New Stock!

With the season's craft and holiday shows coming up rather quickly, I needed to take inventory of my stock.  Zipper bags, check.  Fabric coasters, check.  Aprons, hmm . . . I might need a few more. Coffee cozies, oops, definitely need more!

Sew . . . I got out my trusty supplies, pattern, yardage, rotary cutter, and mat.  After a cutting session, at my new cutting table, I went to the sewing machine, sewed up the three layers.  Since I cannot spend a long time at the sewing machine these days with my back problem, I took the stack to my easy chair.  I turned them all, readying them for the final sewing.

Turning and pinning, even some Christmas ones!

Back to the studio for the final batch--

Here's one that my daughter picked out for her personal use:

Whew!  

Now I feel a bit more prepared for my shows! 

Wish me lots of sales dust from the sales fairy  

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New giveaway program on this site!

I'm starting a new gift program on this site.  

I will be gifting one handmade item, or set of items, each month via random

drawing from entries of the current month's blog commenters.

Just comment and you are entered! 

Giveaway posts are scheduled for the first of the month and I will be awarding gifts at the end of the month.  Did you do the math?  That's 12 winners -- one per month!!   Some gifts will be mystery gifts and others will be specific items.  Each month the give-away item/s will be listed on the first post of the month.  All you have to do is comment throughout the month on any posts that interested you. (be (And there will be loads of interesting handmade items to check out! sure that your comment is NOT anonymous, I need a way to contact you if you win!)  Each separate comment enters you once for that month's random drawing.  Bookmark this site and Good luck!

If you like handcrafted, DIY or just watching creativity take place, you will love this blog!  Just plain fun creativeness! First give-away item will be posted on November 1st to be given away on Nov. 30th! 

Stay tuned!

Finished Costumes!

Thought I would bring you up to date on my latest project and the latest on me personally.  Although I haven't mentioned it here, I have recently fractured several vertebrae in my back, so have been experiencing quite a lot of pain, trips to the doctor, x-rays, and not much they can do about it.  It will take quite a while to heal; I am learning to cope with the nearly constant pain.

So . . .sew . . . I struggled thru my latest project--a couple of Halloween costumes for a valued client.  I got through it!  Whew!

Thought I would share how they turned out, just received this picture from her with her comment:

"She has the attitude of Mal (malicifacents daughter) down, haha"

 . . . and the completed Baby Hercules costume for her baby boy:

 I was happy to help my client and she was happy with the results saying,

"Thanks so much for everything! It's like Christmas getting your packages in the mail :) "  

Moral of the story is like the old saying:  No pain , no gain! 

P.S. Sorry for the dark photo, not feeling like perfection today!

Costume Progress

Thought you might want a look at what is coming out of my studio, currently.  I make all sorts of things; I enjoy the variety! 

I have a client in Texas that I has given me loads of unique sewing projects to do for her family, who loves all things animated!  A couple of years ago, I made Disney ornaments  and Christmas Stockings! This year I am working on a costume for her little daughter . . . Mal from the Descendants movie!  I have never seen the movie, but thru internet images, I have begun to recreate the jacket for my little client. 


I think the original jacket was made of leather, and obviously I am not making it from leather material.  It would be cost prohibitive!  But, I found some taffetta's that are a nice second for a child costume!  They provide that shiny surface that is needed. 

I was nervous about making the costume, since I could not use my client's child for an actual fitting.  But thru emails, I got her measurements and hopefully it will turn out just right! 

So far . . . here's the progress . . .with one sleeve and pinned in some places:

I'll share the finished product before I ship it!

Watch for it!