Just Sew It

I love the fabric used to fabricate these roman shades PLUS it’s blue!!

Client wants me to sew drapery for this window. Now, what to suggest for a window that size. Yikes.

I was awarded a blogger award and now, I’m paying it forward!

The award comes with FOUR rules:

1. Thank the person that gave you the award.

Thank you Gail at Guurrrl Designs!

2. Share 7 things about you:

My favorite movie is the Godfather which is where my favorite quotes come from.
My favorite color is blue.
I love animals.
I like German-made products.
I like my clothing made in Italy.
I’d like to move to California.
I like hanging out with gay men.

3. Pass the award onto 15 bloggers you have recently discovered and/or love to visit.

http://www.sommerdesigns.typepad.com/

http://www.dana-made-it.com/

http://letyourcreativityflow.blogspot.com/2009/12/mellow-yellow.html

http://www.pepperdesignblog.com/

http://www.treat.typepad.com/

http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/

http://www.yummygoods.com/

http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/

http://www.designspongeonline.com/

http://www.hostessblog.com/

http://weewonderfuls.typepad.com/

http://zuzu.typepad.com/

http://www.underaredroof.com/

http://turkeyfeathers.typepad.com/turkey_feathers/

http://whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com/

4. Contact the bloggers to let them know about the award.

If you are offended by this, please don’t be. I think the intention of this is to drive traffic and to pay it forward.

I’ve always liked old school houses and this particular piece reminds of the coat rooms of the old school rooms that my parents attended when they were in school. I always feel like I lived in that era. I went to elementary school in the 70’s. Just maybe I did live in that time in a previous life? My husband who is an atheist would just grin and keep typing at his computer. You never know.

There are numerous pattern companies out there but the most widely used are Simplicity, Butterick, Vogue and McCalls otherwise known as the Big 4. The pattern I’ll be sewing is McCalls 3979. Visit a fabric store and they will have large catalogs to go through. Even though aprons are really an accessory they have sized since you have wear it. Now, don’t think that pattern sizes are the same as retail clothing sizes. They are larger. In retail clothing, I wear a size 7. In the pattern world, I’m a size 12. It can really throw a person off, but is just how they size you up. Oh well. So measure yourself and refer the measurement page in the catalog (measure yourself at home beforehand). Listen to the pattern and not what you think you should buy (or want to).