By Vicky Nardone
I might be slightly obsessed with purses lately since the last two Whatever Wednesday posts have been about purses. But this one is just soo cute. I think it's my favorite one I've ever made.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Recycled Jean Purse - Whatever Wednesday #4
By Vicky Nardone
Every since I saw people pinning things that they had made with old pairs of jeans on pinterest, I knew I wanted to try sewing with denim. I love sewing purses and I had seen all these cute purses that people had made out of the top of a pair of jeans and so I decided to give it a try! I didn't see any that fit exactly what I wanted to try so I decided to try and make it up as I went along. I actually ended up making this purse as a gift for my sister in law, Andrea for Christmas.
Every since I saw people pinning things that they had made with old pairs of jeans on pinterest, I knew I wanted to try sewing with denim. I love sewing purses and I had seen all these cute purses that people had made out of the top of a pair of jeans and so I decided to give it a try! I didn't see any that fit exactly what I wanted to try so I decided to try and make it up as I went along. I actually ended up making this purse as a gift for my sister in law, Andrea for Christmas.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day 2013
By Vicky Nardone
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! I am not a mother to any human children yet, but I do have two little dogs and a kitty to call my own. My dog Piper left me a pile of poop in the corner today - not sure if that can really be called a Mother's Day present?
Anyway, for Mother's Day my husband and I did lunch with my mom. She wanted to have lobster at our place and she insisted on bringing them over herself. I made sides to go with them - garlicky green beans and golden potatoes. For dessert we had mint chocolate fudge cups which I will be sharing the recipe for with you later this week.
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! I am not a mother to any human children yet, but I do have two little dogs and a kitty to call my own. My dog Piper left me a pile of poop in the corner today - not sure if that can really be called a Mother's Day present?
Anyway, for Mother's Day my husband and I did lunch with my mom. She wanted to have lobster at our place and she insisted on bringing them over herself. I made sides to go with them - garlicky green beans and golden potatoes. For dessert we had mint chocolate fudge cups which I will be sharing the recipe for with you later this week.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
How Not to Make Pajama Pants
By Vicky Nardone
So after a couple successful purse sewing attempts I decided I was ready to more on to clothing. Pajama pants are one of my favorite clothing items in the whole world so I thought they would make the perfect first item to start with. How hard could it be, right? Well, I think the above pajama pants speak for themselves. I want to blame the pattern but I think a lot of it is just me and my inexperience at sewing. Let me share the issues I ran into with you in case they might help someone else who's new at sewing to avoid making them in the future.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Crazy Weekend
By Vicky Nardone
This has been a crazy awesome weekend! I hardly every stay up this late but for this weekend I ended up going to bed at 3am on both Friday and Saturday night.
On Friday night I made my first ever wearable sewing pattern by myself. I made a pair of pajama pants. Look for my post coming soon on "How not to make pajama pants." Lol, it was definitely a learning experiment. They are wearable but I think my second attempt is going to be much better. What a party right- staying up till 3am on a Friday night sewing a pair of pajama pants?
On Saturday morning, I found a great thank you note in my e-mail box from Deb, the winner of the fleece-lined knitted hat I gave away. I hope she doesn't mind if I share it.
This has been a crazy awesome weekend! I hardly every stay up this late but for this weekend I ended up going to bed at 3am on both Friday and Saturday night.
On Friday night I made my first ever wearable sewing pattern by myself. I made a pair of pajama pants. Look for my post coming soon on "How not to make pajama pants." Lol, it was definitely a learning experiment. They are wearable but I think my second attempt is going to be much better. What a party right- staying up till 3am on a Friday night sewing a pair of pajama pants?
On Saturday morning, I found a great thank you note in my e-mail box from Deb, the winner of the fleece-lined knitted hat I gave away. I hope she doesn't mind if I share it.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Summer Purse
By Vicky Nardone
Instead of making the smaller B View purse this time I made the A View purse. See my first attempt at a purse here. I made several adjustments to this pattern the second time around which I think made for a much better purse. As you can see from the picture above, I used a simplicity 2830 pattern. I saw this at JoAnns for like $2.00 and after not having sewn anything for the past 20 years, I decided it was time to get back into it. I should probably do a little more research on my patterns in the future though because every single review on this pattern I found online said it was terrible and confusing.
Only one more day until the weekend. I can't wait, especially since I have a 12:30 am work call tonight.
Last weekend's project was another purse. I used the same pattern:
Instead of making the smaller B View purse this time I made the A View purse. See my first attempt at a purse here. I made several adjustments to this pattern the second time around which I think made for a much better purse. As you can see from the picture above, I used a simplicity 2830 pattern. I saw this at JoAnns for like $2.00 and after not having sewn anything for the past 20 years, I decided it was time to get back into it. I should probably do a little more research on my patterns in the future though because every single review on this pattern I found online said it was terrible and confusing.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
New Purse Made with New Sewing Machine
By Vicky Nardone
So I decided to try something new. I've been really impressed with the sewn projects that I've been seeing on other people's blogs and I really wanted to learn how to make a purse similar to the one that I got at a craft fair over the summer.
I was so excited when I found a pattern that I loved for only $3 at Joanns. I started off using this old 1950s sewing machine that I inherited from my grandma. That worked for about half an evening and then then the machine which probably hasn't been used in 10 years started giving me trouble. I decided after looking a new sewing machines and seeing how many more attachments and features they had over my current one that it was worth the invesment.
I was so excited when I found a pattern that I loved for only $3 at Joanns. I started off using this old 1950s sewing machine that I inherited from my grandma. That worked for about half an evening and then then the machine which probably hasn't been used in 10 years started giving me trouble. I decided after looking a new sewing machines and seeing how many more attachments and features they had over my current one that it was worth the invesment.
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