We took a little shopping trip to Hobby Lobby Saturday, and found our primary fabrics, rick rack, buttons, and thread for making our aprons. Amy Beth couldn’t decide which fabric she wanted to use for the main apron, so she went ahead and got two (and maybe she’ll end up making two aprons, who knows?).… Continue reading Apron supplies shopping trip
Category: Sewing
General sewing
The next sewing project
Simplicity 2980 Apron (View A) has been chosen as our next sewing project. I’ve been talking with my friend, Amy Beth, about sewing off and on over the past several weeks, and she mentioned wanting to make an apron. My mom actually had a couple of patterns that she had purchased some time ago, and… Continue reading The next sewing project
Matching face masks
I decided to go ahead and make some more face masks for myself to wear with my new skirts. I’ve really only been using the same one (with ear loops instead of ties) I made previously, and it doesn’t always coordinate with the colors I’m wearing to church. I currently volunteer to help greet people… Continue reading Matching face masks
First of July Quilting
Yes, the Butterflies quilt is finished, and my dear friend Sallie is its new owner. I love the quilting on it, it’s such a happy, summertime quilt. I took off most of the week around the Independence Day holiday, and when my husband and I weren’t watching old favorite movies (Knight and Day, The Long… Continue reading First of July Quilting
9 skirts finished!
I only needed to do a few more things to finish my skirts. First up, top-stitch the waistband. I set my stitch length a little longer, and stitched about 3/16″ from the seam. I also made sure not to stitch beyond the seam where I attached the zipper. If you do, you’re not going to… Continue reading 9 skirts finished!