More Curtains:)

I admit I have curtain mania.  I change my curtains for the seasons and holidays.  Yes, I know I need help.  It is hard for me to reach up that high but I still make it work.  My latest curtain sensation was adding a curtain layer to the curtains in my dad's room.  I had bought some beautifully striped curtains @ goodwill and they were a little thin.  My dad loves nature and deer and the outdoors, when I saw this fabric @ Joann's I just had to get it for him. It took me 2 days start to finish to make and adjust the curtains.  I am very proud of myself and he is happy with them:)

Sew excited, spent most of the day sewing

I have been in a bit of a rut the last couple of days.  I decided to sew today and it was a great idea.  I finished some curtains I started last year.  Lol, I decided to make double sided curtains with really slippery fabric on one side that is what took so long.  I got frustrated before I could finish and just set them aside.  I am a more experienced seamstress now, I think.

I also took some turtle necks I had for gosh probably 10 years and made them into long sleve crew neck shirts.  I am totally loving the double needle on knits.  My lines are still wobbly, but the double stitches look fan freakin tastic:)

Pictures to come soon.


This is the curtains:)

Summer Time Sewing

My latest project, challenge was to sew oven mitts. Why, you ask?  They are utilitarian, pretty and practical.
I enjoyed making them. 

A Dozen Roses

I have been seeing all kinds of tutorials for fabric roses on all different kinds of sites all over the internet.
I had previously made a few felt roses

Picture is blurry, but I loved how the rose turned out.  I used felt and a glue gun.  Burned the heck out of myself.  It was worth it.  This was done sometime in the beginning of July.

So I was bored the day before yesterday and had the brilliant idea to take my Pop's old wool flannel shirt and give myself a dozen roses.

Aren't they beautiful.  Now I have to decide what to do with them.  The glue gun makes the back hard.  I know I can put pin backings on them for accessories. I don't want to put long stems on them so I will hold onto them and see what happens.