Yes I did! I sewed! Oh and even more sewing related... I went to the
Quilt and Craft Fair that occurs bi-annually at our local L.A. County Fairplex! Sadly, I didn't buy anything... I did come out with some major sewing news though! But I think I will keep you in suspense for now and tell you later.
The fruits of my weekend sewing were major, well, for me. I made a pillow for my Honey's house. His roomie moved out and basically took most of the furniture because it was all his. It's a good thing that my dad likes to keep stuff we don't need anymore, because he gave our old couches to my honey for a hundred bucks! Ha ha... Anywho, I made this lovely matching pillow out of Alexander Henry fabric that I bought from
Reprodepot ages ago. I used an iron-on transfer sheet that I have had in my stash for about 7 years now, and found an awesome picture online to print onto the iron-on transfer to use for the pillow. The pillow form is made entirely of bamboo and I found it on sale at JoAnn's.
Voila!
Yes, most people find it strange... (Like my boss.) But Honey loves it and I am making him another one with just the Tattoo fabric. I was thinking of looking for a similar looking picture of Edgar Allan Poe and making another portrait pillow, or maybe I should find one of a raven... Oh decisions, decisions! I LOVE this picture though. It's so old-fashioned and creepy looking. I also love how the skeleton reminds me of my most favorite historical figure... Napoleon Bonaparte.
Please don't mind the unfinished edge at the right, I will be patching that up tonight. Hopefully I can have pictures of the pillows in action soon!
And now for the great news! When I was at the Quilt and Craft Fair, my mom and I were looking at Singer Featherlite sewing machines from the 1930's and 1950's. They had this gorgeous re-furbished one from 1954 that was painted a sparkly cherry red with the gold pin striping painted on. But this one was $1200!!! Yeah I'll pass for now. I was looking at some of the original ones that were running from $200 to $500, all in working order, mind you. Then my mom says, "OH! Grandma still has hers from the 40's! I bet it's still sitting in her closet!" Well imagine my excitement when I heard this news! And me saying, "Mom! I've been sewing for how many years and you never told me this!!!" Of course she tells me, "Well, I just never thought of it." Silly mom. Silly mom, who took me around the state and country as a kid looking for antiques! And here we have a working antique in a closet. Geeze. So Mom is going to ask Grandma about it sometime this week and see if we can have it so I can take care of it, first and foremost, and use it! I am so excited, how wonderful it must be to use something that has been used by your grandmother, mother and aunt! Hopefully I can have some good news about this soon!
Enough yammering. Here are some other pictures I have of crafty items!
I made
this one when I first started knitting and Honey liked it so much that he got it framed and now it's hanging in his bathroom. So sweet isn't he?
Here's a pic of my
beret a bit shrunken and felted. It fits much nicer now.
This recipe comes from the Chronicle Books Blog and was featured on the Craftzine blog on February 1, 2008. From what I understand, it is excerpted from Potpies by Elinor Klivans, I may have to buy this one!
The best thing about this recipe is that there is left over phyllo dough. I am making baklava tomorrow night!
