Sincerely, Ree

Friday, November 29, 2013

Pilgrim Hat

Hello!

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I meant to post this yesterday, but I didn't. :(

I made this hat on a whim. I modified a witches hat (pattern here) to make a Pilgrim Hat. I decided to make my Pilgrim a little flashy. Mine has an animal print band and rhinestone buckle! Whoo HOO! :) Oh, I know, I KNOW! A girl can have fun once and a while, right?

Enjoy your day!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Bottle Bag

Around my neighborhood there is usually some talk (jokingly of course) about how we can disguise wine bottles so that the wine can be enjoyed and not necessarily known that your drinking from a wine bottle. :) Things like bling, flowers, and straw are discussed. I say we but I don't really like wine, but that doesn't mean that the creative side of me doesn't kick in.

I actually have some ideas floating in my head to address this ummmm I'll call it issue.

Today, I started with a pattern tutorial I came across on Pintrest. See it here. I have been in a little bit of a sewing slump lately. I have so many ideas for patterns in my head that I want to attempt, but when I take the time to sew I kind of freeze. So, sometimes I will grab a pattern to hopefully help get me going. That's what I did today. The tutorial is a little rough around the edges and I made a few very slight changes.

Here is my finished bag.

The changes I made are: I cut my handles 4" x16" then folded in half wrong sides together. Opened it up and folded each raw edge to the center crease. I then folded in each short edge in about 1/4". Then re-folded and pressed the long edges together. Then edge stitched along all sides.

On the inside of the bag, I cut binding 2 1/4" x 40". After I pressed the binding using the same method as described for the handles, I added binding to the top and bottom of each piece by cutting it into four 10" pieces. I encased the raw top and bottom edges of the inside piece by placing it close to the pressed center crease of the binding. Then edge stitched close to the bottom fold of the binding. I then sewed the two inside pieces together down the center.

I also changed the binding to be 2 1/4" x 33 1/2" for each the front and the back.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Jenny Bag Pattern From IThinkSew

This is the Jenny Bag from www.ithinksew.com.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

HYCCT Day 31---The Final Day of HYCCT 2013!

HYCCT1331A-I *HEART* You!

Today's challenge "Here we are, the last day of this wonderful month of challenges for such a worthwhile cause. This is the first of three challenges today and since it has been a month of "heartfelt" love and support, I thought it would be fitting to have a challenge to create a heart shaped card or a card that contains hearts. "

Supplies Used: Stamps: Heidi Grace

Coluzzle-Primitive Heart, Banner

HYCCT1331B-Group Hug

This challenge "Sometimes messages are sent from or to groups of people, messages of thanks, messages of encouragement, messages of hope... sometimes it is great to feel the arms of many at one time... your challenge is to create a card that is simple in nature, and large in its message. Use sentiments or images that reflect a message from or to a group of people, and allow the patient to send or receive a Group Hug."

Supplies Used: Stamps: PSX Designs-Antique Alphabet, Double D Rubber Stamps

HYCCT1331C-Pick A Team!: I Can't Believe It's Over!

"What I want you to do is create a black and white card, with just a pop of one of the colors listed below - indicating your "team." you do not have to know anything about the show or these characters to play - you just have to pick one of these six colors for your pop.

1) Green (Team Walt)
2) Purple (Team Marie)
3) Brown (Team Hank)
4) Pink (Team Holly)
5) Blue - (Team Skyler)
6) Yellow - (Team Jesse)"

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/hope-you-can-cling-challenge-forum-f299/hycct1331c-pick-team-chat-thread-t580280.html#ixzz2jLBJysH7

I decided to add a pop of yellow. I haven't watched Breaking Bad. So, I have no idea who Jesse is. I just decided on yellow because I never use yellow. I thought I'd try something different.
Supplies: Stamps: Inkadinkado-Bold Damask
Dies: Nestabilities-Square
Template: Hot Off The Press!-Fold It Bows!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

HYCCT Day 30

HYCCT1330-Sparkling Season

Today's challenge: "With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to have a challenge focused on making holiday cards. In order to make them "Sparkling Season" holiday cards, my requirement is to use glitter on your cards.

So make a Halloween card, a Thanksgiving card, a Christmas card, or even a Valentine's Day card with glitter on it. Bonus points to those who use PINK on their cards!!

I used this MOJO sketch for this card. I don't know what I'd do with out sketches. I LOVE to use them!

For glitter, I used the Tsukineko Glue Pad then applied glitter on the heart. I also used some seam tape as a ribbon.

Supplies: Stamps: Heidi Grace-Valentine's Day, Savvy Stamps-Polka Dot Heart

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Kennedy Bag

This is another great bag I was allowed the opportunity to test for Sew Sweetness. As of the time of me typing this, I believe that the pattern will be avail. on the Sew Mamma Sew site.

The pattern has you use buckles on the flap and on the sides of the bag. I was unable to find the right size buckles. I looked several places...no luck. So, I had to ad lib a little bit. I used slider bars in place of the buckles on the flap. Also, since I didn't have any swivel hooks, I made my strap longer, ran it through rectangle rings, and made it adjustable with a slider bar.

For the side of the bag, the pattern instructs you to use 1" wide buckles. I couldn't find two matching 1" wide buckles. The closest I could find was 5/8" wide buckles. So, I changed the size of my side accent pieces to 1 1/8" wide x same length. I punched a hole in one side accent piece as instructed, folded it in half and basted this to one side of the side piece. Then I sewed three sides of the other accent piece wrong sides together, trimmed seam allowance, clipped corners, turned right side out and edge stitched along three sides. I basted the raw edge to the opposite side of the side piece. I marked where the buckle prong would hit the accent piece and punched a hole. I added an eyelet in the hole. I repeated this for the other side of the bag. To tack the loose hanging strap I cut a piece

1 1/8" x 2 1/2" I folded the raw edges of the 1 1/8" side to meet in the center. I edge stitched along each side. I then folded under one raw edge 1/4" and glued it. I let this dry then wrapped this around the overhang and side accent piece and glued it, again. I glued it because I used faux leather and wasn't in the mood to attempt to sew it.

This is the inside of the bag with a divided slip pocket on one side and a large zipper pocket on the other.

Click here to see what all the other talented bag makers did with this pattern.

HYCCT Day 29

HYCCT1329-Subway Art with Heart

Today's challenge: "Hello everyone one and welcome to the (Subway)Art with Heart challenge! Subway Art is simply any art you see on the street that isn’t graffiti. Think bill boards, kiosk signs, the sides of busses ect. All you need to take this challenge is a piece of subway art as your inspiration (or you can use the photo below) and of course to put a little of your heart into it! If you choose to use your own inspiration piece please be sure to link it in your description and tell us how you used it. "

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/hope-you-can-cling-challenge-forum-f299/hycct1329-subway-art-heart-chat-thread-t580167.html#ixzz2j8HJblWj

Here is the link to the printable I used. I googled "subway art printable." I found this site. There are lots of other NICE printable avail. on that site.
I decided to add a pumpkin in the corner.
Supplies: Subway Art Printable: Eighteen25
Stamps: DJ Inkers-Plain Pumpkin