Fabric Tuesday: Singer Party

I hosted a Singer sewing party this weekend, it was through Houseparty, and was a blast.  I was supposed to do these little roll up bags, like for makeup brushes, but that wasn't something that I found practical for myself or my guests, so we made dishtowels, which will be much more useful!

 I had little gift bags for everyone with patterns, threads, a little sewing pouch, a couple towels and fabric and coupons good for Martha Stewart craft supplies and Joanne's.

 The little sewing machine setup area.

 Here I was playing "instructor" and showing some of the features of the machine.  I showed off some of the stiches, explained how to use the self threader on the machine, the drop in bobbin feature and all of the wonderful feet and accesories the machine came with.

 I taught everyone how to make ruffles and how to make yo yo's - which everyone thought was easy and LOVED.

 Tiffany {above} and Kathi {below} in action making their towels.

 Tiffany's completed towel.  She used not only the ruffle but the yo yo too!

This was my quick little sample towel.  Everyone had fun being crafty, we spent 3 hours sewing and chatting.  We also all enjoyed some of my mom's homemade angel food cake and fresh strawberry sauce.  Yum!  What a neat little girls day, and a perfect way to spend time on a Saturday.

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Legal stuff:  Houseparty and Singer supplied me with a sample sewing machine for the party and a free box of goodies from Joanne's and Singer to share with my guests.  My opnions are my own and I will be purchasing the machine because I loved it soo very much!

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring Fever quilt...

I know I have already shared my Spring Fever quilt on my blog, but I happen to be soo proud of it, I'm going to share it again! 

Amy is hosting a Blogger's Quilt Festival and is asking for everyone to share a completed quilt and explain it's importance to you and what you may have learned during the process. 

My Spring Fever quilt was not my first completed quilt, but it was the first quilt I completed for myself!  I started this quilt and had to stop it a few times, but I learned a lot during the process.

I learned what HST's are {half-square triangles}, and I learned a really quick and easy way to make them!  It was great learning something so useful.  It was fun laying them all out on my design wall and seeing all the different patterns I could make.  I finally settled on squares.

It was the first time that I used my new Singer machine and I was able to use a fancy little stitch with leaves on it to quilt it.  It worked well with the prints from Central Park.  I loved how simple it is in the quilting, but how fun it looks. 

I honestly don't know what size it is, it's a nice lap quilt for myself though.  I love just throwing it over my legs to read a nice book or blog.  I learned a lot about matching seams and being patient.  It really boosted my confidence and completely hooked me on quilting.

So even though this wasn't my first completed quilt, I consider it my true first.  I love it, and I love sharing it. 

Royal Wedding Funny....

WIP {Work in Progress} Wednesday

I took the plunge and am making my brother a Prince Charming {from Shrek 2} costume for his skating program, in less than 2 weeks.  I've never made clothes, so I was a bit scared.  I found a pattern that works well {It's really for a Musketeer} and I found the perfect fabrics with my mom.  Off we go...

I'm proud to say I have officially finished the tunic top.  He is skating to the song "I'm too sexy..." and wanted to be able to rip it off, so down the front center I put velcro so he can rip it open.  It turned out just like I wanted.  Next up is the belt, which is easy enough, and then a blue velvety robe with fluffy white trim!

Here is my inspiration picture.

Here is out it turned out....

Here is all the fabric together so you can get an idea of the whole work in progress....