tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post7880271021665202041..comments2023-09-23T05:17:54.804-07:00Comments on Absolutely Small: Easy toy quilt tutorialAbsolutely Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779514998605421296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-83941566126477363502011-08-25T21:15:12.000-07:002011-08-25T21:15:12.000-07:00an addendum to your second note:...or practicing s...an addendum to your second note:<br><br>...or practicing sewing on your brand new sewing machine your mom sent you in the mail and you got yesterday for your birthday which was yesterday that you're totally stoked about since now you can finally finish that crocheted pumpkin shaped pillow you've been "working on" since March that the sewing part has been stopping you from finishing.<br><br>yep.<br><br>plus i'm going to be a first-time aunt in like 3 days and all these clothes i don't wear anymore soooooo......<br><br><br>thanks :)Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-3032962348451083952011-08-25T21:16:28.000-07:002011-08-25T21:16:28.000-07:00it's a Singer Pixie Plus....it says it has fou...it's a Singer Pixie Plus....it says it has four stitches, but really, i see 8 numbers on the knob so.....i guess it has 8? i'm so excited that i'm paralyzed. haven't touched the thing.Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-90820696678629035282011-09-30T10:36:31.000-07:002011-09-30T10:36:31.000-07:00:):)jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-3206871689353586602011-09-30T08:12:41.000-07:002011-09-30T08:12:41.000-07:00Jenny, that is AWESOME!! Thank you so much for com...Jenny, that is AWESOME!! Thank you so much for coming back here and sharing your project!Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-4679667924027823812011-08-26T09:04:48.000-07:002011-08-26T09:04:48.000-07:00Two very exciting things! Congrats on becoming an ...Two very exciting things! Congrats on becoming an auntie! And congrats on the new sewing machine! This is a perfect first project for trying out the new machine. (My first sewing machine was an old Singer. I love that thing. It's broken-ish and still taking up space in the studio, but I just can't seem to part with it.)Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368217216980926875.post-86383421898394046482011-09-28T23:25:46.000-07:002011-09-28T23:25:46.000-07:00I made one!!You were right, it was easy!!It was go...I made one!!<br><br>You were right, it was easy!!<br><br>It was good practice for measuring, cutting, pinning, seaming, problem solving....all that good sewing stuff.<br><br>The three front pieces are from some of my uncle's old button-down shirts. For the back, I assembled two 6x12 pieces I cut from one of those re-usable Whole Foods bags which boasts that it was made from plastic bottles....you know the ones. I'd been using it for 2 years, and it was started to get feeble. I retired it last week when the straps finally busted [while I was carrying 2 bags of flour, a bag of sugar, and some other small stuff...luckily, I saw it coming, and was holding the bag appropriately]. I liked the color and didn't have any more fabric that wasn't old cotton shirts. :) For texture contrast, I layered the middle panel on the front and the whole back with periwinkle tulle. I like that it adds texture without drastically changing the overall color. The "Fleece Pieces" :) are from a Joann's Remnant of purply-blue velvet I got from the thrift store :) Sewing that velvet sure was interesting. Slip-slidy velvet!!<br><br>I'd heard that sewing velvet was difficult, so I did some impatient research and decided to just dive in when I read that 100% polyester velvet isn't that hard (and since that's what I had.......). The only problem I encountered that I didn't know how to solve was why my top thread kept breaking when sewing through the velvet. I figured it had something to do with either the tension or the gauge of the needle I was using....? By the time I started to figure it out, I was about done anyway. <br><br>I made a zig-zag stitch down one seam because I didn't cut the tulle quite right and it didn't make it into the seam on the front, so I thought a zig zag stitch would secure the fabric and also add a little something extra and some asymmetry. I like me some asymmetry :)<br><br>I'll email you a pic!<br><br>Thanks for the tute!!jennynoreply@blogger.com