Kitties love mistakes...

I was trying to make a little stuffed bird to go along with the dresses for Sofi (the package mails tomorrow...) but I wasn't satisfied with the end result. So instead I added a little catnip and now it's Malcolm's favorite thing ever (next to lettuce, head butts and salt & vinegar potato chips)!!
Emma also wanted in on the action for about 5 seconds, but gave up trying when she realized it wasn't going to be easy to get it away from Malcolm.

Polka-Dot dress revisited

It's definitely getting easier to make dresses from this pattern, so hopefully soon I can start making my own alterations and really making them mine...

Polka-Dot Dress

My skills are improving!
I finished my second dress for Sofi (or first "real" dress, depending on how you look at it...), and I have to admit it's actually pretty decent. There are still a few things I need to resolve, like learning how to properly sew corners, but for the most part I think I've mastered this dress pattern!!!

A Father's Day tie that's quickly becomming a Christmas tie....

So I thought making a tie would be a fairly simple thing to do, but it turns out it requires a whole set of skills I don't possess... one being patience, the other being able to sew a "slip stitch". I've gotten as far as I can go and so now I just stare at it, hoping if I wish hard enough it will just sew itself. And considering that its already July and well past Father's Day, I've decided this should just be a Christmas present, which I will send along with the Father's Day card that's still sitting on my desk.


I will make no comment about the fact that this is a Florida Gator's tie, except to say that perhaps all the problems really stem from the Gators sucking so hard.
Go Canes!!



UPDATE:
This did not manage to be a Christmas tie either... maybe it will be a Father's Day 2010 tie!! I also like to think my NOT finishing this tie in 2009 helped the Gators NOT go to the National Championship again. Whatever it takes!!:)

Quick Quilt that isn't so quick... part 2

I guess technically I'm about half way done with this "quick quilt", and hopefully I'll be finished with it before the weekend is over.
Basically its just two yards of two different colored fabrics sewn together with zig-zag lines using various colored thread. Pretty simple really, its just sewing all the lines takes a lot longer than expected (at least at my skill level). Plus, I get sidetracked by the 18 other sewing projects I'm in the middle of so nothing ever gets my full attention... the joys of sewing A.D.D.