Seam 2 Rip

Susie recently moved to an apartment. She has a fouton in need of a fitted sheet. She asked me if I would try to make one. Well, her knowing me as well as she does, knew I would take the challenge.  I already had a fitted sheet that was close to the dimensions, and the corners cut. I went with it.  😉

I think it looks pretty good. She is pleased!

I recently made a baby blanket, which was a “quilt” of sorts. I am not a quilter, but I  have been playing  with the process. I decided to give it another shot.  I tore all the pieces, machine stitched them, and hand stitched the border. I used batting this time. I tied the corners with embroidery floss. I didn’t want to hand quilt the whole blanket. More hand sewing than I like to do.  I realized that batting hides a lot of imperfections. I like that.  Still a learning process.  I don’t know if this will be a regular thing for me, but it has been interesting.

Courtney is due April 23rd. She could give birth any day. Here’s a few things I put together for mister Nico.

Recently I made shirts for my nephew Christopher. He was kind enough to send pictures of him modeling them, including the prototype. A total of 4 shirts.  He looks very nice in them, if I may say so.     : )

Natalie has a memory foam neck pillow that she wanted to be used in a hoodie travel pillow. I found a woman’s, X-large, black hoodie at Thrift Town for a bargain price of a $1.99. ( My price.)

She requested I put in a zipper. Which I did and is a good idea due to the fact that memory foam in so dense. A little tricky to get it into any kind of cover.  And, helpful when you want to wash the hoodie.

It turned out pretty good. Nat is happy. Mission accomplished!

My nephew Christopher was in the Peace Corps., and spent time in Africa.  While in Africa he purchased some brightly colored fabric, and wanted shirts made.  I agreed and made 2 protoypes.  When the fit, and sleeves were just as he wanted, I got busy and created these 3 shirts.  They turned out really nice, and fit like a glove.

I learn something every time I make something for someone. I now have a much better skill set for collars and sleeves. Both gave me trouble, but now, not so much.

Peter has KP duty 3 times a week. He is in need of an apron.  He is 6 foot 8 inches tall. Yes, he needs a custom apron. No problem.  A yard of denim, bias tape, and some twill tape. I am good to go!   I hope he likes it. : )

I know this looks really long, but the manny is only 5 feet tall.

Every year at Christmas, I house sit for Steve and Dale. I live in their lovely home and take care of their adorable beagle, Olive.  I noticed they do not have oven mitts.  Dale does lots of cooking and baking, so I figured, why not. Make some mitts for these guys.

I found some very nice gray cotton prints. Perfect!

I have been thinking about new curtains for the kitchen for some time. At one point, I had fabric lined up, but it ended up in my guest room.  Recently, I put a set of sheets aside to use in some sort of sewing project. No real plan. Well, the other day I was thinking more about the kitchen curtain idea, and tada!  The sheets came to mind. They are perfect. Stripes, cotton mix and colors that go with everything. One queen size flat sheet made curtains and valances for the whole kitchen.  I am very pleased!

Emily and Dan are the proud parents of a bouncy baby girl!  Miriam. I have not yet met her, but I have made a couple of outfits for her.  They are a little big for her right now, but when she is ready, they will be ready.