Applique FAIL

AARRRGHHH!! I am about to just give up! This whole applique embroidery thing isn't as easy as it looks. How am I suppose to cut it close enough when its flat in the hoop??? I can't! And then when I tried to get it closer it popped out of the hoop and there is NO WAY I will ever get it back in the exact spot again.GRRRRR!!!

Breathe....

Not to mention I have wasted a cloth diaper!!!

Breathe.....

I have come up with a tentative plan.  If I mark my hoop and stablizer then I can take it out and line it back up....I think. But it needs to be exact.  I haven't been brave enough to actually try it again. That and grad school is kicking my butt in papers.  I only have a few days to get this done if I want to get this on a plane!  I might have to deal with just sending bibs. Sigh...

Second Post in Week!

The final burp cloth of the safari set....

 

 

And 3 bibs to match. DONE! 

 

Now what.... Well, I am going to try applique embroidery.  I have never done it before even though I have several designs. 

 

And I am going to hopefully start on my Flinstones quilt.  This will be my own design with some Flinstones embroidery designs I've had for years! I also have another quilt running around in my mind called Monsters in My Closet. It will have embroidery on it as well. 

 

I have a couple of commissioned projects coming up and I have to get some more things made before the Craft Fairs start up!  Oktoberfest is just over a month away! Not to mention almost all the babies I know that are being born are within month of each other. 

 

 

I guess I have to fit grad school in there too. Writing papers is not nearly as fun as sewing, but oh well.  

Happy Creating!

Almost a YEAR!

Wow!  It has been almost a year since I posted on this blog! How much has happened...most of it in the last month. I went to Swaziland...and will hopefully be going back. I finally quit that horrible job and started grad school! For money I'm going to substitute teach, sew, and create (hopefully things that will sell). What a great time to start this blog back up!

Fall means craft fairs. I have a couple of friends and my dad that are going in together to do a few this fall. First up is Oktoberfest here in Lebanon!

Meanwhile, I'm working on some bibs and burpcloths that have been special ordered. Here's the first couple...

 

Just a lion one and then matching bibs to go. Well and two papers for school. One goal this semester is to NOT PROCRASTINATE!!  This is a rather lofty goal considering by nature.