnhEkCjar8K12iUDkw_B-6484kgntg4IK5eN4-LeDBi3oieTPeh-9YQGEx-sG-fJrZj81OjEloSpz5E1y8EhM/s640/081.JPG" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-77806724984533836032011-02-04T13:17:00.000-08:002011-02-04T13:22:54.385-08:00teensy tiny tute<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I finally got a chance to work on my <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/partial-paintbox.html">paintbox</a> blocks again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm certainly no expert</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have made quite a few of these blocks</div><div style="text-align: center;">and in doing so </div><div style="text-align: center;">have managed to develop a system that works pretty well for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like working with 3 colors at a time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which makes 6 blocks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 colors / 4 blocks don't quite create a 'circle'</div><div style="text-align: center;">when chain piecing</div><div style="text-align: center;">and 4 colors just don't fit on my little ironing table,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so 3 it is.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">First I lay out all my pieces in order </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I can grab them quickly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sew the top seam first for all six blocks</div><div style="text-align: center;">one right after the other </div><div style="text-align: center;">without cutting the thread</div><div style="text-align: center;">then grab the one I'd started with</div><div style="text-align: center;">and add the bottom piece.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I snip the thread between the last and the first block that I sewed</div><div style="text-align: center;">and bring </div><div style="text-align: center;">what had been the last block in my six-set</div><div style="text-align: center;">around to the front </div><div style="text-align: center;">(creating the 'circle' I mentioned earlier)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and continue sewing the other 5 blocks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I have both the top and bottom pieces of the block<br />
sewn on</div><div style="text-align: center;">I remove my little circle from the machine<br />
and cut the blocks apart,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">press the seams toward the outside,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then repeat the process - this time<br />
adding the sides of the block.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">With this method</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">the only thread I waste</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> is that little bit up there on the left.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">After pressing the seams </div><div style="text-align: center;">I give the square a spray of starch, </div><div style="text-align: center;">iron again,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then repeat the whole process again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In no time at all</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got six blocks ready to be squared up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-6386519265339440352011-01-12T15:45:00.000-08:002011-01-12T15:45:00.214-08:00happy sigh<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This just tickles me to no end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My girl playing with momma-made <a href="http://www.onepearlbutton.com/2009/12/tutorial-magnetic-paper-dolls.html">magnetic paperdolls</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">on her <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2009/01/recent-projects.html">made with love fridge</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-47499516286299175302011-01-11T14:49:00.000-08:002011-01-11T14:49:00.458-08:00partial paintbox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I've got 36 blocks completed;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">two of each color</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm really not even sure how many I have left to go.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll sew up what I've got cut</div><div style="text-align: center;">and if I see some gaps in my colors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, I'll try to find more fabrics and go from there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/">Elizabeth</a>'s <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/paintbox-quilt-along.html">paintbox quilt</a> is my inspiration</div><div style="text-align: center;">although</div><div style="text-align: center;">of course I couldn't use her measurements,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but had to come up with my own.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Why I do that to myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do not know.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do know that it feels good to be working on a quilt again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-32955094378228988442011-01-05T13:50:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:58:29.778-08:00a dress for Lex'<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You know how you spot fabric,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and before you even get close enough to touch it</div><div style="text-align: center;">you know it's just<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> perfect</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you have to have it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's how I was when I saw this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was just a remnant of fleece</div><div style="text-align: center;">- 23 inches to be exact -</div><div style="text-align: center;">without a price.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">As <a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/home/">Dave</a> would say,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">(and wouldn't approve of)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I married it</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">before I knew much it cost.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I looked for the bolt - but never found it.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I was trying to decide just how much I was willing to pay</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">for this scant 2/3 of a yard</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">when I brought it to the gal behind the counter,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">"Any clue how much this costs?"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">"All the fleece remnants back there are $2.99 a yard."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">$2 ?!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">SOLD.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I passed by the fabric,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">waiting patiently on my sewing desk,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">for <b>three</b> weeks</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">before I finally got the chance to cut into it.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd hoped to be able to get both a top and bottoms out of it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I just couldn't quite squeeze that out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It turns out</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the surprise of her knees so much</div><div style="text-align: center;">that I'm <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">glad</span> I couldn't pull off pants.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">in case you're wondering</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Girl is working on her TaeKwanDo moves in some of these photos :-)</span></div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-53488193628206942522010-12-27T07:36:00.000-08:002010-12-27T07:36:22.392-08:00the gloves<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">were a hit!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I was a little concerned;</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">the <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-just-couldnt-help-myself.html">black gloves</a> gloves (made from swimsuit material)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">were a bugger to get on</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and Lily thought they were too tight.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">But it turns out the blend and weave of the white fabric</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">is just perfect.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-26649560746071870402010-12-10T22:37:00.000-08:002010-12-11T12:46:57.823-08:00I just couldn't help myself<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It'll take away a little of the thrill </div><div style="text-align: center;">when she digs through her stocking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lily is going on a <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2010/12/daddy-and-daughter-date.html">date with Daddy</a> tomorrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see the Nutcracker.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, you see,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1-YBcuVxNZLp9oG3_rWf_uoTmZcvig6LKWzw_4gq6HmmIPlGwlDjna2K3nRODvJjWALnqqXZQ1dpNRuPjNaeZPoU_lhCMn-iedOmLpOk5AaBfTaaew8c-elER8BVVq0iV0Sz1nsXD24/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1-YBcuVxNZLp9oG3_rWf_uoTmZcvig6LKWzw_4gq6HmmIPlGwlDjna2K3nRODvJjWALnqqXZQ1dpNRuPjNaeZPoU_lhCMn-iedOmLpOk5AaBfTaaew8c-elER8BVVq0iV0Sz1nsXD24/s400/001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just had to....</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-69166178947328014862010-12-09T16:51:00.000-08:002010-12-09T15:21:31.056-08:00butter bottom<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's <a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2009/07/thats-disturbing.html">no secret</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lily has an ample derrière.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ready made panties aren't a great fit for her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I finished the princess gloves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jnv9SRYg69vfcjnpqHL1CJG4LrAfD1Y5zaWwfttYPemTsKFZghqJUgOCWw7W-9zyudNLHJqCM_W96chellG4yDA9DKeNR5aZu-693moDP6DgIrR-r2PqZX3tJ38-NyfhlIqoihtejVs/s1600/princess+gloves+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jnv9SRYg69vfcjnpqHL1CJG4LrAfD1Y5zaWwfttYPemTsKFZghqJUgOCWw7W-9zyudNLHJqCM_W96chellG4yDA9DKeNR5aZu-693moDP6DgIrR-r2PqZX3tJ38-NyfhlIqoihtejVs/s320/princess+gloves+028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">the house was still sleeping</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I wondered what else</div><div style="text-align: center;">on my Christmas list</div><div style="text-align: center;">could I tackle?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/07/shes-american-girl.html">Pa</a><a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/06/drawing-board.html">nt</a><a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/06/drawing-board.html">ies</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They don't take long and I could easily</div><div style="text-align: center;">get rid of any evidence as soon as I heard Lily get up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I dug out some shirts I'd bought </div><div style="text-align: center;">just for this purpose.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd spent $1 total on all three!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In hindsight (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">hind</span>sight haha ~ I kill myself)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I should have cut out the backs individually</div><div style="text-align: center;">instead of trying to save a few minutes</div><div style="text-align: center;">and stacking all the shirt fronts together to cut them out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're still fine</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the design should've been a bit lower down on two of 'em.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't think Lily will be as thrilled to pull these out of her stocking</div><div style="text-align: center;">as she will be her <a href="http://beforeandafterdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/12/fit-for-princess.html">gloves</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">but they'll cover her booty</div><div style="text-align: center;">without crawling up her crack</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I'll get a kick out of 'em when I do the laundry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-90076678455823585472010-12-09T13:24:00.000-08:002010-12-09T13:27:35.813-08:00fit for a princess<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like most three year old girls,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lily is all about princesses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She recently discovered Belle</div><div style="text-align: center;">and loves her long princess gloves.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So far</div><div style="text-align: center;">she's been content to use socks</div><div style="text-align: center;">or my disposable kitchen gloves.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good imagination, </div><div style="text-align: center;">that one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could have just ordered some online</div><div style="text-align: center;">but at $8 a pair</div><div style="text-align: center;">they seemed a bit overpriced.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add to that</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sizing didn't seem to be real accurate</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I wanted to find some locally</div><div style="text-align: center;">to be sure they'd fit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">After the 7th store</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided I'd just make them myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I started with a men's athletic shirt</div><div style="text-align: center;">- one of those polyester jobbies that keep you cool and dry</div><div style="text-align: center;">while you work out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a cheap-o one I bought on clearance at Dollar General</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a dollar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd planned on making a nursing tank with it</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I never got around to it</div><div style="text-align: center;">and now<a href="http://pursuingjoy.blogspot.com/2010/11/very-last-last-time.html"> I don't need a nursing tank anymore</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I turned the shirt inside out and</div><div style="text-align: center;">using the hem of the shirt as the top of the gloves,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I traced my cut out<br />
just-barely-enlarged tracing of Lily's hand<br />
right onto the shirt</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It probably would have been smart to use a disappearing ink pen</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I couldn't find it, so I just used a pencil.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Leaving the shirt intact and well-pinned </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a triple stretch stitch</div><div style="text-align: center;">and stitched all the way around the gloves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then</div><div style="text-align: center;">I carefully cut out the gloves</div><div style="text-align: center;">about 1/8 of an inch away from the seams.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turned 'em right side out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that was it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy dress-up gloves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">perfectly fit for a little princess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think she'll be pretty happy to give me back my socks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-22235416251965921692010-11-22T20:39:00.000-08:002010-11-22T20:46:16.536-08:00Samaritan's purse purse<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not entirely sure why</div><div style="text-align: center;">- could have something to do with having a passel of kids -</div><div style="text-align: center;">but we're just behind on everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't sure we were going to manage </div><div style="text-align: center;">putting together <a href="http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/">shoeboxes</a> this year,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but yesterday evening </div><div style="text-align: center;">the kids all had a late snack</div><div style="text-align: center;">and wouldn't need dinner till 7:30 - 8ish</div><div style="text-align: center;">so we just loaded up and ran to Walmart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys shopped for a boy, around their age,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I took Lily & Lex'</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and we picked out stuff for a 2-4 year old girl we called 'Emily'.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought Emily was a great name;</div><div style="text-align: center;">usually Lily picks </div><div style="text-align: center;">umm </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">different</span> names</div><div style="text-align: center;">like</div><div style="text-align: center;">Delucia</div><div style="text-align: center;">or Beniko.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then I heard her chanting,</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Rocky loves Em i ly" (from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/3-Ninjas-Victor-Wong/dp/B00008979O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290487031&sr=8-1">The Three Ninjas</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys had 'named' their gift recipient Rocky...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We picked out 2 little baby dolls</div><div style="text-align: center;">and decided we would make a little purse / doll bed for them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lily helped me choose the fabrics</div><div style="text-align: center;">(two fat quarters)</div><div style="text-align: center;">before she had to head off to bed herself.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She had a hard time 'getting' that this was for a little girl</div><div style="text-align: center;">we would never meet</div><div style="text-align: center;">this side of heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was really excited to play with 'Emily's' new toys with her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I explained several times that that wasn't happening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, instead of playing with her,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we took some pictures of Lily using her purse bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">so little Emily would know how to use it</div><div style="text-align: center;">and included the photos in her shoebox of girlie goodies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">With the scraps from the bag, I made a tiny quilt</div><div style="text-align: center;">that ended up being just perfectly sized.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I forgot to take a picture of it</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">(and all the other fun stuff we bought)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">but I made a sweet pillowcase dress, too</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">figuring it could be worn by anyone from a 2 yr old to a 6 yr old</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking maybe another little doll purse / bed is in order</div><div style="text-align: center;">ya think?</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988406744934376635.post-39218393366675316362010-11-20T14:43:00.000-08:002010-11-21T22:12:54.153-08:00back in the saddle again<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">finally</span> got to spend a bit of time sewing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">sort of sewing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is it sewing if it's paper?<br />
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I think it is....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I made 12 monthly journals as a gift for a dear friend<br />
using double sided cardstock,<br />
which I thought was a nice surprise on the inside :-)<br />
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I included 3 pages for listing 'gratitudes'<br />
and 2/3 of a page per day<br />
(3 days per 2 page spread)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are really fun to make</div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you aren't trying to make a dozen at a time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">they go pretty quickly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After doing a few, I decided I didn't like how it looked </div><div style="text-align: center;">machine sewing the pages in</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I ended up sewing that part by hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I pre-punched my holes with a thumbtack<br />
so it went pretty quick<br />
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I hope she enjoys them.<br />
And maybe,<br />
I'll find some time to do other sewing soon, too!</div>TracyLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112483913571106335noreply@blogger.com2