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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-75559558347611365782018-12-30T20:09:00.001-08:002018-12-30T20:09:55.945-08:00Last Sunday in 2018 StitchesHi Everyone.<br />
I missed posting last week. I did stitch everyday which is why I didn't post. I was EXHAUSTED! I think I slept most of the next 2 days. Its a blur now. I sewed until 5 minutes before my family came over for Christmas. I still owe 2 gifts. I did run out and get them gifts on Monday but its not the same. I just knew I was not going to get theirs done. I really did get a very early start on gifts this year but life interfered so many times that I am surprised at what I did accomplish.<br />
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I left the hardest gift making for last. As a matter of fact, the very last stitch on my daughters handbag killed my Janome. It hit a very big seam on the gusset. It should have been 6 layers but with the strap being off a bit, the needle hit 12 layers. Bent the needle and blew the fuse. I thought I bent the shaft but after researching it seems to only be the fuse. I took it to sewing machine spa. Hopefully the timing is not off. I had to pull out my class Janome and finished that last seam after cutting out as much layers as I could manage and still have the integrity of the bag.<br />
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The other handbag was done just before the one above. It gave me fits. Next time I decide to use a fabric with a strip shoot me. It is a very minor strip but lining it up to put in the zipper closure took me 2 hours and ripping it out 3x.<br />
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I was adding ribbon to a dress I made for my granddaughter just before the family got here. I thought I had other ribbon but I made do. I wanted to make her a fancy dress but that will have to wait for another day. </div>
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It is to big but she loved it, that's all the matter. She did a lot of spinning in it! </div>
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<b>As for 2019</b>, I decided that I will still track my daily sewing but not report the fabric in and out. I also decided that selecting a monthly goal was making me NOT want to do it until the last day of that month. Why? I have no idea. It felt like a punishment or something silly like that. </div>
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I have retreat coming up in February. Hopefully I will get a few UFO tops to quilted status. I can dream!!!! LOL!!!</div>
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-79519823918565563572018-12-18T18:31:00.001-08:002018-12-18T18:31:05.953-08:00It's my birthday! Stitch and stash 12-15-18Happy week before Christmas. This is a hectic time for all of us. Yesterday was my birthday. I sewed, and sewed, and sewed until my hands could not sew anymore. The kids came over about suppertime to celebrate Grandmas old age. Ha Ha! I was given handmade gifts. What could be better. I love them all.<br />
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We had homemade cake. It was the best cake I ever had. Carri used boxed cake but put brownies in it. Oh my goodness, it was just unbelievably delicious!<br />
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My sewing room is quite the mess right now but here is a picture of my gifts.<br />
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Carri painted this sunflower. It brought back memories of visiting my aunt in Queens, NY when I was about 6. I felt like I stepped into OZ! She had one lone sunflower! I had never seen such a large flower before. She lived next to a nunnery. I had to climb the wall and peak over to see what it looked like. There was a very pretty garden. I lived in the Bronx. No trees or gardens. It was magical.<br />
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Amber made the "When life gives you Scraps make a quilt". </div>
The background is my actual scrap fabrics. So Cool.<br />
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Raina made all the hearts! They all came out so lovely. Great job Raina!</div>
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My mom loved her fabric napkins. Not sure about the pot holders</div>
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I was able to get 90% of Carris handbag done, then my hands gave out and so did my brain. Stabbed myself with the seam ripper, bit my tongue, slammed my toe. DONE!<br />
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Today I finished 2 pouches for my grandson to give his teachers. They go the extra mile with him. He is on the spectrum and they talk him into a calm state quite often.<br />
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Going forward I will report the Fifteen minutes to stitch but not the fabric usage. Following my fabric usage didn't stop me from buying more or less fabric. It didn't make me use my stash. So I am retiring that idea to simplify my blog.<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-21578158166229665462018-12-12T18:07:00.000-08:002018-12-12T18:07:14.173-08:00The race is on Stitch and Stash 12/11/18It is really Tuesday 12/12/18. I have been sewing and sewing. I realized on Saturday that I had to make the things that needed to mailed next.<br />
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With all the snow everywhere, things may get there late.<br />
I cut out multiple things for my daughter in Seattle and finally ironed my mothers napkins. I also made her 2 thumb/finger potholders. Very cute.<br />
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Today I finished those things, boxed them and my daughter came and took them off to the post office for me. Thank you Amber! Now I am so confused as to what I have left to sew. I decided that I would wrap gifts tonight and make a spreadsheet. You forget what you have done when you start Holiday sewing in August. Also, I seem to have misplace a few things when I hid them quickly after getting a surprise visit for the grands!<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-21496556065295320662018-12-02T21:58:00.000-08:002018-12-02T21:58:56.300-08:00December already. Stitch and Stash 12-2-18Oh my. I am way behind in sewing. I have been sick this whole week. I think the neighbors can hear me coughing up a storm. It is a pretty bad cough. Often have to run to the loo so as not to have an accident! Not fun. There are 6 of us sick. 4 grandkids, my daughter and me. I feel bad for my daughter, her husband was away all weekend, so she couldn't get a minute to herself.<br />
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Well I did try to sew a bit. I made a few pouches, a finger potholder, and cut out a handbag. I had to be very careful, as the sneezing fits could have cost me a finger or two!<br />
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I did manage to finish a hat and scarf to donate to kids in a local school.<br />
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I have NOT started Bonnie Hunters "Good Fortune" mystery. I have too much to catch up with right now.<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-55419092252171183252018-11-25T06:18:00.000-08:002018-11-25T06:21:19.451-08:00Organize & Sew Stitch & Stash 11-25-18Happy Thanksgiving and crazy shopping week. As a former retail manager, you would have to beat me with a 2x4 and drag me kicking and screaming into a mall, strip mall, even a grocery store this week. Not going to happen! I did not go "shopping" this week. I have made a few purchases on the web in the past few weeks. Mostly I have been sewing and organizing my sewing room.<br />
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I dedicated yesterday to sewing room clean up and pattern cutting. I cleaned up tubs that I had used to set aside sewing that I didn't have time to finish. There were a lot of..."so that's where I put that" moments! I found things I started in June before I left for Seattle, crumb blocks, piece tops for art quilts, regular and serger thread I purchased but couldn't find, purchased patterns, old patterns from charity sewing, left over binding, several hand drafted patterns for clothing and blocks. Six hours later about 90% of the sewing was organized, fabric put away in the stash, in scrap binds, and in the to do tub on the sewing machine counter. Now I will be able to sew more productively.<br />
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This week will be pouches and handbags. The hangbag prep takes forever! So today will be dedicated to fusing interfacing to fabric for these bags.<br />
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I did finish the charity quilt that had been sitting on a tub for 3 weeks. It was one of the quilt tops that someone else did. We had bundled up kits so all you had to do is sandwich them and get cracking. We found that some like to do the piecing, other prefer the quilting, and yet others prefer to bind and hand stitch the binding down. The kits were set up so that longarmers could take the big ones and domestic sewing machine sewers could take the smaller quilts to finish. We had a November 15 deadline to complete and turn them in. The Charity Sew Group had a 350 quilt goal. Last count we were at 325. I will get the total in a couple days when the labels are attached to the quilts. It ain't done till the labels on!<br />
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I am on the fence about starting Bonnie Hunters Mystery "Good Fortune". I may do it as leaders and enders. In my quest to clean my sewing room, I found a tub of fabric I had set aside to do Grand Illusion. I never did this one. I was glad that I didn't because it was not my taste. However I think I may use those colors to do this mystery. I will take a look at what is in the tub and see if I need to change any of the color choices.<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-73572614789317134682018-11-18T20:07:00.001-08:002018-11-18T20:07:27.568-08:00Just passing through Stitch & Stash 11-18-18<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well I did manage to finish my SIL's quilt. I forgot to take a picture of it finished. It was weighing me down. I wanted it out of my house so I could work on Christmas gifts. Robin came on Friday to take me to lunch and pick up the quilt. We had a fun time and she loved the quilt. </div>
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Only thing missing is the label. I am working on that. Trying to find out what is the best jet ink fabric product that I can use to make that label. Anyone of you that has a favorite, please let me know.</div>
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Raina slept over. We watch a little TV and read 4 books. She fell asleep during the last book. In the middle of the night I just happen to look at her just as she was rolling off the bed. Thunk! OMG I couldn't catch her! She was alright. In the morning she did not remember falling out of bed. The funny thing was, the rest of the night she kept an arm on me. I woke up with a bruise on my arm...old people and blood thinner...what can I say.<br />
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She is a very bouncy girl. Singing all the time. We sewed a little bit but she got bored. Instead she took my smallest sharpest thread scissors and cut out faces from novelty fabric. She was in heaven!<br />
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This week I will be working on bags and zipper pouches! <br />Fun stuff at last!!! Maybe a couple of Christmas stockings!<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-77196374173041507612018-11-12T04:00:00.000-08:002018-11-18T19:56:15.235-08:00Holy Moly Stash and Stitch 11-11-18I have been quilting and quilting my sister in laws quilt. So far I have quilted for 12+ hours on it. The fabrics that were used in this quilt are from the 1980's. More then half of them are poly blend and the rest calico, shirting, and unknown. There is 35 years of dust in this quilt. I have a sore throat, my glands are swollen and have a headache since I started quilting it 5 days ago. Even my nose runs when I work on it. May be coincidence but I doubt it. This quilt was in a house fire. It was not touched by the fire but I am thinking maybe some of the chemicals firemen use to put out fires may be present. It was stored in a office supply box for years. Though I don't see anything on the box or on the quilt, I feel worse when I work on it.<br />
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It was necessary to do some repairs to a few spots in the sashing where the fabric was shredding away from the seam. The border had to be cut down 1 1/2 inches because in several places the batting was missing or backing fabric was torn. Also the poly batting looked grey, dirty, and dingy. I am up to the binding. I am going to finish it today. I made 480 inches of binding. More than enough to go around the quilt.<br /><br />
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Other than the quilt, I worked on a zip pouch with clear plastic front. It is not finished. I ran out of time. I didn't want to re-thread my machine to do the last 4 seams. I will save that as a reward for finishing SIL's quilt.<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-30725592030320725352018-11-05T19:16:00.001-08:002018-11-05T19:16:01.162-08:00Overwhelmed Stash and stitch 11-4-18This week is a blur! Ha Ha.<br />
First 2 days was dedicated to our guild newsletter. Some ladies sent their articles very late. Not amused! LOL!<br />
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I went to the gym 5 times this week, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Total was little over 7 hours. In between Monday and Saturday I sewed, attended Halloween parade at elementary school, took the boys to Tiny Tots at the recreation center for an hour, to wear them out. I also babysat so my daughter could go to the gym twice in the afternoon instead of at night. Also spend one day with AAA having a car towed to be fixed. Then towed back because the dealer could not fix it. UGH! Wasted of several hours and much stress.<br />
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Friday was my big sew day. I started working on my sister in laws quilt that was started 35 years ago with her mom. Her mother passed away 25 years ago. She just couldn't finish it and asked if I would. I told her yes but with the stipulation that I do not hand quilt, only by machine. She accepted. I stalled as long as I dared. She wants to give it to her daughter for Christmas. I just felt so badly that I was going to machine quilt it. After consulting with several of you, I feel okay to proceed. Done is better than not done and in a box for another 35 years. This quilt is 120" x 120" with 35 year old poly batting. It survived a house fire. Didn't even smell like smoke when they found it on the basements steps, right where it had sat, untouched for over a decade. <br /><br />I have been working on the borders. SIL started sewing them in an angle. So I continued it. I have to break thread on every row. After 4 hours, I only have two sides done. I hope the middle goes faster. Everything is stitched in triangles and squares, so more thread breaks. I am hoping if I sew on it 1-2 hours a day it will get done soon. I still have all my Christmas gifts to make. Sigh...<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-24315792176008208802018-10-28T18:10:00.003-07:002018-10-28T18:10:48.221-07:00Catching up. Sitcth and Stash 10-28-18It is the last Sunday in October. How did that happen?<br />
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I had a very busy week. Many doctor appointments, gym class and taking the kids to the park. I did manage to sew. Most of my sewing was today. I finished everything that has been laying around on my work space. Elastic in 6 pairs of pajama shorts, red shorts for Raina, 8 fabric napkins that I sewed 2 months ago. Today I turned them right side out and finished the stitching. They are the shape of a half moon. You have to fold it in 4ths. You can then set the table with the flatware sticking out of the top or turn them point side up and they resemble trees.<br />
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8 Fabric Napkins. Just have to iron them!</div>
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I put my label on the outside so it doesn't bother her and also so she knows which side it the back. Her mother says she is acting like the Princess and the Pea with all her clothing. So far what I have made her has passed inspection! LOL!!! </div>
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-3618537394412815572018-10-22T16:41:00.003-07:002018-10-22T16:47:28.632-07:00Still plugging away. Stash & Stitch 10-21-18This past week has been hell. Every other daya doctor appointment. Gym classes, errands, sharing my car.<br />
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I did sew everyday. My sewing was for my granddaughter who is outgrowing her clothes. I have been making alterations, shorts from T-shirts, lengthening tops. She always wears knits and now she says they bother her. Her mother states that mornings are a nightmare. Since my budget is very tight this year, I purchased XL T-shirts from Michaels' for $2 to make her shorts. I use the left over 3-4 inches at the bottom to make a ruffle to add to other t-shirt dresses she has.<br />
This has really put me behind in Christmas sewing but I guess the smiles I get are worth it. She is my biggest fan!!! "Grandmas Super Power is Sewing!!!". LOL!<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-86332521078374557832018-10-14T16:54:00.000-07:002018-10-14T16:58:37.468-07:00New Focus, Stash & Stitching report 10-14-18This week flew by. I have been trying to keep busy everyday. Several of the PJ shorts are done except for the elastic waist. Hoping to get those out of the way tonight.<br />
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This past week I decided to join a gym. I have been dieting successfully for 3 months. Down 30 lbs. Billzion to go. The last two weeks I plateaued. Have not budged an ounce. With all the trouble I have walking, it was time to go to the next step. Exercise! <br />
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I live in Florida where often you can fry an egg on the sidewalk, so walking outside is out of the question for a lot of the year. If it isn't the heat, it's the mosquitoes from the rainy season, or the Love bugs that smack you in the face as you run to try and get into your car.<br />
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I joined using Silver Sneakers program. Many Fitness groups allow the seniors to exercise for free with this program. It is part of Medicare Advantage program. What a workout! I did all the exercises the instructor showed us. Not well but I didn't give up. I am the biggest person in the room, but not the oldest. LOL! Hoping to lose 20 more pounds by January. So to this end I have been going 1 to 2 times a day. I can already tell my walking is getting better. It would be nice to not have to use my walker next year in Seattle. That is part of my second goal. To walk without the walker and lose another 20 lbs by July 2019.<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-33045353918339432662018-10-08T19:23:00.001-07:002018-10-14T16:58:55.031-07:00Sunday Stash and Stitch 10-7-18 September went by very fast, too fast! Did a lot of things but not to many finishes.<br />
I am elbow deep into Christmas sewing. PJ sweatshop sewing. ha ha! I also asked my 5 year old grand daughter if she wanted to make presents for a few people she loves for Christmas. The voice message I received shattered my eardrums. LOL. This past Saturday she slept over. I had her pick out fabrics to make pouches. She completed one. Just needs the string. Do you think she enjoyed sewing?? Ha Ha! My fashionista wants to continue to make more skirts. Next sleep over!<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-24173747228351080542018-10-01T11:14:00.000-07:002018-10-08T19:23:38.726-07:00Sunday Stitch and Stash 9-30-18This week went by very quickly. So many appointments. <br />
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I joined a crochet group on Mondays.It is 2 hours a week at the library. I needed to talk to people taller than 3 feet with a more extended vocabulary than my grandchildren. It was fun and relaxing. I needed something to do with my hands. I am not a hand piecer so crocheting is the next best thing. Unfortunately I had to go buy some yarn. Its been 18 years since I crocheted and couldn't find my yarn. I am sure yarn has changed in 18 years. I did find my hooks. Crocheting came right back to me. My stitches were even. I went again this morning. I had made a hat for the children's charity they sponsor every year. Now I need to make a scarf.<br />
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In the meantime I started an Afghan for my 91 year old mother in law.<br />
I did rip it out 10 times but its coming along nicely. It is called Corner to Corner. The yard is Caron Blue Moon.<br />
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This week I also cut out 12 pairs of PJ's. Started sewing the patch pockets. All the boys want patch pockets on them to stow their phones, etc. Now I have all the little boy PJs to cut out. They will sew up quickly once they are cut.<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-15227605955982743412018-09-24T03:49:00.000-07:002018-09-24T03:49:01.402-07:00Sunday Stash and Stitch 9-23-18Clothing alterations still going on. My granddaughter has outgrown a lot of her clothes. I had made her a My Lil Pony top and shorts. The shorts are gone but the top did not pass the arms in the air test. School does not allow bellies to show. So instead of chucking the top I added a ruffle and some lace to the bottom. While I was at it I made her leggings.<br />
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She sent me a nice voicemail saying she loved it. I couldn't ask for more!<br />
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Some sewing on charity quilts this week. Our Guild charity sew on Wednesday set a goal to finish 350 quilts by Thanksgiving. We are going strong. So far we have 232+ quilts finished and another 100 tops in kits ready to be finished.<br />
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I had a very bad time with my Janome 6600 sewing machine on Saturday and Sunday. I will have to take it in and have it checked. I think it is at least 12 years old. While sewing using the pedal it beeps and hesitates. I am going to test in today using the auto button. I really don't want to upgrade to a new machine. I have about 8 machines in the house but this is the one I use for FMQ. Will let you know what happens.<br />
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As for my sewing and stash, my math was so off I had to fix a few posts. Somewhere I started subtracting days instead of adding them in. SMH!<br />
Simplified it a bit so my brain does not explode. LOL!<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-34572436534470319852018-09-17T06:25:00.000-07:002018-09-24T03:33:57.106-07:00Sunday Stash & Sewing 9-16-18This week flew by. I did a lot of sewing but really don't have much to show. Most of this sewing was for the Wednesday Charity sew. I pieced together about 7-9 backs for quilts. I mended clothing, altered clothing and made some napkins for the 2020 Quilt Show Boutique.<br />
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I finally decided that I could not work in a mess and cleaned my sewing room. That took forever but I found some things I had forgotten I purchased. Some buried projects. I found places to put the fabric I will be working with for Christmas presents. Mostly flannel PJ. They sew very quickly. What takes the longest is the pockets. All the boys want patch pockets!<br />
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Yesterday I re-measured my granddaughter, She has grow quite a bit since I took her measurements 2 months ago. I didn't want to have to alter the clothes after Christmas.<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-16034670501703980072018-09-11T03:11:00.000-07:002018-09-11T03:11:06.192-07:00When family finds out your sewing garmentsYesterday was a tough day. My SIL is in a group that do live action role play or LARP for short. Just as with Civil War re-enactment they have to wear period costumes.<br />
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I spent 6 1/2 hours altering a pair of LARP pants. The fabric was canvas. Every seam was surged then sewed down. 4 hours to unsew, 2 1/2 hours to resew. He is 5'11" and weighs nothing. He purchased a size large. His waist is 29! I removed 6 1/2 inches of fabric and he still had wiggle room. I told my daughter to feed him Pecan Pie if they are still to big!<br /><br />
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This picture is before I went back in the back seam and took out another <br />2 inches. When I hung them up next to his jeans, I realized they were still to big.<br />
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At least they did fit and my daughter said he was parading around the house with them on for quite some time. LOL!Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-25925611884010873562018-09-09T09:38:00.001-07:002018-09-09T09:38:06.092-07:00Stash and Stitch 9-9-18Oops I missed a week. Lots of craziness going on. I did sew everyday but not always quilt related stuff.<br />
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I have been trying to work with Double Brush Poly. Making my daughter a dress and some leggings. The first pair of leggings, the crotch split and she couldn't figure out which side was the back! My bad, I forgot to do the back of the leggings with a longer crotch and raise the back. I redrafted the pattern. This time they were spot on! Yay! Next I took apart a favorite old dress that got stretch to infinity and beyond while she was pregnant. She finally handed it over. Poor little dress. I was able to make a nice dress with same material as leggings. I basted the top and sleeves together then to the skirt area. The original had a tiny little sleeve. I have never drafted a sleeve before so I wanted to be sure it was not a disaster. I did watch several videos to look at sleeve construction. My sleeve worked beautifully. I made it a 3/4 sleeve. I also made an elastic belt for her as well. I pinned it to my design wall after removing a bazillion threads.<br />
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This picture cracks me up. The dress is more a tunic length, about 2 inches above the knee. It just looks so short to me. I was thinking of the mini skirts that I wore in the 70's. They must have looked like a bandaids to our parents. Now the minis are micro minis, about half a bandaid width. <br /><br />I remember giving one of my employees a rubber band in a box for Christmas. She looked at it for a long time. I said its a new skirt, I picked it out just for you. She stop wearing the very short skirts. I did give her another present but she finally got the point. We were in a booth in the mall and when she sat down the view was not appropriate.<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-25168044675447661872018-08-29T21:11:00.001-07:002018-08-29T21:11:19.297-07:00Knits, Stitch and Stash 8-26-18Knits--UGH<br />
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Actually it wasn't as bad as I thought. Wrangling the fabric is the pits. I made my daughter a pair of leggings. They fit her until she bent over and the stitches ripped. Ugh. Also since I drafted the pattern myself, there was a waist issue. She kept turning them around looking for the back. I had hacked off what I thought was a mistake in my draft....LOL! Live and learn. Looks like its time to vacuum again.<br />
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I have done a lot of sewing this week. I went to the Wednesday sew group and stayed for 6 hours. Started a charity quilt. I made a cutting error and tried to work around it. Nope! Got friendly with Mr. Jack.<br />
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Finished another pair of PJ shorts for my grandson. These are made of the remaining fabric from the last ones but I added side seam pockets and he asked for the patch pockets to be more toward the front then the sides. I think this pattern is his favorite. His mother was yelling at him not to wear the 2 pairs back to back as everyone will think he doesn't change his clothes. LOL! Typical teen answer...So?<br />
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Anyway this the only picture I have of him ALMOST smiling....he has the pants on backwards. LOL! I told him if he didn't send me a picture wearing them, I wouldn't make anymore. Grandma for the win!<br />
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I also fixed a t-shirt for my daughter. She has lost 65 lbs and everything is big on her. So I took it in.....a tiny bit to much. She was not amused. She is still losing weight so in a few more lost pounds it won't fit like a bologna skin! Hey I am trying to recycle, aren't I?<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-57395120745741278432018-08-19T15:14:00.000-07:002018-09-24T03:32:39.914-07:00 Garment sewing + Stitch & Stash Report 8/19/18I was thinking about why I wasn't getting more done. Then I realized that I had promised some shorts, some alterations, and a double knit dress. This was bogging me down. Which should I sew? Quilt blocks or garments. Well, I had put this off for months. I owe a diaper bag and that baby is due in 4 weeks. That's about as long as it takes me to make one. Much of that time is spent thinking what the next step is since I don't always use a pattern.<br />
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So today will be cleaning up day in the sewing room. I have 2 pairs of PJ shorts to finish. I already gave my grandson 2 pairs yesterday.<br />
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The charity sewing group I belong to sent me home with several yards of fabric that were donated. A lot of it looks to be from the 90's. Going to serge the edges and then wash it. Thinking I will cut it all up into Bricks and Strips. If it's already cut it can be my leaders and enders.<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-82087013437024461562018-08-14T23:35:00.000-07:002018-08-29T21:00:54.361-07:00Detoured to garments for a while<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Two weeks ago I decided to teach my 5 year old granddaughter to make a simple skirt. She did very well. I have the Janome 6600 with the on/off button which made it easy for her to control the sewing. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">She is a Fashionista! LOL. I told her to strike a pose. LOL</span><br />
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She loves to play dress up, accessorize and look cute. I have not made children's clothing for years! While in Seattle I found a few pretty things at Value Village. One was a lovely Flower girls dress. She loved it but it was to tight on the cap sleeves and barely fit around the middle. I took the cap sleeves off and use them to widen the sides. What a pain. As with many fancy clothes there were 3 layers to unpick, alter, and resew. It took forever! I forgot to take a picture before I took it apart, but this is the result.<br />
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Monday was the first day of school. I made her a circle skirt on Sunday. I waited until after school Monday to give it to her. She had already picked out her outfit and accessories so I didn't want to get her mixed up! She loved it. She sent me a video of her twirling in it.<br />
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The other garment I fixed was an odd one. I am not sure if its a nightgown or a strapless dress. It has a very long tail in the back. Mommy wanted me to add straps as my granddaughter is not always aware when it slips down a bit. LOL!<br />
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If you have not notice, she LOVES pink. Secondary colors are white and yellow. I asked her about purple. Nope! I said its grandmas favorite color. Nope! She knows what she likes. If there is pink in with the purple then it is acceptable! Too funny.<br />
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I have two more dresses to upcycle. They are 3 sizes to small but fancy lace fabric. When she got them they were to her ankles and 3 sizes to big. She is growing fast. She is a very happy girl. Always singing, dancing and making up songs.<br />
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I gave her a notepad to draw some clothing designs on. I explained that is how people who design clothing work out ideas. She made this self portrait dressed in her favorite color. Her first design!<br />
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Her mom says there are 6 more just like it on her notepad. I better get a bigger notebook!<br />
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<br />Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-77612183304482242132018-08-12T14:38:00.002-07:002018-09-24T03:33:10.767-07:00Bagged it and Stash Report August 12 2018The week before leaving for Seattle I worked on a messenger/walker bag for my daughter. It took me forever because I was designing as I went along. I started with owl fabrics and a piece of blue fabric. My daughter had so many requirements but I manage to get them all into this bag.<br />
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She wanted a bag that could hang on her walker and be a messenger bag when need be. Had to have a flap that could be secured so no one could stick their hand inside zipper area. The main zipper had to open up big. Needed to have inside side pockets for her water bottles, and places for med papers, pen, tablet, headphones, power brick, mini speaker, some meds, and misc girl stuff. An outside zipper for her phone....</div>
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The flap has a angled zipper (she wanted this angle as decorative element) for her phone. I put a small piece of fabric that says love is love as the lining, which I signed. I used those plastic clips that are on school bags to secure the flap and also tiny ones to strap the bag to the walker for easy removal of bag. When the flap is up there is another usable pocket. The main zipper is the kind that opens in both directions.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">On the outside back of the bag is a zipper in black so it is unnoticeable. She didn't see it at all. LOL. On the outside sides there are pockets for drinks and misc stuff. The rings are for the crossbody strap to turn it into a messenger bag. </span></div>
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On the inside of the bag are side pockets for her water bottle and crossbody strap. A blue zipper with a deep pocket. In front of this area I added a shorter row of pockets for small items. The opposite side has deep pocket that is pleated on the bottom to give more room for her tablet and some papers.</div>
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I was still working on this the night before my flight. I like the way it came out and will be making one for myself. She filled it up after hugging it for a long while. It has to weigh over 10 lbs now! I think she like it a lot!</div>
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-90682337335280721992018-08-06T07:57:00.002-07:002018-08-29T21:00:24.783-07:00Good to be homeHi Everyone. It has been four weeks since I have posted anything. I went on vacation to visit my daughter in Seattle Washington. We had a marvelous time. Went up to Mt Rainier and got a good up close look at this beautiful mountain. My husband was in such awe at the beauty of nature in this area of the world, that he could not stop smiling. He did go fishing at Washington Lake a few times. He enjoyed the fishing but the breathtaking view of the mountains and forest was all he talked about. We also went to the Grove of the Patriarchs. Very ancient large trees. I could not make it down the trail with my walker but DH brought back some beautiful pictures.<br />
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I got home and came down with a virus that I have been fighting for 6 days. Not fun, fever, migraines and upset intestines. Needless to say I have done Zero in my sewing room.<br />
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Today I decided that just cleaning up my space may make me feel better, and get me back sewing. Christmas is not that far away and my goal is to make everyone handmade gifts. I have SABLE, do you??? Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy. Even so I purchased flannel fabric while in Seattle. How can you beat 99 cents and 69 cents a yard. So I bought 10 yards. 5 yards for backing and 5 yards for pajama shorts. I also got 4 yards of Tardis/Van Gosh fabric. My daughter wants a quilt from this fabric but I thought I would get enough for a backing for a lap quilt she also wants and kill two birds with one stone.<br />
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This past week I decided to teach my 5 year old granddaughter to make a simple skirt. She did very well. I have the Janome 6600 with the on/off button which made it easy for her to control the sewing. <br />
She is a Fashionista! LOL. I told her to strike a pose. LOL<br />
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-86275387926542702132018-07-16T08:13:00.001-07:002018-07-16T08:13:19.106-07:00VacationHi Everyone.<br />
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Bet you thought I was lost. I am on vacation visiting my daughter in Seattle. It is so beautiful here. Barely humid and most of the days are very pleasant weather wise. Not getting any sewing done.<br />
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Aileen in Seattle for now<br />
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As for sewing I have been working on my daughters messenger/walker bag. It is dragging on. She has so many request for this bag that it requires me to think and think before I put needle to fabric. I will post a picture once I get it sewn. All the components are ready except the straps. I need a cross body strap as well as mini straps to attach it to the walker. The amount of layers is what is holding me up. Every side has 5-7 layers. I will get there, just have to work out the last hurdle.<br /><br />
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Finish the X-Marks the Block quilt and donate it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2018 Total 142 of 169 </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">days</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of days sewn 84%</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">UFO finished for March - 0 I am consistent!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">UFO finished for April - 1 Spool Wall hanging! Woot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">UFO finished for June - 1/2 way. Carpenters Wheel</span></div>
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Aileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653681232138846950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828905268959480454.post-78108302242412899042018-06-24T18:05:00.000-07:002018-06-24T18:05:11.600-07:00Sunday Stash June 24, 2018 Scraps+This week was a rough one. Have I said that before? Probably.<br />
I did put a narrow grey border on the Carpenters Wheel. I still have to decide how big I want that quilt to be. Should it be a wall hanging or bed quilt. I also finished sewing together the blocks on X-marks the blocks and put the first border on. What color would you suggest for the final border?<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">20 crumb blocks finished as well. Crumbs are 5", 6.5", and 8.5". <br />I have 58 so far. These will be for Charity quilts. I will work on these throughout </span><span style="text-align: left;">the year. </span></div>
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Spent the rest of the week trying to figure out how to make my daughter a messenger bag. I have not sewn a stitch. I am having problems with the fabric. The design on the fabric I ordered from Spoonflower was so big that I can't use it for this. It is also to beautiful to cut up in little pieces. I will make a lap quilt with it. I can't show it to you because I don't want her to see it.<br />
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So I ordered more fabric. The fabric I ordered was from Cotton and Steel. Vertical and horizontal rows, black and a thin cream design of owls. The print is off by an full inch. My daughters OCD for all things crooked is epic. It makes her very uncomfortable and she can't stop looking at it. So what to do now. Well I trashed my sewing room trying to find something suitable. I am going to visit her in a couple weeks and want to get this done. It is for her walker. I may settle for something with all over pattern and use the other fabric inside the bag. I dare her to shove her head in there to stare at it! LOL!!!<br />
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I did buy fabric this week. It was 1/2 yards of solids. I didn't have anything bright in the way of solids. Now I do. I have been eyeing all those quilts with bright solids. Sure, I need another project. Don't You!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fabric used this week: 1 yard </span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fabric used to Date: 24 </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">yards</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Net used for 2018: 24 yards</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Net in the red - 40 yards<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">GOAL for Year - 60 yards<br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">UFO finished for April - 1 Spool Wall hanging! Woot</span></div>
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