Old Red Barn Co.

I’m always about a week or two behind on things.  This is no exception!  Old Red Barn Co.  is hosting a sew-along.  You’ll learn how to make a fabulous quilt…all you have to do is follow along.  Like I said before, I’m about a week behind.  I’ve just picked my fabrics.  Here they are:

The best part about the sew-along is that you’ll have a chance to win items throughout as well as a brand new Janome machine.  I think the beautiful quilt is incentive enough…the rest is just icing on the cake!  Maybe, I’ll see you along the way as we venture into making the quilt together.

Sailor Birthday Outfits

Here are the birthday outfits that I talked about awhile back.   I used Chez Ami fabrics and the Oliver and S Sailboat pattern.  For the bottoms I used two different seersuckers, one in blue and one in green.  They are twins, but they need to have their own outfits.  The shirts are a jersey knit.  I’m always scared when sewing knits.  It really isn’t that hard, but since I don’t do it that often it makes me nervous  

This is a very easy pattern.  There were a couple of things that I changed, though.

I did shorten the sleeves.  It is way too hot of long sleeves.  All I did was fold the sleeve pattern piece to where I wanted it.  To hem, I serged around the sleeve opening and turned up 1/2″.  Then, I topstitched it in place. 

Oliver and S patterns aren’t very serger friendly.  I really love my serger so I just have to use it.  It makes putting the pants together go  a little differently than the instructions, but I think the seams will hold up longer.  This is really important in kids’ clothing.

Like I said, the pattern is easy, and I like it for the most part.  I just wish that it was more serger friendly.  It should have included various sleeve lengths as well.  Sailor outfits scream spring and summer, so it should have had short sleeve variations. I think the boys’ and their mom will be pleased.

It is a good thing they wear the same size as Sid so that we could get modeled shots

Attention Button Swappers!!!

I sent out all of the button swap partner emails yesterday.  You should  have received yours.  If you signed up, and have not received your email let me know.  I sent the email out with your information and your partners.  That way if there is a problem with the information, you can adjust it between yourselves.  I sent these emails to the email address that you provided in your sign up and not necessarily the one that you sent the sign-up with, so make sure you check that email address. 

We had an even number of swappers.  That sadly means that Wondermommy did not get a partner.  The good news is that one of you, selected randomly, will receive buttons from Wondermommy also!  You will be getting two packages in the mail!!!

One last piece of information.  Our deadline for sending out packages has been changed to June 12, 2009.  I was late getting your partner details out, so I decided to extend this deadline.  Make sure you send out your buttons promptly!

Here’s a list of our swappers (in no certain order):

Natasha L.

Tonya S.

Karen M.

Stephanie R.

Wendey M.

Julie S.

Kess H.

Michele W.

Allison C.

Peggy E.

Laurie L.

Gretchen B.

EM R.

Christina H.

Susan G.

Tammy R.

Sara D.

Sara G.

Dione R.

Sylvie

Jo S.

Casey D.

Viv W.

Donna M.

Make sure you all visit these ladies sites;  they are wonderful!  Thanks to all of you for joining our first swap!

Gymnastics Graduation

Baby girl graduated from her semester of gymnastics at the Little Gym on Friday.  Papa and Maw Maw came to watch her.  She did great,although, she would have rather been sitting with Papa!  They gave them all medals and let them perform.  If you haven’t tried the Little Gym, I highly recommend them.  They are great with kids and provide a nurturing environment for learning.  They also have summer camps and Parents’ Survival Nights (these are my faves).  Here are a few scenes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School’s Out for Summer

I’m a part of the Sewing Mamas Etsy team.  Today starts our School’s Out for Summer event!  You don’t want to miss all of the fun summertime items.  Simply, go to etsy and search for “sewingmamas team”.  All of our listings will be available.  You can also see update on the team blog:  http://etsysewingmamas.blogspot.com/ .  There are a lot of talented ladies in this group, so I’m sure there are going to be a lot of great items. 

My first item in this event is a custom head scarf.  You choose the fabrics, and I create it for you.  I’m going to try to add a couple more listing through the week so stay tuned.  Here’s the link for my item:  http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25449324 .