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Offline Wrennie

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So, do you sew?
« on: Sep 06, 2007, 03:24:33 PM »
I like sewing, i hate moving stuff out of the craft room so I can sew. Heres a few things.

Quilt block style potholder
   

I havent put a quilt block on a sweatshirt in a long time!


Santa is a panel with all the pieces printed on it and you cut out and sew & stuff him.


Same with Mr Duck here


My friend wanted a green potholder


A fall potholder

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #1 on: Sep 06, 2007, 03:41:32 PM »
all of these pictures are clickable to make them bigger too.



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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #2 on: Sep 06, 2007, 04:45:37 PM »
 :wavey: I like to sew... Used to do it alot more before I had kids .. I do all the curtains and such for the kids and bathrooms ..
Little dress up outfits and little stuff like that  :ThumbUp:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #3 on: Sep 06, 2007, 06:22:01 PM »
I used to sew. I hate mending. I need to sew some pants for Ted. He is so hard to fit. But we're still in shorts weather yet. Sewing is such fun for little girls. I'll be warming up my machine soon.
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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #4 on: Sep 06, 2007, 06:33:44 PM »
I am not a big fan of mending either Tina..  :Whis: Zippers are the worst for me!! Pain in the hinny!!  :razberry:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #5 on: Sep 06, 2007, 10:33:43 PM »
i like to sew quilts, i hand sew  cant use a mechine. :grinnnn:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #6 on: Sep 06, 2007, 10:52:49 PM »
Show us! :Watching:
I know your hand sewing is awsome Christy!!!!!!!!!!!  :Yahoo:



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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #7 on: Sep 06, 2007, 10:57:59 PM »
 :Blush: thanks wrennie, i only have that one pic, never thought of taking pics of the quilts i use to have,  i made a yo yo quilt before till my rottie ate it! ill have to make another sometime

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #8 on: Sep 06, 2007, 11:01:21 PM »
 :yikes: Bad woofie! Lol!
 :laugh1: thats all i have to say!  :laugh1: no 10 words for me!!!!!!  :laughmao:



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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #9 on: Sep 06, 2007, 11:54:28 PM »
Be careful Wrennie

i like to sew quilts, i hand sew  cant use a mechine. :grinnnn:

Christy do you piece the tops by hand or do you actually quilt by hand?  My Granny used to piece quilt tops all the time.  She loved to go to a shirt factory and get the scraps and make quilt tops.  She had quilt frames and even did that by hand but not as much as making the tops.

The last time we were in Tennessee, Dianna picked out 6 tops that we need to get quilted.  I bet my Mom has at least 25 or 30 more.  She picks one every time someone is graduating or getting married, sends it out and gets it made into a quilt for a gift.  I have several here that she made.
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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #10 on: Sep 07, 2007, 12:53:17 AM »
To do all of that work by hand is amazing.  One of these days I am going to start quilting but that is on my list of things to do when I have a room to do them in.

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #11 on: Sep 07, 2007, 06:49:49 AM »
To do all of that work by hand is amazing.  One of these days I am going to start quilting but that is on my list of things to do when I have a room to do them in.
 
Me too Triss.. It is on my list of things to do :ThumbUp:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #12 on: Sep 07, 2007, 12:05:58 PM »
I've sewn enough to last me a lifetime, well maybe two lifetimes.

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #13 on: Sep 07, 2007, 02:02:23 PM »
guess i pice the tops by hand,  i use scrap meterial too, shirts, dresses things like that, i made this last year out of all unwanted shirts


i think some meterial just makes ugly shirts,but looks nice for a quilt
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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #14 on: Sep 07, 2007, 02:09:59 PM »
Very pretty Christy and all by hand.  Again I have to say I am amazed that you do all of that by hand.

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #15 on: Sep 07, 2007, 07:45:18 PM »
Great potholders & crafts, Wrennie, & awesome quilt, Christy! :clap: If I had to sit still long enough to make a quilt, I think I'd hafta go off & kill something! :Wacko:

I got turned off from sewing way back in the 7th grade when we had to make a dress for home-ec class. After mine was all done & handed it in, the teacher gave it back to me & told me to pink the seams before she graded it. I wound up with a very nice zig-zag cut right up the middle of the skirt, cuz I wasn't watching what I was doing! :SmileyFit: What a turn off! Now I dont sew unless I absolutely have to... which turns out to be lots oftener than I want to!

When Shelly got married, we couldn't find dresses for LaRelle & I that were the right color (LaRelle was maid of honor), so I ended up making them, using silk for hers & organdy & silk for mine.  I had no idea until a seamstress told me when I was all done, that those are hard fabrics to work with! :o They turned out awesome, but I don't think I'd try something like that again, now that I know the "rules"!

I haven't been able to find baby girl sun bonnets anywhere... they just don't make them anymore but Shelly & I don't like the style of bonnets that are available now.  I almost ran out of thrift stores in my search, & finally found a home-made one at the last place I tried, only it was too small. :SmileyFit: Drag out the sewing machine & head for the fabric store.... :rolleyes1:

This morning I sat down at the sewing machine & used the little tiny bonnet as a guide, to make one like it, only a larger. Not knowing what size the baby's head is, I put a call into Shelly (got her voice mail) & used my flower aquarium globe as a model, cuz I figured that it was about the right size. Just as I was finishing it up, Shelly returned my call & gave me Lil's head measurements.
Her head is 2" smaller than the globe! Back to the drawing board!

Here's what I ended up with...
     

     

Not bad for my first try, but I'm not even going to send this one, cuz I can see already that its WAY too big for Lil!  (It even turned out to be too big for the 20" flower aquarium... I was thinking that I'd be using more seam allowances than I did, I guess.) I wonder if it'll fit BG! :laughmao:  I need a smaller "model", so I'm heading for the fruit stand with my tape measure... I'll probably spend more on an 18" melon than I did for this fabric, but I have plenty!



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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #16 on: Sep 07, 2007, 10:46:48 PM »
 :ThumbUp: Great stuf Wrennie!!

And Christy, the quilt is beautiful  :ThumbUp: :ThumbUp:


Do i sew........... :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #17 on: Sep 07, 2007, 10:48:51 PM »
Patty, that bonnet is adorable!  Right along the lines of baking Penny?

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #18 on: Sep 07, 2007, 10:56:12 PM »
That is a cute bonnet Patty  :ThumbUp:

Yeppers......jus like baking  :laughpound: :laughpound: :laughpound: :laughpound:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #19 on: Sep 07, 2007, 11:29:32 PM »
Penny, It's not so much that I love sewing or baking so much, But I love to CREATE! Does that make sense?
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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #20 on: Sep 08, 2007, 01:15:40 AM »
 :clap: patty that bonet is so cute!  you got tallent if ya want it or not  :laugh1:  :ThumbUp:

 wrennie, you do grate work!  :clap:   i love your quilted potholders, i never think to make cool stuff like that,


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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #21 on: Sep 08, 2007, 07:55:48 AM »
 :Wow: Great Quilt Christy!!  :ThumbUp: I have been saving all the boys ruined jeans to some day make a quilt..
What size blocks do you use and how big do you make it?  :unsure:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #22 on: Sep 08, 2007, 10:48:24 AM »
Christy that quilt is all shirt scraps! Wow!! I never would have guessed!

Patty, great baby bonnet. Especially since you dont like sewing. Can't you give that to Shelly to save for Lil to grow into?

:laugh1: I was going to say the same thing Penny, "about as much as you bake?"

Tina, that makes complete sense to me.

Rita, what a great idea to make the boys jeans into a quilt!



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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #23 on: Sep 08, 2007, 03:38:21 PM »
Penny, It's not so much that I love sewing or baking so much, But I love to CREATE! Does that make sense?

It does make sense Tina and thankfully i can paint.....cuz i cant sew or bake  :Blush: :laugh1: :laugh1: :laugh1:

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Re: So, do you sew?
« Reply #24 on: Sep 08, 2007, 07:30:34 PM »
The first sun bonnet DOES fit BG! (It even fits me!)
     
Wrennie, I don't know if kids BG's size would wear a hat like this... (unless they're playing "Little House on the Prairie"), but I've seen Shelly wear some pretty strange things, & this might be right up her alley, so I'll send it to her so they can have "Mother-Daughter hats"!

With a smaller "head" to work with, I was able to make one that Lil' can wear, rather than using it for a hammock! :ThumbUp: Now that I have the size figured out, I'll be making sun bonnets to match the clothes I bought for her birthday. JoAnn's coupons will be good, starting tomorrow. :wink5: I need to do some fast sewing, to get them done in time to send to Maui in Monday's mail. :grinnnn:  I also threw a "Turbietwist" together, to add to the box of birthday presents. (Baby's birthday is the 20th & Shelly's is 1 week later.)
     

I'd never seen a Turbietwist before... probably cuz I don't watch TV, but a friend of mine showed me hers the other day & thought it was a neat idea.  My assistant modeled it for me, in exchange for making her one.
     
I have more nearly-new towels in my linnen closet than we'll ever use, so this is a good way to thin out those shelves.  After BG's, I'll be making one for myself, & they'll make good stocking stuffers this Christmas. (Looks like I'll be leaving the sewing machine set up for a while... might even get to some of the mending that's been building!)

 

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