Ok, so it is Saturday and for once we are not running errands, because we did all of that yesterday. Yes I dragged James to Black Friday. He thought that he was going to get even with me by making me go with him to Game Stop, but that was a cake walk compared to Joann’s.
Joann’s was so crowded that when we got the number to get my material cut the number was 88b. That would normally be no big deal but they had just called number 98a. Therefore, James found the whole bolt of material that I was going to get 5 yards of, and the bolt was 8 yards. As the bolt was only three extra yards and a lovely Charcoal Grey fleece. I figured that our time was worth spending the extra three yards of cost, as the cost per yard was only 2.49. It was going to save time and aggravation.
As I said before, now I have more material to play with, and I more than likely have more ideas then I have material. However that often happens, I have less material, less time, and more projects then I can get done. I am beginning to think that, the mantra of the crafter is more time, more material…haha
So today after I got a look at the Christmas paper that I also got at Joann’s, and after getting the paper open that we bought on Thanksgiving Day at Michaels, and going through it, (that paper is great, I have plans for gifts for next year with it). I figured it was time to see about how the sewing projects that I was going to do for my Christmas present were going to work.
Therefore, I went ahead, cut out the project, and have it almost done. However, as it is a present I will not post it until after Christmas.
I will say as with most of my projects it would not work as I had first envisioned it due to how heavy it would have been ( I wanted to put ribbon around all of the edges), but it will still be pretty and easy to do with the correct equipment. Without the new sewing machine foot that I will be getting it will take longer. I am doing the first one without it. Just in case I do not get the foot in time, or the foot does not give me the affect I want.
The old fashioned basting and gathering affect can be controlled precisely because you are doing it buy hand. However, you have to ruffle it and then you have to sew it in place. With the ruffler-foot you do not have the same buy hand control but you have the ability to gather, and sew in one step. This is time saving, and awesome.
Jerry and Donna Cooley gave me a gift card for my birthday (thank you Donna and Jerry) that I am using for the new foot and I am excited about it, because without the gift card I would not have been able to afford it now. I have wanted a ruffler-foot for a while, but new feet cost money. This foot is going to cost 60 dollars plus tax. You know sewing is no longer a cheap hobby and a dying craft which is sad on both counts.
Well, it is time to get back to the crafting, then I need to clean the house some…Happy Saturday to everyone.
Oh James decided to take some pictures of out tree changing colors outside here is the best one I think.
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