October 12, 2009

Puzzled!

I'm proud to announce that I cut out two pairs of pajamas Friday night- woo hoo! The first pair of pajama pants are starting to look good (I'm using a simple Butterick's pattern which is only supposed to take an hour!)...that is until I held up the 10 year old's pajama pants against the pair I was lounging around in last night and the ones I'm making are roughly the same length as mine, and the crotch is about 3 inches longer than my pajama pants- slight problem. Looks like I might be going to Target to get a sample pair of pajama pants to measure the ones I'm making against! :) My goal is to have the pajama pants done by the end of the week.

I also picked up Mr. D's Steelers quilt from the long arm quilter, and my oh my the quilt job is awesome (there's nothing like a custom quilt job to start out a week!).


P.S.- I'm sorry I don't have a new recipe to share with all today- next Monday, I promise!

P.P.S.- Just a quick poll to satisfy my curiosity. Do you sew with your seam ripper out on your sewing table or with it put away? I personally sew with my seam ripper put away and tend to get very irritated when I have to get up and get it...just one of my sewing idiosyncrasies! :o)

5 comments:

  1. My seam ripper is always close by (I like to keep it in a small tin with all my pins)! :)

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  2. Since I seem to need my seam ripper every time I sew, I tend to leave it out. But, I make such a mess when I am sewing I have a difficult time finding it on the table!

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  3. I'm never without the seam ripper. I just finished my very first professional decorating job and sewed some simple valances. Unfortunately, I measured the hem wrong on two of them and had to rip it out and start over. Grrr, that makes me mad.

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  4. The quilting job on Alan's quilt is really nice! I like how she incorporated the Steelers symbol as part of the design.

    Also, I leave my seam ripper out, if I have already used it once. Otherwise, it's in my sewing basket.

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  5. I ALWAYS have the seam ripper out and ready when I am sewing! In fact, I actually have two in case I can't find one. . .

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