Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Monday, 21 January 2008
Crochet Rolls
These are crochet rolls. One is for my Grandmother and the other is for Sue, one of my EB knitting buddies.
I started off using this tutorial but change alot as I didn't have any bias binding. They were really easy to make and, I think, ended up really cute.
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Sewing in November
I have been sewing alot lately, trying to get used to using my overlocker. These are a few of my recent projects:
Appliqued T-Shirts
These are just bonds t-shirts that have been appliqued with bits of the Timeless Treasures fabric I got from the US.
Reversible Pinnafore:
This will be the first of may hopefully as I get mre familiar with sewing from a pattern. Mum did alot of work on this as I needed to 'see' how to sew around curves before trying it out. All this is left to do now is the buttons once I can get bubs to try it on properly.
Front- pattern side ____________ Back -pattern side
Front - pink side ______________Back - pink side
Appliqued T-Shirts
These are just bonds t-shirts that have been appliqued with bits of the Timeless Treasures fabric I got from the US.
Reversible Pinnafore:
This will be the first of may hopefully as I get mre familiar with sewing from a pattern. Mum did alot of work on this as I needed to 'see' how to sew around curves before trying it out. All this is left to do now is the buttons once I can get bubs to try it on properly.
Front- pattern side ____________ Back -pattern side
Front - pink side ______________Back - pink side
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Needle Roll
Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):
Needle Roll
I had some fun making this needle roll today after getting my last order of Addis in the mail.
I used the instructions from this website I found http://lupinbunny.blogspot.com/2007/02/needle-roll-tutorial.html and I made only a few minor adjustments.
If anyone is thinking of making one of these I would suggest counting how many of each type of needle you have before sewing the pockets on though. I was too eager to finish as my preggy belly and back were getting very sore from sitting.
If I had a do-over, these are the things I would do differently:
- 30cm Addi circs would fit better in a 3" pocket than a 2" one like I used.
- I would also make the bottom two pockets 1" longer and possible even put another pocket row in, as I don't have many really long needles.
Needle Roll
I had some fun making this needle roll today after getting my last order of Addis in the mail.
I used the instructions from this website I found http://lupinbunny.blogspot.com/2007/02/needle-roll-tutorial.html and I made only a few minor adjustments.
If anyone is thinking of making one of these I would suggest counting how many of each type of needle you have before sewing the pockets on though. I was too eager to finish as my preggy belly and back were getting very sore from sitting.
If I had a do-over, these are the things I would do differently:
- 30cm Addi circs would fit better in a 3" pocket than a 2" one like I used.
- I would also make the bottom two pockets 1" longer and possible even put another pocket row in, as I don't have many really long needles.
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Sewing Update
I got stuck on my Curly purly waistbands and had to find another project so I have been sewing up a storm the last few days.
For others:
I made an 'intro to cloth set' for a friends baby shower today. I made 6 NB/S prefolds, 4 were Flanelette (2,6,2), and 2 were flanelette & terry (2 pieces of flanelette with a soaker made of 2 pieces of terry inside). I also made her 2 flanelette/terry wipes (25x25) to match and gave her a Bummis NB cover plus some other new BB wipes I had bought. They turned out pretty well, but I forgot to take a photo unfortunately.
For me :
I had previously made 2 boosters out of my bamboo fleece plus 2 bamboo fold-ups (all 2 thick, fleece side out). These turned out with a very stretched edge and I was quite dissapointed at the time. I have since given these another hot wash and dry and they seem to be less stretched out now. This has given me more confidence sewing with stretchy material and I am nearly ready to start working with the bamboo again. I thought I might try making some prefolds next week using my new bamboo terry.
I have also been making some prefolds and wipes for bub with flanelette and terry. So far I have made prefolds, 4 Flanelette/terry and 4 flanelette (all with 2x terry soaker pads inside). The wipes have all been flanelette (2 thick) so far (6 in total), but I am going to try some more flanelette/terry soon though.
For others:
I made an 'intro to cloth set' for a friends baby shower today. I made 6 NB/S prefolds, 4 were Flanelette (2,6,2), and 2 were flanelette & terry (2 pieces of flanelette with a soaker made of 2 pieces of terry inside). I also made her 2 flanelette/terry wipes (25x25) to match and gave her a Bummis NB cover plus some other new BB wipes I had bought. They turned out pretty well, but I forgot to take a photo unfortunately.
For me :
I had previously made 2 boosters out of my bamboo fleece plus 2 bamboo fold-ups (all 2 thick, fleece side out). These turned out with a very stretched edge and I was quite dissapointed at the time. I have since given these another hot wash and dry and they seem to be less stretched out now. This has given me more confidence sewing with stretchy material and I am nearly ready to start working with the bamboo again. I thought I might try making some prefolds next week using my new bamboo terry.
I have also been making some prefolds and wipes for bub with flanelette and terry. So far I have made prefolds, 4 Flanelette/terry and 4 flanelette (all with 2x terry soaker pads inside). The wipes have all been flanelette (2 thick) so far (6 in total), but I am going to try some more flanelette/terry soon though.
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