My Super Bowl Sunday

Oh sometimes I'm just soooo funny!!

Last week I was commissioned by my boss to make a fabric bowl for her wedding...eeek.  I mean, thanks for the confidence, but this is a wedding we're talking about.  Of course I was up for the challenge...I mean anytime I can play with my pretty fabric,

 look through my sewing books/magazines to find that pattern I KNOW I saw at some point,

 and have my bully helpers

...I'm a happy girl.

Oooh don't forget about Pinterest....gotta search that out too.  Oh the hours that get wasted there right??

Sweet!  Now I have plans for the weekend!!

Saturday I tried playing with two different patterns & but I wasn't totally in love...in fact I absolutely hated one.

(HATED this one!)

So on Sunday, I decided...well, hey it IS Super Bowl Sunday....might as well try again!!!

And bowl did I?

(my boss picked two of these for her wedding)

These were my favorite & turned out best.  They are actually a pattern for a bowl holder/potholder (think put this in the microwave & then a bowl on top of it, so then when you take it out of the microwave, you don't burn yourself....genius right??  Oh how I love the internets.)

Now granted, not all my bowls turned out as planned, but I tried & it was something I've never sewn before, so now of course I want to sew more bowls!  Maybe I'll have a few more Super Bowl Sundays in my future!  :0)

Doc says, "oh Momma Jinny, Momma Jinny....you make preeeetttty bowls."

Happy 2014!!!

So how is everybullly doing??  We're almost 1 month into 2014 already, which is hard to believe but considering how horribly cold it's been lately, I'm ready for February to start because that means we're one month closer to warmer weather....I hope anyway.

The bullies (& Pippa) are spending the cold days snuggled together,

 or carefully navigating the bully highway in the backyard.

I've been avoiding the cold/snow whenever possible...I mean, it's just so cold & there's just so much snow!

 (Photo of a 3 story parking ramp & the snow pile on the side...that pile won't be gone until June I swear.)

Sure, it's pretty....but enough is enough!

So to avoid the snow, I've been sewing...I even sewed myself some items last weekend.  My mom is teaching me how to crochet--which really is a great craft to do in front of the TV!!  So I made myself a crochet hook roll & bag to hold all my yarn.

In case you couldn't figure it out...I'm a big fan of dots...lots of dots.  And chevrons (you know the zig zags--did you know it had a real name?) are probably my second favorite print!  :0)
 
I hope everybully is doing well & staying warm!!

Happy 2014!!!!

Seriously!! This is "sew" cute!!!

You guessed it!  Talking about sewing today!  I can't help it!  I'm totally in love with this clutch I made on Friday night. 

It was meant to be a Christmas gift for my goddaughter, but immediately after I finished it, I couldn't part with it!  Turns out, that was meant to be because I used the orange strictly because that was her favorite color...WAS being the key word!  Ha!

But I'm not too heart broken!  I mean hello...I wanted to keep it anyway!  Hahaha!  I love the color combo...but those gathers!!  Uggh!  LOVING!  As you probably guessed, this is my first attempt at adding such a detail to anything I've made.  I've done ruffles before, but haven't quite mastered the technique.  But this clutch...uggh...LOOOVE.  Yay me!

I used this tutorial at Noodlehead for the clutch & the instructions were great!  I did my own spin on a few touches on the clutch, but overall it's her tutorial.  Did I mention how much I LOOOOVE it??  One fun fact on this clutch...the zipper is older than me!  This past summer I embraced thrift stores for sewing notions & fabric!  It's amazing at what you'll score!!!  $0.49 for that vintage beauty!! 

Aww...look!  Still sew cute while at work too!!

Oh & no worries...my goddaughter will still get something...it just won't be orange!  :0)