Monthly Archives: October 2012

Mock up fabric

Posted on October 31, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

Since I will have to lengthen/resize my daughter’s swimsuits when I make them I wanted to make a mock up/practice suit. I went to Goodwill with the intentions of buying a shirt made with streachy fabric or a swimsuit that … Continue reading →

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Zippers and straps

Posted on October 30, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

I found a roll zipper that was 12 feet long and included 4 slides/pulls on Ebay. (if you are looking for this item, search zipper chain, roll zipper or zipper tape) It cost less than $10 with shipping. While waiting … Continue reading →

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Stay stitching

Posted on October 29, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

Since the orange camo fabric seems to fray easily, so I did what I call stay stitching, so that if it does fray it will only fray to the stitch line. Stay stitching is very simple, all I did was … Continue reading →

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Glitter oranamets!!!

Posted on October 28, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

Every girl loves glitter right?? I saw ornaments with glitter on the inside on pinterest, I knew I wanted to try them. But I wasn’t about to buy a floor cleaner just to make a few ornaments. I gave up … Continue reading →

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Ornaments

Posted on October 27, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

I made a 4 Mod Podge ornaments, the top two are covered with the circles of paper I cut out a while ago, and have clear glitter sprinkled on them. the bottom two have randomly cut peices of paper and … Continue reading →

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Cutting it up.

Posted on October 26, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

After making my patterns I cut up the fabrics, 1 1/2 yard each heavy fleece and the vinyl/nylon orange camo. I was anticipating getting 3 shotgun cases but there was enough left to lengthen one case a little bit and … Continue reading →

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Finishing touches

Posted on October 25, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

I have had theese jammie bottoms sitting on my sewing table for far too long, all that was left was the elastic and the hem. There were many times during the summer that I almost finished them but never did … Continue reading →

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Bobbins

Posted on October 24, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

There were 3 bobbins included with my machine, the sew/vac place that I got my new machine at gave me another 5 and I bought a few more. I have a tendancy to keep my bobbins filled after finsihing a … Continue reading →

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Pajama time again

Posted on October 23, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

Since my son still doesn’t want to wear any jammies other than his 2 with the button up shirts I will be making him one more set. He loves this fabric that I picked out. I picked it out when … Continue reading →

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More orange!

Posted on October 22, 2012 by alwaystimetoprocraftinate

This time it is a coated nylon. I will be making some much needed hunting accessories. I will be making my own pattern with insperation from my husband’s favorite. (he acually made it when he was in high school it … Continue reading →

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