Success!

Yesterday I mentioned that I couldn't find a twins shirt so I'm making my own. Below is the steps I took and results I got! I'm calling it a success!

The tshirt before! Less than $2.50 at Old Navy.

With the paper template on, making sure the size was right.

Used the red fabric left overs from my Halloween costume and the double sided interfacing for the M.

Reversing the paper template (and attaching with some scrapbooking adhesive...made it easy to cut around instead of having to trace).

Ironing on my M! Like the onion towel? Those were a past project. Still love my funny little veggie towels.

And Done!!!! Can't wait to cheer on the Twins tonight. Let's take those damn Yanks!

I've been bitten...

...by the sewing bug. Now that I've done my costume, I just want to sew sew sew. I know this is a phase, but I'm guessing that it will continue for at least a few weeks.

So now I'm working on a dress and a twins T-Shirt.

First - The dress. I'm using McCall pattern 5925. I'm making D, which is the yellow one in the picture below. I found some great Grey corduroy which almost has a little purple tint to it at the best most amazing fabric store I've ever stepped foot in (Mill End Textiles). My progress thus far - I have cut everything out except the interfacing (that's tonight's project) and done the first 14 steps of the pattern (which sounds like a lot, but some of those were specific to the other dress types). Tonight I want to cut out the aforementioned interfacing and get through some more of those crazy steps. I would LOVE to have it finished by Friday to wear out to dinner. We're hitting up Fogo de Chao as part of restaurant week. So excited!

Next up: Twins T-Shirt. I got tickets for Thursday night's playoff games against those damn Yankees! Woohoo! I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I heart any sporting event live and it's my first game in target field and I'm told they are good seats, so I'm pumped. I have a twins shirt from 2003 so I figure it's time to replace it. I searched high and low last night (well, a few stores but zero luck...thanks to all those ppl with great ideas today...file them under things I wish I knew yesterday). I didn't find anything. But I did find a baseball style t at Old Navy on clearance for $3.99 and it was 40% off and I got an extra 10% off because it was Tuesday and I'm awesome so it was like $2.15. The sleeves are blue, the rest is white so I'm going to try to make my own twins shirt. It will either be epically awesome or an epic fail. I'm really ok with either because I already have the rest of the materials. If it's awesome I'll post pics. If it's a fail, I still might post pics. Depends on how epic of a failure. Check back tomorrow for an update!

DONE!!!

I finished my Halloween Costume!! I am so excited! I even found the red tights that I need to go with it. All I need now is for Halloween to come so I can show it off! I don't have a pic of me wearing it (although after it was done I did have it on for an amount of time that is probably considered inappropriate) and won't until Halloween, but here is what it looks like on the dress form! I will try to remember to post a pic after Halloween, maybe with the whole cast of characters. With all of our super heroes on the streets of Minneapolis this Halloween, I have a feeling that the Minne will be a safer place...if only for one night.

Finally working on something!!!!

Okay kids...it's been a while. What can I say...sometimes my projects take a backseat to life. I don't mind. I did do a few things that either didn't photograph well (the framed map on my dining room wall) and a few other things that I just didn't document (hanging the curtains in my bedroom to create more closet space).

Well, now I'm onto a really important project. My Halloween costume. The crew is doing a superhero theme. It's not easy to find a female super hero costume that isn't...what shall we say...very revealing. I've settled on Miss America...super heroine from the 40s. See picture below.

Here's my progress. The dress is sewn, although not hemmed yet. The cape is finished on the edges, but I still need to tack it in. The belt is not made, but I will be doing that this weekend. The emblems and hair piece are not done, but that will be shortly. I'm getting close! Pictures to follow when I'm done!

Travel Bug

I had a week off. A whole week! Sure, it was filled with family and friends and travel but I also had just enough downtime (and some help from my Dad and Hobby Lobby) and I actually finished a project. Summer has been bad for my creativity and time to do any type of projects, so I was pretty excited to get my hands dirty again.

This project was inspired HEAVILY from this DIY idea on Design Sponge.


This was a fairly easy project, although cutting the cork was a trail and error experience due to the fact that if you don't have the correct knife you're in trouble! I doubled my cork because it was pretty thin. I also added Alaska and Hawaii. Now I want to make a similar map for the other continents! I'll have to con my dad into making me some more boards!

The only thing I have left to do is make my pins!

(Don't mind the messy desk...that area is always in a constant state of chaos.)

One thing to point out...the blue in these pictures looks MUCH brighter than the final project. I haven't figured out how to change my settings to make it a bit more realistic!

Nothing is getting done...

Frowny face. I'm just not getting to any projects. I'm not neglecting my blog, I just can't post what doesn't get done.

Hopefully this changes soon and I get a few projects off my list!!

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What's that you say? A new Project? Yes sir!

I finally got a project done! I know, amazing isn't it?! I'm particularly shocked since I had guests in town this weekend, which usually means getting nothing done on a Sunday since I'm recovering. Today I got an idea and I had to finish it up. It was good to get back on the sewing machine, even though a certain roommate of mine (*cough* Morgan *cough*) likes to sit directly behind the sewing machine and lean against it which makes doing sewing with any big pieces almost impossible.
My friend Jenny and I have started our own little walking club. Since I live right next to Lake of the Isles, we have been walking from my place, around the lake (sometimes with a side trip to Lunds for a salad and some add'l chit chat) and then back. When it's a little chillier out, a sweatshirt is great because not only does it provide some warmth, but the pockets house my check card, id, cell phone, keys and other necessary biz. But now that the weather we Minnesotans wait for all year is finally upon us, the sweatshirt will soon be too much. So I took matters into my own hands and made something to solve my problem. IT IS NOT A FANNY PACK! It is a convertible purse. Ok, whatever, it's a fanny pack. But it's an updated version that I can wear when Jenny and I walk and talk and house all those things I have to have and not worry about a strap around my neck or back pack or other mode of transportation for my most important stuff.
I made this bag out of duck cloth and lined it with a fat quarter I bought forever ago. There is a magnetic snap to close the bag and D rings to make it an adjustable band for the waist. If these walks pay off, it may need to be shortened!! I did model this below...and please note that I loathed every minute of taking the picture, but I wanted to give the full effect!! Too bad you can't read the shirt. It says "without me the YWCA would just be aweso." It's true.
Can't wait for my next walk to try the new bag out!