Sew I Thought…

I have made embarassingly little progress on my swimsuit but I have been recently inspired by a book I read called “Made By Hand – Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World”. It was written by Mark Frauenfelder and it follows him as he journeys through a year long adventure of trying to make his world more meaningful by creating things by hand. He keeps bees, raises chickens, builds his own guitars, and creates the perfect cup of espresso.

I’ve been thinking for a while that I would prefer for the things I have in my life at least the things I surround myself to have more meaning, like have some history.

Well anyways this takes me to a new project I want to conquer in the next two weeks.

That is making my first ever full sized quilt.

I am making Amy Butler’s Sexy Hexy Love Quilt. The pattern can be downloaded for free here along with a bunch of other awesome patterns and projects.

I have most of the pieces cut and I hope to have it all cut out and laid out by the end of the week. I think it will be awesome to sleep under something every night that I created with my own two little hands!

Any quilting tips for me?

Do you feel like handmade items have a special quality too?

I almost missed music mondays…oops

Sorry its late and I missed last week but thats cus at about 4am this morning I was being discharged from the ER affter a miserable kidney incident. Now I can see why they say kidney problems hurt as much as labor. ugh… missed school today but am definitely feeling better now! yay! and I have actually been doing a bunch of dress redos to prepare for Self-Stitched September so there is lots to look forward to these next couple weeks!

When I was little I always dreamed of joining the circus and riding elephants all day long for a career. I still have quite the affinity for elephants but I doubt I’ll be running away to join Ringling Brothers anytime soon.

I got this circus print fabric a long time ago and I’ve been looking for the perfect pattern. I wanted to make a kitschy kind of dress but I couldn’t find the right one so I decided to go with Mccalls 6083.

Im fairly pleased with the outcome of the romper and I’d like to try the pattern with a gray charcoal knit i’ve had lying around for forever. Especially because making it in a stiff cotton makes it difficult to wriggle into the jumper which is obviously designed to made in material with some stretch to it.

Im glad I took these pictures before I went out in this outfit cus the romper ended up a little too short for my taste. I’ll just have to wait a bit when the weather cools and I can pair these with some tights.

PS Forgive my crazy hair.

I don’t get too excited about television but this is the exception!

Its my favorite thing to drag my current pattern or sewing project out to the living room floor and cut and pin for an hour… its like the best show for a sewing motivation boost! yay

So who else is watching?

Coeur de Pirate || Comme des enfants from Dare To Care Records on Vimeo.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, Im trying to kick this Burdastyle coat’s butt. So far I haven’t made a heck of a lot of progress but its down to the last week so its now or never!!

I was at least glad to hear that other participants didn’t get the greatest fabric either. The color of my coat is going to be a bit harsh on the eyes. Hopefully they can photoshop it into something more appealing haha!

What are you guys working on??