DUTIES OF A NEW MACHINE

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the first big challenge of my new sewing machine was to make 15 aprons for my granddaughter's Food Network birthday party a few weeks back,I bout threw it & me into shock as it took literally 24 hrs to complete all 15 especially when an hour goes by & I just realized there were only 14 LOL, the party was a blast & the aprons were a great hit & big surprise

my new passion is pillowcases, I think it's so neat how they wind up being sewn in a jelly roll fashion then turned right side out & waa laa , a pillowcase with no

seams,this one was a pratice run

Iam curently working on another big pink headed Raggedy Ann for a sweet little girl

so as you can see I've been giving that new machine a run for it's money LOL,along with "just for me" projects waiting in line I hope I don't wear it out LOL

I'M SEWING PART ONE

A while back I came across some pillowcase tutorials & was fascinated how simple it was to whip one out by sewing all layers then rolling into a jellyroll, sewing along the edge, pulling out & waa laa a pillowcase

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrYWCma9wgM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moryq_ZRFY

yea yea I know we can go to the store & buy pillowcases all day long lol but isn't it rewarding to be able to say "I made that" for my practice one I used some leftover Americana fabric that I had & came up with this

these delicious fabrics will be turned into pillowcases next, the sunflowers just seemed like a fun print, & something about the floral brought back memories of tiny little prints , mostly made from flour sacks on my grandmothers bed & if that can make me smile & flood my mind with memories then yea I prefer it over my store bought ones

I'M SEWING!

I'm sewing! but what?

will it be curtains?

will it be pillows?

something for the kitchen?

will it be Annies?

will it be bunnies?

will it be aprons?

will you be back to find out? LOL

ALL BETTER NOW

when you don't see me on line for over a week you know somethings not right LOL & to miss my own birthday my my! lol, I saw no one but my sweet sister(Picket) who knocked at the door & said just reach for your present lol hubby did come home with yellow roses, he even let me sleep in his recliner all week,sweet sweet man!LOL I will post B'day present pic's soon, sister got me the sweetest apron! speaking of aprons I have a few that I'm just itching to make from the links I found a few weeks back, I'm itching to make pillowcases with that beautiful fabric I bought way back when just for that project yea yea go buy two for the price of one but sometimes it just feels good to say I made that! LOL be sure to visit all three blogs to get all the updates on what's happening over here at Nanna's, I am thankful to have good friends that lifted me up in prayer, even those who were scared to come over lol, remember the 13 aprons for my granddaughter's B'day party? now there's talk in the air of possibly 6-8 Snow White dress's for my twin granddaughter's third B'day party coming up in a few months & noooooo I will not attempt that in one day like I did the aprons LOL LOL so if all goes well there should be a lot fo fabric flying over here but nice & slow don't want to throw the new machine into over kill LOL

APRON PATTERNS & TUTORIALS

Making so many aprons at one time has sparked an apron search LOL maybe I'll get to those "just for me" aprons I've longed to do for so long, once you go through these links I guarantee you'll wantta make one or more too lol, so come on lets make an apron together

I love this one made with the quilt block bib, so country & so cozy

http://mybyrdhouse.blogspot.com/2007/05/may-apron-tutorial-quilt-block-apron.html


just look at all those free patterns & tutorials!

http://tipnut.com/free-apron-patterns-tutorials/

http://craftstew.com/sewing/38-free-apron-patterns

one is sure to win your heart