WITH BASEBALL SEASON STARTING AND THE NIECES SOFTBALL GAMES I HAVE BEEN SO BAD AT POSTING THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I DECIDED MY GOAL FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE POST A DAY. IT IS GOING TO BE HARD, BUT WITH MY DAILY THEME ON MONDAY-FRIDAY IT MIGHT BE EASIER.

JUST A REMINDER IN CASE YOU FORGOT OF MY DAILY THEME.

MILITARY MONDAY: IT’S ALL ABOUT OUR TROOPS!
TIP OF THE WEEK TUESDAY: SEWING TIP’S I’VE LEARNED THAT HAVE HELPED ME, AND I HOPE THEY WILL HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
WEB CRAWLER WEDNESDAY: SITES I LIKE TO VISIT!
TYSON THURSDAY: MY PUPPY GUY DESERVES HIS OWN DAY!!
FLICKR FRIDAY: THIS IS WHEN I POST PICTURE’S OF WHAT I’VE MADE DURING THE WEEK.
I DON’T HAVE A THEME FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WISH ME LUCK!
THANKS FOR VISITING.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHILE SEWING ABOUT 300 FELT STOCKINGS, I REALIZED THAT THE TOP OF MY MACHINE WAS STAINED. NO MATTER WHAT I DID, IT WOULD NOT COME OFF. SO THIS YEAR WHEN I MADE 50 VALENTINE BAG’S FOR THE NIECES, I PUT TAPE ON MY NEW MACHINE. YES IT LOOKS SILLY, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.
I DON’T KNOW THAT ALL FELT DOES THIS, BUT RED FELT STAINED MINE

SO TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM MAKE SURE YOU TAPE YOUR MACHINE BEFORE SEWING FELT.

MINE STILL HAS SOME ON THERE FROM BEFORE VALENTINES DAY LOL

THE 2 MOST POPULAR BRANDS ARE PROBABLY FISKAR & GIGNHER. I’VE USED BOTH AND HAVE LOVED THEM BOTH. I HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT FISKAR PROBABLY BECAUSE I AM TOO CHEAP TO BUY GIGNHER LOL.

I PROBABLY SHOULD GET TO THE POINT LOL
MY TIP TODAY IS SPEND THE MONEY ON A GOOD PAIR OF SCISSORS. THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK WILL BE BETTER AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.
GIGNHER IS MORE EXPENSIVE BUT VERY MUCH WORTH IT. I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT FISKAR EITHER. I HAVE ALWAYS USED THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY AND THANKS FOR VISITING.

“Use your rotary cutting system to save valuable cutting time. Position one to two large mats under your pattern. Instead of pinning, use fabric weights to hold your pattern in place. Use straight-edge cutting tools for straight seams and French Curve cutting tools for curved areas. Instead of clipping out notches, clip into the fabric seam instead.”

MY ROTATY CUTTER + MAT WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I’VE BOUGHT SINCE I STARTED SEWING ASIDE FROM MY MACHINE.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Sharpen sewing machine needles by stitching through fine-grit sandpaper.

THANKS FOR THE TIP CLOTILDE

THANKS FOR VISITING AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THE DAILY THEME’S ON MY SITE.

MILITARY MONDAY: IS WHEN I REMEMBER THE FALLEN SOLDIER’S AND ASK THAT YOU DO THE SAME. IF YOU WANT TO SEE PAST MILITARY MONDAY’S POST’S, TAKE A LOOK HERE.

TIP OF THE WEEK TUESDAY: I AM NOT AN EXPERT. I DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO SEWING, BUT I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH SINCE I STARTED EITHER IN CLASS, ON MY OWN OR FROM OTHER SEWING SITES. I WANT TO NOT ONLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFO HANDY FOR WHEN I NEED TO TO BE REMINDED OF IT. I MIGHT EVEN POST A TUTORIAL EVERY NOW AND THEN. READ MORE HERE

WEB CRAWLER WEDNESDAY: THIS WAS AN IDEA FROM MY FRIEND MISS BECKY. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AWESOME ONE AND I WENT WITH IT. I FEATURE SITES I LOVE AND VISIT OFTEN. SEE WHAT I’VE FEATURED HERE.

TYSON THURSDAY: I LOVE MY PUPPY GUY MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD AND THIS IS WHERE I SHOW OFF PICTURES OF HIM. SEE ALL HIS PICTURE’S HERE.

FLICKR FRIDAY: THIS ONE IS A SUGGESTION TOO FROM MY FRIEND MARILLA. THIS IS WHERE I POST PICTURES OF STUFF I MAKE. OLD POST’S ARE HERE.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY ARE NOT THEMED, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

OTHER THINGS I HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOYO & CHICA

ON THE 2ND OF EVERY MONTH IN 2010 I AM DONATING 100% OF THE PROFITS FROM MY SHOP TO A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. SEE WHO I HAVE DONATED TO ALREADY AND WHO I AM GOING TO BE DONATING TO HERE.

THANKS FOR VISITING. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

I FOUND THIS TIP ONLINE, BUT ONE OF MY SEWING TEACHERS HAD TOLD ME THIS SAME THING WHEN I FIRST STARTED SEWING.

“WHEN CUTTING FABRIC, TAKE LONG BITES OF THE FABRIC AND DON’T LET THE SCISSORS SHUT COMPLETELY. STOP ABOUT ONE INCH FROM THE TIP. RE-OPEN THE SCISSORS, SLIDE THEM ALONG THE FABRIC THEN CONTINUE TO CUT. ”

I LIKE TO USE MY ROTARY CUTTER IF I AM MAKING A TOTE BAG OR CUTTIN SQUARES FOR QUILTS BECAUSE IT’S SO MUCH EASIER. FOR PATTERNS IT’S HARDER TO USE A ROTARY CUTTER SO I FOLLOW THE TIP ABOVE AND IT WORKS FOR A MUCH CLEANER CUT.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING, I KNOW IT’S KIND OF LATE BUT I KNOW SOME OF YOU LIKE TO GOTO BED LATE.

JOIN ME TOMORROW FOR A FUN WEB CRAWLER WEDNESDAY!!

THANKS FOR VISITING.

Be sure to cover your machine when you’ve finished using it. Dust and lint building up in and on your machine is the biggest cause of machine break-downs.
HERE IS MINE!!

I ROUND CORNERS ON BLANKET AND JUST RECENTLY STARTED TO DO IT ON APRONS. I THINK IT MAKES BOTH LOOK BETTER. STILL USE SQUARE CORNERS ON BLANKETS SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON HOW IN A HURRY I AM TO GE THE BLANKET DONE.

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED.
- FABRIC YOU ARE GOING TO BE CUTTING
- CUTTING MAT
- ROTARY CUTTER
- PLASTIC PLATE
YOU WON’T BE NEEDING THE RULER, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I PUT IT IN THE PICTURE LOL. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A ROTARY CUTTER OR A CUTTING MAT, DON’T RUN OUT AND GET THEM UNLESS THEY ARE SOMETHING YOU PLAN ON USING ALL THE TIME. I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO CUT FABRIC IF YOU DON’T HAVE THOSE 2 ITEMS.

STACK YOU FABRIC TOGETHER TO THE CORNERS WILL BE EVEN ON ALL SIDES. (FOR THE BLANKETS DO 2 CORNERS AT A TIME. THE FABRIC IS THICKER AND WILL BE HARDER TO CUT.

LINE THE PLATE UP ON BOTH SIDES. ALL THE WAY TO EDGE SO YOU MAKE SURE YOU DON’T CUT FABRIC THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE CUT.

START CUTTING ON ONE END

GO ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE.

DONE!

Like I said above, if you don’t have a rotary cutter and a mat don’t run out and get one. Rounding corners without those 2 items is just as easy.

Follow all steps up to where you line the plate with the fabric. Take fabric chalk and trace along the plate and then just use your scissors and cut the fabric.
If you don’t have fabric chalk then a regular pencil works just the same.

I hope that helps and I didn’t confuse you. This is only my second tut and as you can tell it’s not all that great.

Here is a list of other stuff I have use round corners for.

- table cloths
- aprons
- fleece + flannel blankets
- flat tote bags
- quilts (before adding the binding)

I hope you all have a beautiful december.

Just wanted to remind you of the daily themes that I have going on.

Military monday (dedicated to remembering and honoring our fallen soldiers)

Tip of the week tuesday (not an expert, but I will share what I do know)

Web crawler wednesday (sites I like to visit)

Tyson thursday (cause he is the best dog ever and deserves his own day on my site)

Flickr friday (fotografias of stuff that I’ve sewn during the week. I might add pictures of other fun stuff too.)

no theme for saturday. I guess this will be my day off.

Sale sunday (fabric on sale?? Sunday is when I will point you to it)

If you have any suggestions for me for y of those days, please feel free to email me or leave a comment here.

Come back later for flickr friday and I hope you all have a great weekend.

Thanks for visiting.