Time and Pants

Time management is not my current strong point, so I hope that people are still enjoying my blog posts though tiny and sparse... I have to take photos, transfer them to my flash drive and then sneak them to work to publish on my breaks. This process can often take a week or more. Also a victim of my time management is sewing projects! But my pantaloon obsession still manages to be fed from time to time. Here are some swanky plaid pants that I made for Ronan. I usually only ever sew using cotton fabric- like quilter's cotton. So it was fun to experiment with a knit fabric. I'm actually not quite sure what fabric this was, but I think maybe a wool blend. It was a remnant that I saw out of the corner of my eye as I breezed through the store. Immediately "pants!" came to mind so I nabbed the remnant and brought it home. It was the perfect amount for Ronan's pants and even had enough for the pockets on the side.

Oh, this is a fun picture. I just noticed that the blanket he is sitting on is the first quilt I ever made, and he's leaning up against a pillow, and I made that case out of some retro Alexander Henry fabric. :-)

Fall is nearly over

Here in Minneapolis we are starting to get the hints of winter. Ahem... It snowed on Sunday. But it didn't stick, so I'm appreciating every last shred of fall sun that we get.

I've got the golden ticket...

I was just invited off of the waitlist for Spoonflower, a company that allows you to design your own fabric! I'm enlisting my favorite illustrator (and husband!) to help me to get some custom leprechaun fabric made, to start. Oh, I'm so excited! I guess I better get a-sketchin'!

Grosgrain

Photo from Grosgrain Blog

Even though I have not had very much time to blog myself lately, I do get a few quick peeks at blogs when I'm at work and I am very excited to have found Grosgrain! This is a site that has amazing and adorable clothing and costumes for little girls and a huge inspiration! Kathleen Dougherty is the Blog author and amazing seamstress. She claims to not only be self taught but doesn't work from patterns! I guess she started working from patterns and then figured out that all patterns use basically the same types of pieces and then worked from scratch like that.

Not only does she have an amazing blog but she gives away many of the items that she makes!

In a nutshell, I want to be Kathleen Dougherty when I grow up. :-D


Shenandoah Costume GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

For the Love of Etsy - #9

Etsy Love # 9 Kajsa Wikman - Syko




I've enjoyed viewing Kajsa's Flickr photos for some time which brought me to her blog and Etsy shop. Kajsa is from Finland and is working on starting a full time business with her sewing and textile art. I love to hear her about her successes and trials and I hope that she does well! I'm often moved by her seemingly simple freehand stitches that are actually quite complicated! She is an artist with her machine and can draw some beautiful images with thread. Really, you just have to see for yourself!

This scarf is one of my favorites!!

I'm excited to hear that she is going forward with some patterns of her work. I am looking forward to getting some of those!

I've been busy!

I've had a number of gifts to make so I snuck away to work in the sewing room and boy did it feel good. Lots of new babies, which is fun to sew for! I have quite an extensive list of homemade items to make for Christmas gifts this year so I'll have many more Sunday afternoons up there when Blake is watching football.

Taggy blanket for baby shower. Made with Michael Miller's fabrics from the "First Sight" line.

Size 3-6 month pants for the baby shower. Fabric I finally cut into from this post.

And Raiders pants for Ronán because I love Blake so.