Knitting

Scratch This One off my WIP list! I knitted socks!!!

Look at those BEAUTIFUL socks people!!! Seriously, this only took me 9 years to figure out how to do!  That first sock, the one on the right was started on a plane trip to California about 2005.  I remember at the time when I bought this mini-book: that I was determined to advance my knitting… Continue reading Scratch This One off my WIP list! I knitted socks!!!

Sewing, Surprise Sewing Bee Contest

Now onto the 3rd Round, I’M IN!!!

Wow!  And another round of the Patternreview.com Sewing Bee contest results are in and I'M STILL IN!!! Now there are 25 contestants left!  Yikes! So that means, just to re-cap, there were 343 entrants to the competition.  Out of those 343, 140 finished and created an entry for the first round.  Out of 140 only… Continue reading Now onto the 3rd Round, I’M IN!!!

Sewing, Surprise Sewing Bee Contest

PatternReview Surprise Sewing Bee Round #2! Finished!

Yay!  I'm finally finished with this project! My entry for the 2nd round of the Surprise Sewing Bee over at Patternreview.com is all finished and up on the site! https://www.flickr.com/photos/17438256@N05/15184814844/in/set-72157648752883658 Sorry that I haven't really posted anything this week on this but I've been slaaaaving away at the machine... To read the review of this… Continue reading PatternReview Surprise Sewing Bee Round #2! Finished!

Burda Patterns, Sewing

Surprise Sewing Bee Round 1 Entry!

I'm biting my fingers!  I've never entered a contest on Patternreview.com before UNTIL NOW!!! The first challenge is an A-Line skirt. Here is my entry: This pattern is from Burda Magazine.  I pulled out my archives and found this one in the October 1997 edition!  Yikes!  It is classic though! Entries are due TODAY and… Continue reading Surprise Sewing Bee Round 1 Entry!