Etsy Treasury

My minky blanket was included in this Etsy Treasury

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cf1279ab2938eef200d7654/licorice-twists-red-and-black-swirls#4cf12da6b2938eefe1817854

1st Christmas Project

I'm not finished with my Pink Black Mickey Mouse Skirt yet, but I wanted to annouce my 1st christmas custom I will be making.

I will make this in red & white strips, white bodice with a candy cane appliqued on it. Then matching red pants with white ruffle and maybe applique a candy cane on them also..

This will be a totally new thing for me to make..I've had this pattern for awhile but everytime I say I will make it, I get scared and put it away ! Now its time to tackle it !

It will go in my Etsy Store for sale once finished !

I hope to start my 1st christmas custom by Nov 1st.. After I finish my Mickey Skirt I would like to work some on the blanket I'm making my daughter for christmas.

Recommedation

I found this blog when searching for sewing tutorials..

Etsy, Giveaways and more !

Productive Weekend

I had Saturday & Sunday off..

So I managed to find some time to make a few new things for my etsy store..

Finished up my patchwork skirt !

Then I found instructions for this skirt on a blog .. Her instructions left my skirt too short for my daughter to wear so I altered the instructions and made another.. But kept the 1st for my etsy store anyways !

The 1st was too short and I almost think this one looks to long.. Maybe I will take an inch off the next skirt and see how it looks.

Applique & Patchwork Skirts

I don't have the $$ for an embroidery machine yet so I decided to teach myself to applique. So I googled some instructions and free patterns.





This was my 1st attempt at applique for a Halloween Peasant top I have listed in my etsy store



http://rowanmayfairs.etsy.com/






There is a quilt shop that opened up recently in my "area" and that has a die cut machine..I heard for $30 a yr I can have unlimited access to their machine. They have different patterns, plus can cut quilt squares. I hope to go check this out on Thursday before class. This would be really beneficial to me.. I want to make more patchwork skirts and plus do more applique work.



I ordered Moda's Spooktacular Charm Packs so I can make another Halloween patchwork skirt for my etsy store.





Speaking of Etsy store... I have had 5 sales since I started selling this year.. Its not much, but its a start and it lets me know i must be doing SOMETHING right !!

Rambling On..

I started my sewing class on August 27th.. I could already sew but had alot to learn yet.



This was my class project..









I'm also making it in black spiderweb fabric with spiderweb buttons..that will be finished up soon. I need to learn to do buttons this week !



My husband parked his new "project truck" (92 chevy) under a tree last week and the rain storms knocked a dead tree limb out of the tree onto his windsheild. $185.00 LESSON LEARNED, don't park your vehicle under a tree. The truck can't be driven to a salvage yard to get a cheaper windsheild due to the busted out window so we have to pay EXTRA for someone to come to the house :(

Halloween Patchwork Skirt

I made this skirt and put in my etsy store and managed to convince my daughter to model it today.

The adorable patent boots were bought at Walmart and top is from Target ..

Halloween Skirt

I finished up this adorable Halloween Patchwork Skirt tonite !

It is listed in my etsy store for sale !

http://rowanmayfairs.etsy.com/

I will probably finish up the patchwork skirt I started for my daughter tomorrow and take a break from sewing until Tuesday afternoon.

I have a caseworker for Soonerstart (oklahoma early intervention) coming to the house on Tuesday at 10am to give me some paperwork and decide if my daughter needs an evaluation for her lack of speech. I'm hoping she decides Hailey needs an evaluation since she is 2yrs old and says 10 words or less. So I have to spend Monday evening cleaning up the house !

Crayon Rolls

I set out to make one of these for my 2yr old's diaper bag so she would have crayons to color with when we go out to eat or stuck somewhere where she can color.







Then on a whim I decided to make another one. .

Got the brillant idea to go ahead and list them in my etsy store. I sold both the same day !

Tonite I have to make my custom orders so I can get them shipped out tomorrow.

These would be great for birthday party favors for kids ! Cheap and easy to make !