I’m bringing y’all my Flickr favorites on a Thursday (instead of the wonderfully alliterated Friday) because, frankly, I had a bad day yesterday. I have nothing to share except crayoned sofas, pooped-in cribs, and failed T-shirt refashions.
But looking at these images this morning helped me feel inspired again, and I hope they inspire you too!
1. Raspberry Overalls, 2. love is homegrown, 3. the ginghams paper dolls, 4. skillful bicycle riding, 5. braids + apple blossoms, 6. Summer Blouse in Patricia Bravo Botanical Garden Porcelain (front), 7. wardrobe remix, 8. Tif Fussell, 9. Tif Fussell, 10. isbn4-07-250441-6, 11. bgt, 12. london’s kitchen, 13. 1950s yellow sun dress, 14. 1960s yellow day dress, 15. 100_5194, 16. IMG_4031, 17. 2° red bench monday!!!, 18. zombi graves… yummy! ;), 19. bloody bones… yummy! ;), 20. Hooty Pillow, 21. DSC05649.JPG, 22. Lolas new quilt & bed, 23. Vintage Sheet Quilt and cat, 24. DSC05077.JPG, 25. First dresden plate - teal bg, 26. Strawberry Cottage Brooch, 27. toadstool pincushion, 28. TeaCup pouch 93, 29. Pyjama bag for Jagna, 30. Old & new ceramics, 31. finished pinwheel doll quilt, 32. DSC_0038_2, 33. DSC_0055_2, 34. SANY0139_2, 35. Little Lady, 36. new shop
By the way, does anyone know if ballpoint needles wear out particularly fast? Or is there another reason why the tension would be way off when I try to sew knit T-shirt material? I wish I had a Wendy Mullin or an Amy Karol here to guide me last night.
EDIT: Oh, and I did want to tell you that I made a little more progress on the scrappy log cabin quilt. Thank you for your ideas on the border color - great suggestions! I’m leaning towards light gray or white. I have 3 more blocks to make, so we’ll see!
ANOTHER EDIT: Also, my sweet husband brought home pizza last night, which deserves mentioning. It really made everything better.
AND ANOTHER EDIT: How could I forget to mention that my sweet & thoughtful friend Mardel brought me some thrifted doilies yesterday? Gah, my day really wasn’t that bad at all. I’ll have to photograph them and share. :)
The sun is shining today.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I had my tension way off the other day after I’d been sewing lots of knits. It turned out that my poor machine had gotten clogged with lint from the fabric (something that had never happened when I use normal needles and non-knit fabric). I took the little plate off the bobbin holder, removed the bobbin holder and dusted everything off. After that, my tension was just fine again.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
*sigh* those are all so dreamy and inspiring.
I’ve always heard that a good rule of thumb is to change needles after every garment. I don’t change that much, but usually after 2 or 3, depending on how my machine was sewing. Just throwing this out there, but is the machine threaded correctly? I’ve had mine get totally out of whack when the thread got mis threaded some kind of way. Now, when things start acting up I change the needle and re-thread, just to be sure.
May 7th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I don’t have good luck with ballpoint needles. I have to move my top needle tension down way low. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong. Glad I’m not the only one who has issues!
May 7th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
sorry you had such a poopy day (pun intended).
What a fun medly of flickr finds though!
May 8th, 2009 at 10:44 am
The little mushroom house just kills me. Have you ever used one of those applications that finds flickr or etsy pictures by color? I could seriously waste some time with that.
May 8th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Dear Kristena,
Thank you for sharing your flickr favorites. They are so inspiring and pretty. I look forward to going through them.
I am sorry to hear you had a bad day, but I am glad there were some good things in it, too!
I am glad the sun is shining!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Paula