Posted by Katherine on June 6th, 2007
I know you have all been missing the Kate and Zoe crafting stories… well maybe its just me…
I ordered some buttons from Sewing Stars, a Providence-based crafter. I am going to put them onto a new bag/pocket book I want to make. I decided one section of the bag will have a bunch of pin back buttons on it. So I started searching etsy for more buttons, which I am grumbling about having to pay more for shipping than buttons are worth, but without a big craft fair to go and scoop them up at, what am I going to do?
And then I decided to design my own! Very exciting! I ordered them from Kitty Crossbones on etsy. I get 100 pins with up to 10 different designs. I figured I would make a bunch of promos for Moses and Zoe and then the rest I will come up with designs that can sell in my shop and use for my bag.
I got out my currently very small button collection to see which of my fabrics they match.
Zoe promptly came over to supervise. I found it most amusing that she first pretended not to know that she had sat on anything at all and then was suddenly fascinated by what was under her.
What am I in the way?
On to more interesting things…
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Posted by Katherine on February 23rd, 2007
Here are the work in progress stitches. I think they are all going to be items that you would hang on a wall, but I am still working out the details.
Here is the puppy quilt for the special order.
Here are both quilts all ready to go.
And silly Moses. He was watching Zoe and I out the window yesterday. So I figured why not give him a chance at it. I put the harness on him. He crawled away from the door and flopped down. I think he may have been playing dead. He didn’t move until I took the harness back off of him. I guess I don’t have to feel guilty for not taking him outside anymore.
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Posted by Katherine on February 19th, 2007
My car is at the mechanics. Apparently my oil pan rusted through and is leaking. It is going to cost about $320 to fix. Really I should be happy that I haven’t had to fix anything on my car in a long time. After all it is a 99. My Sentra has been good to me over the years. Having to find a new mechanic to trust is one of the down sides of moving. Also finding a new doctor and eye doctor and stuff like that, not fun.
Pat and I went for a few walks around the neighborhood this weekend. Pretty chilly out there, but it was good to get out and get some exercise.
I finished a baby quilt for a custom order. I like the way it came out. It has cute little dogs on it. I will have to take a picture of it before I send it out.
We rented Junebug and Talladega Nights. Pat gave a two thumbs down to Junebug and said he liked Talladega Nights more than he thought he would. I am not sure how I feel about Junebug. I wouldn’t call it a favorite or anything, but I found it kind of interesting. I was the one who wanted to rent Talladega Nights, because I enjoy Will Ferrell. I thought this movie was alright. It definitely wasn’t on par with Elf or Anchorman, but it was way better than Kicking & Screaming.
Today we finally had the locksmith come out and change our locks. Yay! I finally have my own key to our house! Moses got very freaked out by the locksmith. He apparently does not like tall men with hats who use power tools and leave doors open. He first decided to take cover under the couch and then fled upstairs where he lodged himself under Pat’s desk behind his computer. When I went up to check on him, I found him back there visibly shaking. Poor thing. I wonder how long it will be before he decides it is safe to come back downstairs.
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Posted by Katherine on February 13th, 2007
Today I brought Mom back to the airport. Where did the time go? We did get lots of stuff done, but it feels like I just picked her up yesterday!
One of the things we accomplished was the above turquoise Ellie. The pink Ellie is the one my Mom made for me when I was little. She made Ellies for me and my sisters and my cousins. There were lots of Ellies, but she has since lost the pattern. So we took apart my sister’s Ellie and used her to make a pattern for a new round of Ellies. I think the pattern needs a little tweaking, but for the most part I it came out pretty well.
I think I made it sound like I was putting my Mom right to work while she was here for a visit, but really most of my to-do list was stuff I needed to get done that I just needed encouragement to complete. My Mom’s motto is a lot like Nike’s “Just do it.” I knew if my Mom was here and it was on my list I wouldn’t be able to procrastinate any more. So I finally bought a bunch of new clothes with a gift card, Pat and I got the tub regrouted (mostly Pat on that one,) and I completed a bunch of other little tasks.
When I don’t know how to do something right, I tend to put it off. With my Mom sitting right there watching me, that is not an option. She was funny when I was putting the bottoms on the feet of the Ellie. I was asking for instruction and she basically says- yeah its hard, just ease it in. I guess with sewing I really need to just learn by doing. The only way to get good at sewing curves, is to actually sew some curves. And they aren’t going to be perfect the first time, but I will never make a perfect curve unless I first make some wonky ones.
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Posted by Katherine on February 2nd, 2007
This past week I have been busy writing owl stories, working on a baby quilt as part of a custom order, trying to make a stuffed animal of my own design, and Pat’s birthday stuff.
The stuffed animal is going to be a cat. Surprise, surprise. The body actually came out pretty well… The head on the other hand, not so good. Back to the drawing board. Its not that my design was bad. Its just that my design would have been better for an expert seamstress. Which I am not quite yet. Straight lines, I’ve got down. Tiny curves on the inside of a small piece of fabric…well I still need to work on that. So for now I am thinking I need to design an easier to sew head.
Next week my Mom is coming! Yay. There are so many projects I want to work on with her its crazy. I should make a list.
Today is the last day of Owl-A-Day week.
Here’s Liam.
And here is Julian.
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