Sewing Sunday

Newest sewing project...

New raincoat!

Stoli doesn't like to go out when it rains so today while out shopping for birthday cookies for Spike (his 11th is this Saturday! He'd like Target gift cards please), I picked up this rain coat for Stoli...Doesn't he look spiffy in his new coat??!?....and yes, that is the new bed I made (first photo).....has an attached blanket since Stoli likes to be under covers...

Amanda's 30th birthday quilt

Sew...what have I been up to....

Stoli being silly... Pillows I made to 'match' my quilt...

Quilt I made for me...

Spike and Stoli...how stinkin' cute!

Quilt for T...

Dog bed

Here is a dog bed I made - from a remnant of fleece that cost $5.16, extra from another remnant costing $3 and a down comforter I had no longer in use! It is roughly 28" x 42" - dog beds of this size usually sell for $50-$70!

WOW.

I know what you're thinking...where have I been and what the hell is that in the picture below?!

Is it bigger than a bread box? no! Well...I've been reading that Twilight series. and sewing. and cleaning. and doing nothing. NOTHING. since I am finished with school. I'm waiting, actually, waiting for my dang diploma to come in the mail to make the whole $25, 000/2 year experience worth it!! And the above is a messenger bag I'm working on. It looks square-ish because I did have a lunchbox inside of it so it would stand up straight so I could attach the flap straight. I don't like the flap, I'm going to redo it. And I still also have to attach the strap. Its decent though. 2 little pockets on the front and one on the side. Martha Stewart...watch out!

Success!

I believe I have successful sewn objects worthy of gift giving!!
I'm calling this my "Fall 2010 Baby Collection"... :)

Here is the first set - a small blanket (around 26"x36"), a bigger one (42"x48") - I really should measure them, and 2 bibs.

The 2nd set - one big blanket (42"x48") and a bib.

Just the green bib...the backing is the tye dye material in the pic following...

...the blanket...I liked the addition of the polkadotted material...

The big blanket from the first...

and the 2 bibs...one is smaller than the other, and this pic shows both sides of each...

and the smaller blanket, the first one I actually made...then I realized "wow. thats small!"... but then I was thinking in a stroller or car seat it would be great, why would you want all that 'extra blanket' when you could have a compact one!

My first quilt...FAIL.

Never use cheap materials.
When I bought the material for my first baby quilt, I was thinking 'cheap'. It would be a test, trial and error, certainly there would be many errors along the way. Well, it came out pretty OK. Not the greatest quilt, a crooked stitch here, one or two more there, the blocks didn't alway line up, but otherwise, it looked pretty good. I decided to wash it...and now lets say the dogs have a new quilt! :}

It separated in placed from the binding around the quilt and even some of the seams in between the blocks ripped. I'm contributing it all to cheap materials, which there were. So, I let it dry and then I sewed it just to have it be in one solid piece again - which means there are now stitches where there shouldn't be, but its together, and Spike and Stoli can decide who gets to lay on it.

Today's lesson: buy good materials.

:)

My first quilt

Not the greatest pic since it's from my phone, but here it is, my first every baby quilt sewed by me! It won't win any prizes but it's not too shabby for just learning how to sew!

Tote bag

I did successfully sew a tote bag! It is almost darn near perfect too, I 'd say! It's for A. I gave it to her today. She seemed happy.

The front is one pattern, the back and handles are another , and the lining is another as well. It's cute. And not bad for the 2nd one I've ever made. I even made rounded bottom corners! Go me!