I would sew wear this to a tea party, I sewwear

This is my favorite dress sew far I think.

These are ruffles. I am grateful I had a dressform to take this picture..

One strap. sew scandalous

I'm gonna try to sell it on the family Etsy. (Photography by Daniel Lam. He's gonna get discovered via my blog. And I model some knitted socks featured in our shop. yeahhhh this is going to be our big break)

And if my dress doesn't sell, I will keep it for myself and pretend to not be sad that nobody wants it.

Everybody wins. Or else I alone will win.

I think I am updating a lot now because I don't know how much I'll be able to sew when I get back. I'm like 99% sure the dressform won't fit in the triple, and I don't know if there will be time to build any big projects for fun.

Saaaad.

But quite happy that this break has been going really well (minus wisdom teeth consultation tomorrow at most inconvenient time ever) and I am now very well rested, wrapped up in my favorite fuzzy, and enjoying time at home with family!

hoodies for everyone that is related to me.

tall.

the cousin sweatshirts silkscreened and embroidered after waiting in a cardboard box for four years.

Dad: "Wow, that's a cool character. What does it mean?"

"I think it's your last name."

sew late for a Christmas update

Actually, I gotta update again after we celebrate Christmas with my dad's side of the family tomorrow.

But here's what I have pics for so far:

Pencil bags with pretty silk remnants from my mom and checkered lining from the extra flannel that I always buy too much of. (See my tutorial)

Hair clip/bobby pin clothesline.

A new friend for my pincushion--a real dressform! Now the only problem will be finding a place in my dorm to fit her. I hope that this means clothes-making will be easier and less messy.

A purple shirt that I finished for Sarah, just a day late!

This break (so far) has been filled with a lot of hanging out with family, sleeping in, meeting up with old friends from high school and new friends from college, knowing that there is an abundance of home cooked food in the fridge, showering without flip flops on, painting my nails lavender, and tons of relaxing. Also, tons of space! I spread out sewing stuff upstairs and it's very nice. There's room everywhere for everything! I love home.

By the way, these pictures are large. Are they too much? They feel like they're a little much. But I love big pictures.

And my siblings and I have decided to start a collaborative etsy for us to sell knitted, sewn, and paper crafted goods!

Another update to come soon :)

And I guess college has made me girlier or something. I used to be very against smileys, because they are a little cutesy for my taste. But now they aite.

All I want for Christmas is a machine that will turn pandas into gnomes.

like urban renewal, but not. urban renewally.

In the costume shop, we get to bring in random clothes that don't fit us anymore. or that are too ugly or boring or whatever to wear. We take them apart and transform them into beautiful things. I thought this would be a really good idea for a non-profit, or just a clothing line. but then Sarah told me that Urban Renewal already does this. Oh poo.

For my first project, I used:

- the bottom of my grey t-shirt from dodgeball tournament (we got slaughtered don't ask)

- one of brother's plain black t-shirts

braided strips of grey t-shirt + pleated black t-shirt (minus sleeves and neck) =

Because I have a sewing machine snuggly stationed on a corner of my desk, and because the only fabric I have to sew with (at least for this semester) will be from clothes I don't want to wear anymore, I will probably do a lot more of this stuff.

I promised myself I would start working at 11:30, so this blog post will have to do for now.

Oh but I have to add somewhere here that yesterday I woke up at 2:30 and missed all my classes and now I'm so traumatized I'm pretty sure I will not miss another class ever. Or at least for the rest of the semester. Okay 11:30. Good bye blogging world I will be back soon!

this day was sew productive

Today I spent fifteen minutes just sitting at my desk, wondering if I had enough room for my sewing machine in my cozy corner of the triple that I live in.

I decided I did.

Stay tuned for more interesting updates that actually have to do with sewing!

I think this is my new favorite website.

That is correct. You can make fonts! It's really fun and so I'm going to make like 10 more fonts that don't look like they were created by a five year old girl. I'm going to make sophisticated, womanly fonts. And then I will update this blog again.

fontcapture.com

GO!