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.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Made From Scratch Sloppy Joe Ravioli
By Vicky Nardone
Matt and I have been thinking of getting attachments for our kitchen aid that would let us cut our own ravioli for a while now and this past weekend we decided to take the plunge. We have so many great ideas for ravioli recipes so be sure to stay tuned to see them all! We ended up buying this kit that gave us a pasta sheet cutter, linguini cutter and spaghetti cutter. Don't worry if you don't have a kitchen aid though - there are plenty of manual pasta rollers that you can get for between $25 and $70 depending on how fancy you want to go.
Our friend +Bryan Patrick Stoyle gave us the best sloppy joe recipe ever and we thought it would make the perfect filling for our first round of ravioli. To make this recipe, I doubled the sauce proportions so that it was a little more liquidy and I could also use it as a topping for the ravioli. Matt is a vegetarian so we made a vegetarian filling with soy crumbles and a regular version with ground beef. And it was Dr. Who Sunday so +Bryan Patrick Stoyle came over for dinner and got to try the recipe inspired by his sloppy joes. I highly recommend trying the sloppy joe recipe by itself too - just halve everything except the meat.
Matt and I have been thinking of getting attachments for our kitchen aid that would let us cut our own ravioli for a while now and this past weekend we decided to take the plunge. We have so many great ideas for ravioli recipes so be sure to stay tuned to see them all! We ended up buying this kit that gave us a pasta sheet cutter, linguini cutter and spaghetti cutter. Don't worry if you don't have a kitchen aid though - there are plenty of manual pasta rollers that you can get for between $25 and $70 depending on how fancy you want to go.
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| The pasta sheet cutter is the one we used to make ravioli. It's the one all the way to the right. |
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.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Matt and Vicky's Sushi Tutorial
By Vicky Nardone
One of Matt and my favorite types of restaurants to go to is Sushi Places. When we find something we really like, we always try to reproduce it ourselves. Now that we've got the general idea we are always experimenting to try and reproduce our favorites that we've found in restaurants. Today I'm going to share all of our tips and tricks for making our favorite types of sushi. Before we start, I'm going to warn you that we generally tend to go for the more mild types of sushi, but if you enjoy some of the more adventurous choices this will be a good beginners reference for how to make sushi and you can change the fillings.
One of Matt and my favorite types of restaurants to go to is Sushi Places. When we find something we really like, we always try to reproduce it ourselves. Now that we've got the general idea we are always experimenting to try and reproduce our favorites that we've found in restaurants. Today I'm going to share all of our tips and tricks for making our favorite types of sushi. Before we start, I'm going to warn you that we generally tend to go for the more mild types of sushi, but if you enjoy some of the more adventurous choices this will be a good beginners reference for how to make sushi and you can change the fillings.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
A Very Doggy Thank You
By Vicky Nardone
You may have seen my post last week about the wonderful Easter Gifts we got last week. Our puppies got some wonderful gifties (as did we!) from my parents-in-law and I wanted to send them a thank you card. I decided to make it doggie themed.
I had a set of animal print papers and I found one that looked like dalmatian spots and decided that one would be perfect! I found a dalmatian cutout on my favorite "Create A Critter" cartridge and I also found a great paw print ribbon from my stash. I did some accents on the collar and the letters with a silver gel pen and added a little rhinestone accent to the collar as well.
I had a set of animal print papers and I found one that looked like dalmatian spots and decided that one would be perfect! I found a dalmatian cutout on my favorite "Create A Critter" cartridge and I also found a great paw print ribbon from my stash. I did some accents on the collar and the letters with a silver gel pen and added a little rhinestone accent to the collar as well.
Purple Fleece-Lined Knitted Hat Giveaway Winner
By Vicky Nardone
Happy Saturday everyone! I just wanted to announce that the winner of the purple fleece-lined knitted hat is Deb from Mountain Musings! Deb I will be e-mailing you to find out what address you want the hat mailed to.
Happy Saturday everyone! I just wanted to announce that the winner of the purple fleece-lined knitted hat is Deb from Mountain Musings! Deb I will be e-mailing you to find out what address you want the hat mailed to.
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