Sewing project #2

I did it! I sewed my little dog a jacket. It is light and not for the cold of winter but it will keep him warm on cool fall days. This jacket is made out light grey felt. Doesn't he look excited to wear it. I fastened it with three buttons. Two on the front and one on the side. I sewed a seam all around the edge of this stylish coat. I must say the curves were a bit tricky however I am cleaver and was able to out think them!

Here is a view of the other side. Note the little button on the color. This helps fasten it around his neck. There is another button attached to the strap around his chest!

From the top you can see tat it covers his entire back. I look forward to picking out some warmer cute material to use for his growing wardrobe!

New Hobby Old Machine!

OK, so I remember vaguely when I was in 7th grade and I had to sew a pink fuzzy foot! Hmm I think I still have this project that was created in Home Eck(spelling???) Well I decided (since I have so much extra time on my hands) Perhaps it might be fun to try sewing again. I am certain my mother tried to teach me how to sew Barbie doll cloths when I was in elementary school. But since I was not overly interested in Barbies I also was not interested in learning how to make cloths for them. Sorry mom! Now I wish I would have had the patients to learn. So I will be teaching my self .

My sister in law let me borrow one of her machines. (she has three) I may consider buying a new one as Wal-mart has them for only $99. My sister in law also said she may have another one I can have after she gets it back from her grandmother. She was fixing it but it is half way across Montana.
Here is my project I made a Hot Cold pillow for Tim. So that he can Ice his leg with out the ice actually melting. (HMMM Whats up with the underlinging. I cant get it off...) Any way I used some felt that we had lying around and Sewed two rectulanger pieces together. I tried to get the seams straight but as you can see it was slightly crookid. Oh well then I turned the pillow inside out and filled it with black beans. (my sister in law gave me a whole bunch and my family can only stand them so often) Dad you would be proud I made bean soup with them and Guess What! I evan ate it! I guess it wasn't too bad. Oops I'm off topic again. Where was I? Oh yes then I had to hand stich the tiny hole closed. That is much harder than I remembered. Over all I am pleased with the way it turned out! Ill keep you updated with future sewing projects as I come up with them. I have in mind some cloths for my dog since it is so darn cold up here! He just shivers when he goes out side. And perhaps a skirt for me! I saw some cute paterns at the store!

Grandma's flour canister!

Ever since I was a little girl I remember getting flour out of Grandmas flour canister. This canister is a big silver container that you have to pull out of her bottom cupboard. I am sure that if it could it would tell of times gone by and all the baking that it has seen. I have been searching for a similar one for my own kitchen. After many months of searching this is what I found.
The lid sticks a little but I put some Crisco on it and it comes off much better now. I put all the flour I had in my house in the container and it only filled it to maybe half full. I still hope to find a canister just like my grandmas but until I do this one will work just fine!

Wish Lists

Ok I know getting specific about gifts is tacky. However I thought this was the easiest way for people to see what we would like since we are so far away from everyone. You can click on our name and see what we think we would like and work from there. Now you must all keep in mind it is a wish list. Do we need everything we clicked on.... No but we can dream can't we? If you have a Blog you can create one too. Just go to Google shopping and search for items. If you find sometihing you like you can add it to your list and switch it to your shared wish list. Then it will give you a address to refer your friends or family to. I just added it to the blog using the links list gadgit. Hope you find this helpful.