Archive for 2007 May

More sewing and a little contest

Yesterday I made the apron I’d been planning to make, and it only took me a hour! The first one I made took twice as long. I guess I’m getting the hang of this sewing thing… Here are some flickr pictures for your viewing pleasure. I had enough fabric left to make a tote bag, [...]

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New claythings

I spent some time last night with my snazzy new Amy Butler fabric and mixed some clay colors to coordinate with it. Then this morning I made a few canes (Triangles and Stripes) with the new colors. From the canes I made myself buttons for the impending apron or tote bag. The thing is, I [...]

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My new apron

I was originally going to post this in The Craft Room at The Polka Dot Cottage, but it was being all wonky and messing up my html. So to Livejournal I go! I did it – I made my first project. I had initially bought some great Amy Butler fabric, but I decided that using [...]

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I did it!

All of my crafty junk has either been junked or put away and now all that remains are clarkesworld‘s books. I even cleared out a nice little space in the basement for clarkesworld to put some of them. Now, excuse me while I go rip into my new sewing machine box! Lisa

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Progress

I spent some more time in the dining room last night after flipping through my new sewing books. Here’s the latest progress:

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