Hi everyone! Valentine’s Day is coming soon, and I have an extra “I LOVE US” photograph. It’s a 4″ x 6″ with thin white borders. Perfect to give a special friend (or yourself!).
So why not share the love with an old-fashioned GIVEAWAY?!? After all, it has been a while. And I do love us.
Leave a comment on this post before Tuesday, February 9th at noon CST, and I’ll randomly select a winner (from the U.S. or Canada).
Good luck! <3
What’s inspiring me now…
1. crochet vintage, 2. Smitten on wall, 3. I’ll Give You All I Can…, 4. love is beautiful, 5. 4., 6. Fairy Stories, 7. Untitled, 8. Workspace, 9. cupboard, 10. textile pattern, 11. Pink Vanilla Meringue, 12. Spools, 13. Wednesday Jan 27 2010, 14. The Magic Green Bike, 15. Inspiration, 16. Kitchen, 17. After 3, 18. Over Sized, “I Feel Pretty” Bow Brooch, 19. final nesting spot, 20. Untitled, 21. Untitled, 22. Untitled, 23. daily wear 01-22-10, 24. ROUND, 25. ＊cupcake #1
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Hello! And welcome to the alphabet. :) I’m working on some ABC prints for the shop. Until then, I’ve just listed a couple more photographs:
Rae, Dana, and a slew of other fabulous bloggers are helping to “Celebrate the Boy” all February. And guess what? I’ve been asked to contribute! Afterall, I do have a boy. And he needs celebrating.
Here’s an example of this sweet child’s life:
That is Jacob. Note that he is surrounded by pinks and florals of various sorts. He can often be found hugging baby dolls and drinking from tiny teacups…
or trying on broken Cinderella gear, mommy’s boots, or heart-shaped sunglasses. Not that he doesn’t love cars or balls or roaring at us or whatever. But he is surrounded by girliness.
Thus, it will be refreshing to focus on The Boy for a bit. There will be tons of ideas, tutorials, round-ups, etc. over at Made by Rae and MADE. And all in celebration of our little men!
I’ll be sharing a tutorial on how to make a soft toy. What will that be? I have some ideas brewing, but I’d love to hear from you! What would you like to see? Something I’ve made in the past? Something fresh?
Pirates?
Tell me! I’ve got a couple weeks to pull my bit together, and I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU! :)
Today, the clouds are bright, fluffy, and a bit cheerful. They seem to be filtering the sun so it doesn’t melt the beautiful snow too fast.
Thanks for thinking of us through the storm! I’ll be back on Monday with an announcement…
And I’m not pregnant if that’s what you’re thinking. ;)
P.S. I just listed another Keep Calm and Carry On 5 x 7. Happy Saturday!
P.P.S. Those icicles pictured yesterday are now as long as 2.5 ft. Yikes.
So I guess we’re alright for now.
Here’s the view from our kitchen window:
What you see here is snow falling on ice. And some very long icicles forming on the neighbor’s house.
If we do lose power, we’ll be eating peanut butter or spinach & avocado on pita bread with oranges and cold-brewed coffee (Oh yeah, I’d better grind it up while I can!). We’ll bundle up in blankets, color in coloring books, and play Scrabble.
For now, I’d better take advantage of the hot water, the stove, and the coffee grinder.
Stay warm & safe, friends!
I have about 23 tabs open in my window. Which is precisely why Evan and I have our own windows on the computer. I don’t want to drive him nuts. But I digress.
What can I say? I’m a bit of a collector. And there’s so much inspiring me right now that I simply must share some of it.
I have Cal Patch to thank (again) for this little Basic Tee. I drafted a pattern for this using my measurements, her instructions, and a healthy dose of trial-and-error to get the right fit. I know I’ve said this already, but I highly recommend her book.
My biggest (and really the only) mistake was measuring too far across my shoulders. I have broad shoulders for my small frame, but my shirts do not need to be as broad as I measured. So the first pattern draft looked bizarre. Can you tell? That shoulder is ridiculous. But I had no idea.
I even compared it to a shirt that fits me (from GAP), but didn’t get the hint that I was way off. Until I sewed the entire shirt together…
And the tops of my shoulders were drooping down to my biceps. I did not take pictures. :)
Then came the seam ripper.
I took 2 inches off the width of my shoulders. Thankfully, the sleeves didn’t need to be changed, and since I had too much fabric, I just cut off the excess and reinserted the sleeves.
And Voila!
I added sleevebands to the ends of the sleeves instead of finishing them with a double-turned hem. I simply measured the width of the ends of my sleeves and made a rectangle that width (plus seam allowances) and the height I wanted the bands (x 2). Then I sewed the bands up their sides, folded them wrong sides facing, and then attached them to the raw edges of the sleeves.
Now that I’ve taken pictures of myself in the shirt, I can see that the shoulder angle is a bit off. Since I changed the armholes, the shoulder angle needed to be adjusted too. But I had already sewn reinforcement and was too lazy to pick out all those stitches. Thus, I think that ever-so-slight angle problem is causing the slight bunching near my underarms. At least, I think that’s the problem.
Cal?
P.S. You can see what others are making from Design-it-Yourself in the Flickr Group. :)
Inspiring me now…
1. Untitled, 2. without words…, 3. for etsy…, 4. please vote :), 5. red sling, 6. I’m a cuckoo, 7. I Love You, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. Untitled, 11. Untitled, 12. ভূবন ভরা আলো…, 13. One ♥ Love, 14. Valentine Garland, 15. 17.365 // life is a highway, 16. Untitled, 17. 001, 18. Untitled, 19. CIMG0973, 20. Our Front Entrance, 21. november, 22. touch, 23. i will…, 24. Untitled, 25. Untitled, 26. nice thing about thrifting, 27. Memories, 28. Pretty, Pretty, 29. school, 30. Finn’s Room_Christening Outfit, 31. sometimes a little color…, 32. {pearls and bokeh}, 33. Moritz’ room, 34. addie’s bedtime shelf, 35. bijoux, 36. 9.100 // how YOU doin’?
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