Monday, November 13, 2006
I am MOVING...
Its been sweel but I have started changing my blog...
It is organized a little differently...
Please update your linkypoos...
www.continuethespiral.blogspot.com
thats my new home..
It is organized a little differently...
Please update your linkypoos...
www.continuethespiral.blogspot.com
thats my new home..
Friday, November 03, 2006
SEW MUCH SEWING!!!
i havent been doing enough knitting.. i feel bad.. i feel like i am cheating on it... hahaha.. but sewing is addictive.. especially when you are surrounded by fun fabric ALL DAY!!! hehehe... good times... i have started another pair of mittens out of the Patons SWS... good stuff... anyways.. check out the new pouch its mega fun.
TAAADAAAA! i finnally made a zipper pouch.. i have been wanting to make one for quite a while.. i saw the idea on craftsters (of course) but theres was all zippers both sides...i chose for a one sided lined pouch.. hope you like... i do!!!! (now what the heck am i going to do with it... maybe i can sell it too... hmmmm)
TAAADAAAA! i finnally made a zipper pouch.. i have been wanting to make one for quite a while.. i saw the idea on craftsters (of course) but theres was all zippers both sides...i chose for a one sided lined pouch.. hope you like... i do!!!! (now what the heck am i going to do with it... maybe i can sell it too... hmmmm)
this is a craptastic pic of the lining... i think its satin... its really thin though... hmm oh well its just lining... thats what it does...
this the back of the pouch... just black satin i got in the remnant bin at work...
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Well, now that my partner recieved i can post pics of the bag i made for her... Inspired by Tool... it is made out of black corduroy, and cotton lining... it had really thick interfacing in it to make it very sturdy... she says she really likes it alot.. which is super awesome... i really enjoyed making it.. and i didnt want to give it away!!!
this pic is either the front or the back you can show whichever side you want to... (other side of bag pics are below)
hope you like it as much as i do...
this pic is either the front or the back you can show whichever side you want to... (other side of bag pics are below)hope you like it as much as i do...
for the strap i made a black wider strap with the corduroy and then sewd on white webbing stuff for a nice contrast...
i drew the tool wrench on by hand and then over the course of a few night i hand embroidered it on with grey embroidery floss... i think it turned out pretty dern good.
a close up of the embroidery... i wanted it too look broken and "distressed" like the original logo...
this is the inside of the bag... the one side has long pocket sewn up so theres a few smaller ones
in in... and on the other side is a miniture pocket with elastic in it so she can put her cellphone in it. and then a smaller pocket beside it.
in in... and on the other side is a miniture pocket with elastic in it so she can put her cellphone in it. and then a smaller pocket beside it.
this is a close up of the music not fabric i used as lining... i got this fabric in montana...
this is a whole shot of the back/front of the bag... i sewd a vinyl pocket onto it so you could interchage the pics that you want to display...
this is the pic that was in the vinyl pocket when i sent it to here...
heres some of the alternate pics i put in the vinyl pocket...
this is the front of the buggy bag.... i loooooooooooooooooove it.
oooooh a velcro pocket on the back side of the bag..... loverly.
a close up of the little ladybugs coming out of the pocket... so cute!
the bag in mid air... i think it needs something to close it.. maybe some snaps...
i sewd some leg warmers... yes out of the tiger fleece... i bought 2 meters of it. its going a long ways.. i also made some little slippers on tuesday (they are craptastic and took about 5 mins to make no patter just random cutting and sewing....) Wednesday, November 01, 2006
this was the fabric to the left (behind the door when it opens) it looks really cool hanging on the wall...im thinking i might just hang it up for a bit because it looks so fun....
when you walked in the door you first saw the fabric with the skulls and roses and then the black spiralling skull fabric was to the right with a black light on it...
this is glow in the dark fabric which i had hanging from my door.. it looked really cool...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
this is how i greated the (5) kids that came to my door.... they all really liked my entrance way thought which is cool....
this is all the candy i had for kids tonite... and its all still freakin here... why no trick or treaters!!!!
while i stayed in tonite to waite for trick or treaters (which by the way, only 5 kids came... what the hell?) i made a bag... its tiger fleece i got at staff appreciation day... perty!!!! i think i might try and sell it at records to the rafters... or keep it.. dont know yet....
this is the inside of the bag.. it has 2 pockets... 1 has a velcro closure and is alittle deeper and the other is shallower and no velcro....
heres one of the inside pockets this one has velcro to keep it closed..
heres a close up of the strap... good ole zig zags makin it perty...
this is the NEW TOOL bag i got in the mail today.. my partner did a wonderful job on it....more details tomorrow... i just worked 16 hours and im effin exhausted....
Monday, October 30, 2006
check out our swap!
seriously guys!! check out whats going on over at craftsters.... our tool swap is finishing up and the LOOT ROCKS!!!!! http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=128072.0
check it out its awesome...
check it out its awesome...
Sunday, October 29, 2006
fabricland staff appreciation night....
Heres the loot (well almost all of it) i spent an assload of money (ok not that bad) but i got some amazing stuff... and i am usually too busy every day to shop this was good we had the whole store to our selves... and the food was yummy too.. i wish i had leftovers....
so we have the music note fabric, the glow inthe dark fabric and on the left is red satin with black spiderwebs on it and then on the bottom and bottom right theres my old man fabric... orange and brown is so lovely together...
here we have some tshirt knit material with ROBOTS on it.... and near the bottom is some beautiful blue satin with lace ribbons running down it... soooo gorgeous...
ok, top left corner we have tiger print fleece, dinasour flanell, blue and green flame fleece, some glow in the dark eyes on black fabric flannel, some black with white music note cotton, and some cotton with photos of various creepy crawlies on it... 
The MISSMATCHYMATCHY MITTYS are done!!!! they are on a free serving tray i got at fabricland yesturday... FREE... sweeeeet.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
me and leslie went to out lys the other day and i picked up some wool... this wool to be exact.. its soft and very bright.... me likey... its going to be a new pair of mitts for moi! see the first mitty below!
this is my new mitten.... yes i realize that i knit an extra row in the purple... i was distracted.... oh well its now a design feature.... deal with it... they are just for me anyways.... the right mitt is going to be a green cuff with an extra line of green... mismatchymatchy i call it.
i cannot remember what people suggested to get rid of the jog when changing colors.... this is the crappy inside... ok i dont mind that it looks like this, its the inside... and this photo makes it look worse then it does in real life.
this is the top o the mitt where i kitchener stitched er up... another one loves me!
Lani over at.... http://lanaknits.blogspot.com/index.html pointed me to... http://pixelleuniverse.blogspot.com/ this lovely lady is making my mittens too!!! isnt that wonderful... these ladies should send me pics and i will post a mini gallery for completed mittys!!! hahah how much fun is this! im so glad the pattern is working out... its scary writing them.. hoping nothing goes wrong...
keep on truckin ya'll
keep on truckin ya'll
Friday, October 27, 2006
some one loves me!
SOME ONES KNITTING MY PATTERN!!! and that someone is DAWN over here----> http://wildyarn.blogspot.com/
go check out the lovely mitten!
go check out the lovely mitten!
Thursday, October 26, 2006
heres a less scarey picture of me with the new lining... at fabricland they have dinosaur flanellette but i didnt wan to buy more fabric for this... use what you got right...just waite until saturday.... then there will be some fabric buying.... its STAFF APPRECIATION DAY.. they buy us food. we eat... then we shop... just the staff... it will be grand..
there we go... i got the lining in!!!! do you love it?!?!?!?!! i do.
well i couldnt waite till morning to fix the front.... i ripped off the mario patch (too white right by my face, it was irritating) and i found the lining that was in the hood... a perfect color match and size too! so i sewed that on to cover up the ugly phrase on front... then i cut out RAWR in black felt and i sewed it on over that.... SO?!?!?!?!? what do you think of the front?!?! i would have liked it to have been less giant but the stupid ugly patch was huge and i had to cover it.... oh well... at least people will be able to see the scary dinosaur coming miles away!!
heres a close up of the spikes on top of my head... see how they just fit nicely into the seam...
i had to lighten this picture alot.... heres a side shot of the spikes
im a freakin dinosaur!!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWR!
this is what i had in mind...
the front still needs work and i still need to line the hood.. and i think i want to make mitt/claw things for the hands... who knows...
anyways... just wanted to share.
this is what i had in mind...
the front still needs work and i still need to line the hood.. and i think i want to make mitt/claw things for the hands... who knows...
anyways... just wanted to share.
to start we have a wicked green hoodie that is super soft and was like 1 buck 99!!!! unfortunately its got a really ugly saying on the front which i quite large and will be a challenge to find something to cover it... but well see what i can do....
i have traced the hood pattern onto my lining fabric... yep crazy monkeys.. i have yet to sew it in though.. i am waiting until its sewn up...
you gotta cut out your spike templates... i didnt make mine big enough, forgot about seam allowance... duh.. rookie mistake... oh well i like the size of the final spikes.. alittle smaller but im good with that.
