#*&!%$! Finished or Sewing Projects 6 & 7
After 3 months, much frustration, a sewing machine replacement and 47 miles of thread, I have finally finished sewing projects 6 & 7.
Project 6: The Sewing Machine Cozy
It's amazing I haven't quit sewing after this. For this project I had to use a Teflon foot with vinyl, and let me tell you my new-to-me sewing machine was not a fan. Said machine is now chilling at Goodwill, and I have Liz's much more competent Kenmore. This is the second pattern I made from Diana Rupp's Sew Everything Workshop In addition to new material (vinyl!) & the foot, I got to use bias tape. Now that I understand how it works, I think it's great.
I don't love this cozy, but I can't begin to express how excited I am that's it finished. It will sit lovingly on a sewing machine until that vinyl disintegrates.
Project 7: The Onesies
I got the idea for this project months ago, when my friends were all barely pregnant, and I saw some very cute, albeit pricey, onesies on So Congress. "I can sew this!" I said as I fingered a onesie with an adorable rocket ship patch. I printed out pictures of cowboy boots, rocket ships, cupcakes and ducks to use as patches.
Suffice it to say - my original vision of cute boot patches didn't quite match my beginner sewing skills. Months later, Rita's excellent advice got me to my 3rd and final version.
Clothing for little people is pretty adorable, even when it only involves very simple shapes.
Step 1: Cutting
I traced a CD for the bottom round patch and the interfacing on the back of it.
I drew a heart by hand. Cause I'm a bad ass heart drawer like that.
Step 2: Sewing
I sewed the patches together, after I ironed the interfacing to the circle. This made the fabric sturdy. The heart fabric for both the girl and boy version was corduroy so it was fairly thick.
After the patch was together, I sewed it to a onesie. The stretchy material made this trickier then expected. It was easy to misalign the patch due to the the stretch of the fabric and trying to manipulate that tiny thing around the sewing machine.
But 4 of the 5 came out great and are en route to new babies!
Project 6: The Sewing Machine Cozy
It's amazing I haven't quit sewing after this. For this project I had to use a Teflon foot with vinyl, and let me tell you my new-to-me sewing machine was not a fan. Said machine is now chilling at Goodwill, and I have Liz's much more competent Kenmore. This is the second pattern I made from Diana Rupp's Sew Everything Workshop In addition to new material (vinyl!) & the foot, I got to use bias tape. Now that I understand how it works, I think it's great.
I don't love this cozy, but I can't begin to express how excited I am that's it finished. It will sit lovingly on a sewing machine until that vinyl disintegrates.
Project 7: The Onesies
I got the idea for this project months ago, when my friends were all barely pregnant, and I saw some very cute, albeit pricey, onesies on So Congress. "I can sew this!" I said as I fingered a onesie with an adorable rocket ship patch. I printed out pictures of cowboy boots, rocket ships, cupcakes and ducks to use as patches.
Suffice it to say - my original vision of cute boot patches didn't quite match my beginner sewing skills. Months later, Rita's excellent advice got me to my 3rd and final version.
Clothing for little people is pretty adorable, even when it only involves very simple shapes.
Step 1: Cutting
I traced a CD for the bottom round patch and the interfacing on the back of it.
I drew a heart by hand. Cause I'm a bad ass heart drawer like that.
Step 2: Sewing
I sewed the patches together, after I ironed the interfacing to the circle. This made the fabric sturdy. The heart fabric for both the girl and boy version was corduroy so it was fairly thick.
After the patch was together, I sewed it to a onesie. The stretchy material made this trickier then expected. It was easy to misalign the patch due to the the stretch of the fabric and trying to manipulate that tiny thing around the sewing machine.
But 4 of the 5 came out great and are en route to new babies!
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