Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Projects

Last week while at Walmart, Knut and Keileigh noticed some new fabrics and they each had to pick up the bolt of fabric and carry it around the fabric department before we had it cut. Keileigh picked a pale blue Dora and Boots with butterflies and Knut picked Diego with baby Jaguar. Knut's modeling his shorts. Mommy was told she had to make something for them, so we found a simple quick to make pattern for scrubs for pajamas. Nevan likes to sleep with something covering his face and Knut's fabric was within reach. Then my sewing machine started acting up and we went in search of a new inexpensive replacement for just a little bit since the main sewing machine is sewing/embroidery and has had a lot of usage. Here's the new one next to Keileigh's half finished top. But this little one was on sale at Big Lots and does just the basics: a straight stitch with one small locking stitch at the beginning and that's it. The size difference is just funny. The other project shown here was one I made for the fun of it. I saw the embroidery pattern and knew immediately how I wanted to finish it for hanging and the exact fabrics to use for it and everything. This is what I do when I get those few quiet moments all to myself. Little amounts of time spent well can create something awesome.

2 comments:

Ruth said...

That embroidery project is beautiful. Did you find the pattern somewhere?

Desi said...

That hanging is BEAUTIFUL Holl! I do a lot of hand emroidery making sayings and such and am learning how to accent the words with little frills. Your project is just great! Thanks for some more inspiration!