babybug

friday night madness

let's rewind to friday night which did turn out to be an all-nighter.  earlier in the night, my pointer finger unknowingly got stuck in a pin while sewing.  i continued sewing and i got gouged as the pin was pulled from my skin.  two coffees and three cokes later, i earned another strawberry shortcake band-aid.  the caffeine kicked in and i was jamming on the machine.  sewing, snipping thread ends, sewing, snipping thread ends...  it happened so quick.  i SNIPPED the tip of my pinky, yes, OUCH!  omg, if i didn't have a fingernail, i wouldn't have a finger tip right now.  the nail helped stop the scissors.  this was my fault because about two hours earlier i sharpened the pair.  my screams and yells scared the sh*t out of husband. he forced himself to wake up and help me.   

husband:  breathe tasha, you're not breathing! 

me:  don't scold me, i can't!!!  i can feel the my finger sliced in half.  i can feel it, i can feel it! 

husband:  give me your finger...

me:  no ways, you're NOT putting rubbing alcohol on my finger!

husband:  see, you're breathing now. don't you feel better?

me:  shut up!  OMG!!!  (lying down in the middle of the hallway.)  damn, you're taping the cut!   

i am a weenie.  i can't stand pain.  how did i get through labor?  three epidurals.  the initial one and two refills.  but, the initial shot is a story in itself.  i freaked, husband later said he was actually embarrassed.  oh, back to bag making...

i had thirty two bags by 5 a.m. (the most i've made for one christmas fair was sixty.)  it was a close call since we had to leave the house by 7 a.m.

at the craft fair...

i think these pink ones are my new favorites.  they're gone.  but, of course i saved some fabric.  the french bag went quick.

i sold mostly everything, making it worth while.  it was okay for a (non-christmas) spring fair.  i have a few duplicates left since i made about three of each pattern.  thinking maybe i'll try and put them up on etsy sometime. 

thanks for the comments last night.  due to the time difference between here and the mainland, i was able to take little sewing breaks and read a few of them instantly.   

tomorrow i'll show you how i spent some of the cash.  it's MY money, so no budget!!!!

   

all bagged out

it's been hard finding computer time.  how badly do i want to slowly read and comment on my favorite blogs.  i've been sewing like crazy for the craft fair this weekend.  will post pictures of bag-mania soon.  here's a favorite that i made last night.  it's hard to cut up fabric even if you'll make money off of it.

today i took babybug to the mall, again.  made her a new dress.  the collar and arm holes came out perfect on this one.  the hilarious thing was that while sewing, i was stewing about my mother-in-law.  i told husband it's the first positive thing about her, she makes me sew well.  gosh, i'm not a mean daughter-in-law, i promise.  it's just a long story...you know the type. 

yesterday we went to kapiolani park for some exercise.  we walked around the park once which i think is about one and a half miles.  husband and i used to walk regularly before babybug.  i had a low-lying placenta so we didn't exercise when i was preggos either.  i haven't put on a pair of shoes for about three years.  my old shoes didn't fit so we went to buy new ones.  many people have told me your feet grow during pregnancy.  mine grew a size and a half.  i am now an eight and a half!  this is huge, considering that i'm only five feet two inches!  yikes!  i was wondering, what happens when you have more children, will your feet grow with each of them? 

i've been wondering how others send wonderful reply emails to the comments i've left on their blogs.  well, i finally figured out i needed to check one of those boxes on the typepad maintenance site.  i hope i'll get some comments tonight and i can try it out :)

one more picture of my little HAM!

a weelly funny wee bunny

the more i looked at this material, it reminded me a milk chocolate easter bunny decorated with colored chocolate.  i remember getting those at easter and wouldn't want to break them to eat.  decided to make babybug an easter dress.  the more you make of these, the easier they get.  in case you want to try, simplicity 4557.  the wee bunny came out funny.  i should have used the furry material like the original.  bunny has some extra puckered skin at bottom.  babybug looked at it and scrunched up her nose...she really did!  grabbed it by the ears, spun it in the air and laughed.  eventually slept with it :)    

 

i bought the carrot spice and meyer lemon bread mix from williams & sonoma yesterday.  i'm all for easy.  oh, i found this blog the other day.  i want to try her stroganoff recipe.  it looks gooood!  i love using the crock pot.      

deja vu, husband did it again!   yup, needed to go to the post office and he took the wrong car.  what's with post-office-days?  ARGHHH!  surprises will arrive one day later. 

babybug is finally taking a nap.  i can read everyone's blogs now.

update:  just read 6.5 stiches...back tack three info is up.  it's a wee bunny or other softies!!  hmmm, thinking...i would need to practice making more bunnies.  who else is going to sign up?

pillow case dress

sorry about the awful picture.  i need a lesson in lighting.  you've probably already seen this pillow case blouse or know how to make it.  i found the instructions in the april/may 2005 issue of budget living.  i've been wanting to make it for a whole year!  it's actually for a woman's blouse.  i figured it could work as a dress for babybug, too.  i think it looks cuter on her as a dress.  i scanned instructions because there is no way i'm writing a tutorial, ahem...angela and capello.  just click on picture and hopefully it comes out clear enough.  otherwise, i can email it (if anyone out there wants it) as a document.  by the way, husband says it looked like a toga on babybug...yeah, whatevers.

instructions...

happy monday!  husband is taking the day off tomorrow.  yipee!

 

i love this fabric

i made these yesterday...

 

my denyse schmidt fabric came and i just had to make babybug some dresses.  i've made this pattern before but the collar and armholes still give me trouble.  i don't know if all husbands are like this, mines always says, "we should sell that" after i make something.   never mind, it took so long, we don't have time with a toddler around all day and just wouldn't be profitable.  he just gets dollar signs in his eyes every time he thinks we could make something.

i got the dress displays from gap kids at our neighborhood mall.  they were closing and selling them for $8.  i was with husband and only bought one.  i went back alone the next day and got another, ha.  i thought it was a good deal.

i noticed people are posting pictures of their denyse schmidt orders.  i thought it was neat because everyone knows what the designs are.  yet, to see what people actually ordered says something about their taste and preference.  here's what i ordered...

i think turquoise is my new favorite color.  i wanted more of the green and turquoise and tried to place another order.  they are all sold out.  two places i checked on-line had them out of stock!  i hope they get more in soon! 

the weekend is over

the weekend is over :(  husbands all over go back to work tomorrow.  is that good or bad?  heehee, sometimes it's easier home with the baby alone, no?  (except business trips.  i'm lucky, husband's next trip isn't until summer)  easier to follow a schedule and predictable meals to make.  husband really tries so i won't complain.

i was able to make these three bags this weekend.  trying something different than my usual...

...amy butler, heather ross, onishi junko, a liz claiborne sheet and some fabric my father bought me in japan...

i was wondering something, why is munki munki fabric only for personal use?  check out http://www.reprodepot.com/muapor.html  see the disclaimer?   cute cute cute apples, but not at that price per yard!  i don't understand how they can copyright it (if so) for personal use only.  husband thinks it's okay to make a bag with it and sell, just not mass producing in large quantities.  anyone have any idea?

we went out to dinner last night with some friends at ward center.  here's babybug with her buddy max.  he's 14 months and an adorable little-chunker!  babybug has a peg perego but she was facinated with max's stroller console all night.  i guess strollers are like cars to little people, always checking out someone else's model. 

happy monday to all of the friends i am making from this blog. 

babybug and bags

last night husband and i both put babybug to bed with no crying!  we turned on the ac and cruised with her on bed and futon.  we both ended up falling asleep and so did she.  (we realized she did when we woke up at 1 a.m.)  later she woke up at 4 a.m. this morning.  i don't know what time we went back to sleep, let her cry a while.  she woke up at 10 a.m. this morning so her schedule is all messed up again. 

these are the bags i wish i could make.  i especially like the cute first one.  i wanted to post more pictures from the book but scanner is being difficult.  i think i'll have to attempt the second bag because it looks a lot easier.  the problem is i've never quited anything.  i don't see the color combinations that go together.  i've just stuck to making my simple, one material bags.        

made this bag yesterday and took pictures.  you can make it anysize, no pattern required.  probably lots of people know this way, since it's a pretty basic pattern.

cut fabric any size you want bag to be.  cut two handles, outer fabric and inner lining.  cut a square a bottom corner of each, outer fabric and lining.  it's best if dimensions are equal.  iron pelon on wrong side of outer pieces and handles.  fold handles in half and iron.  sew both sides of handles.  place right sides of outer and inner pieces together.  sew sides and bottom.  on lining, leave a 3 to 4 inch space to pull outer through.

fold corner of bottoms together and sew.

turn outer piece right-side out.  sew straps in place.

   

place outer piece inside lining with two right sides facing each other.  sew together.

pull outer piece through opening.  sew opening closed and stuff lining back into bag. 

sew top edge and iron. 

 

i hope that made sense.  now, time for babybug's nap.

it's a goya, man!

this little ugly guy is going to be our veggie dish at dinner.  he's a bitter melon.  of course, he's super bitter.  i bought him at a farmer's market on saturday.  husband says it's an acquired taste.  i suppose anything weird or different is.  i grew up eating it two ways, one way was stir-fried with black bean sauce and chicken.  the other was steamed with ground pork filled in the center.  my dad lives in okinawa, japan and they love goya.  he's even a mascot there named "goya man"...with his own cartoon!  isn't he cute?  sorry, he's blurry in the picture.  the popular dish in okinawa is goya champaru, a stir-fry of sliced goya, tofu, bacon and eggs.  oh, i almost forgot about the goya juice...yup, they make this green juice out of it.  that's a little bit too much for me.

this weekend was productive in the sewing department.  i made three new bags.  i just rushed out to the back of the house to take pics before the sun went down.  eek, i hate lizards, salamanders or whatever they're called.  there were so many out there...yuck.  i love the brown material with colorful flowers.  after i made the bag i kept thinking about the material.  all night i felt regret that i should have bought more material.  i only bought one when i should know to buy two...one to use and one to save.  so, today i took babybug to buy more.  i walked into the fabric store and it wasn't on the shelf.  i actually panicked.  that is really pathetic to get that way over fabric.  i eventually found the boat and ended up buying four yards because i really do love it a lot.  don't ask me what the hell i'm going to do with four yards.  i do know, it has good company in the sewing room closet. 

   

capello, will post pics for you soon.  little goya here i come.  it's time to cook dinner.