Friday, July 17, 2009

Just because







All Done











Wow I'm storming through it today, T.shirt is done, and will be listed in oddsandsods later today.








So I'm half way there




So I've been working on some front coverage for the 'sleeves', which I posted earlier this week, I know the finished result needs to be slender, nothing to fancy, as the sleeves are themselves slender and not fancy. I've come up with this so far, and I'm rather pleased with it, although it still needs some development, as it's not quite doing the job I want it to do, ie cover the armpit and chest area. Back to my needles I think.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Feeling Good


Well I'm happy to say this week I sold my musical halterneck t.shirt over on my oddsandsods site on etsy. http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17638998

I love these halternecks, so it gave me a good excuse to start making a new one.

This is work in progress, I thought I'd show you, step by step, although I didn't quite capture the pattern cutting, or the pencil line drawing, but to be honest, it only involved a pair of scissors and pencil.
When the ink is dry, I will hold an iron just above the ink, to allow the heat to react with the ink, and like magic, the ink will puff up, into a 3d effect.

The tune on this one is 'feeling good' by nina simone, you know the one that starts 'Birds flying high' baby you know how I feel. that one.

Well these musical notes make up those first two bars. test it on a piano if you don't believe me :-)

I'll post piccies tomorrow when it's finished, so you can see what it looks like on.

A moment 2 myself







This morning, I knitted up this cardigan, especially for me. to keep, for my birthday which is tomorrow. :-) 17th July.

I don't actually own a black cardigan. I own lots of cardigans, but not a black one. Funny that.

So the only answer and cheapest, was to knit one up myself. So I took a moment,

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Here's the neckscarf




No I havn't sewn the waistcoat yet. gosh give me a minute already.
But Between jordan and i we took some pictures of the scarf today.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Just a little note

This little music note book/necklace is from a quirky little store on etsy, you can follow the link to see more. Although her store is closed until the 20th July. but you can check out her sold items in the meantime. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5362131


Today i've just been sewing, whilst listening to some music, (temptations, stevie, and some randy crawford). I'm attempting a silk waistcoat. in a dogtooth fabric, a silk weave. It sews really easily, so it's fun, mind you, so far I've only attempted the neck scarf which I'll pair it with, but I have cut the pattern for the waistcoat.

Now I Just have to hope that those pieces don't sit there for months before I get up the nerve to stitch them together. :-)