When Sci-Fi and Hallmark Collide.......

You get Star Trek Christmas Ornaments!!!!
That's right, Starting July 16th,  you can fulfill what you are jonesin' for.....more trek! Yes, they have other stuff too, Like Star Wars, the leg lamp, Up and the grape soda badge on the kid, barbie's galore, but there is only one series I have a serious jones for.......TREK!
In all their glory:

Second in the Trek All stars series: Spock

This one talks and has Evil Spock!!! Let me say it again: Evil Spock!!

He's always claiming Kirk is his bestie, but he's always mind melding with McCoy. Can you say: denial?

Okay, I have to admit that this one is a tad cheesey..even in person. But I have every ship since 1991 and I am not going to stop because it's just not as fun as some of the others. I am no quitter. LOL 

It's the decals....too clean too, cartoony. Just my not so humble opinion. :-)

I hope to get back to making tonight!!

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ps.......I have them pre-ordered and they will be waiting for me with my name alllllllll over the place and  you can bet I will be there bright and early on the 16.......yeah buddy!! 

It's a tradition.

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Brief Blog-cation

Sister was here and now mom is here, back to regularly scheduled blogging and what not Thursday Night!
On the upside...mom is making her fried chicken.......the kind where you cut up your own chicken and have this really awesome shaped piece of white meat with the wishbone in the middle........ my fave!!!

Busy weekend

My sister came for a visit this weekend. It's been jam packed with stuff. She is starting school next week to become a medical assistant so big sissy-poo (me) had to do some sewing. She (me again) also had to help with some pre-class testing. I am still good with long division and fractions!!  Wooo and hoooo!

While I was standing by to help with any math and english questions, 

I made a few kleenex covers ala Karen.

They really are Easy Peasy!! It's a great way to use up scraps. A piece of fabric that is 5.5" wide and 16" long will make one of these little beauties. I made 7!! Well, that's how many little packets of tissue I had on hand!

Here's number 7 with a bag for her new stethoscope.  It fits, but I wanted to make it long and narrow and she wanted it to fit in her pack differently.....she won!!   

I had just barely enough to make both the bag and the cover!.

A wild shade of green is rockin the inside!! See, it really does fit!

Next, I did a little scrubs modification. Hemmed the pants up 1.5"........have I ever mentioned I hate flares? Pain in the caboose. I forgot to take a pic.........you are missing nothing exciting, I assure you. LOL

Added her official school patches to the sleeves. Exactly 2" above the hem. They better measure, I'm just sayin'.

And since they only had pewter colored scrubs (the official color she had to get) in the boxy kind, I added a little bit of shaping that had some give. You know what that means? Yeppers, elastic in the back!!

I tried to talk her into getting the next size up and letting me reshape the whole thing, but noooooooo.

I also tried to get her to let me buy her the ''Gray's Anatomy" brand for her cuz they are sooooooo soft and shaped really nicely, but they didn't have the correct shade of gray, I mean pewter.

Oh well, it's only seven months, and when she is certified and graduates with her A. S. degree,  

she gets new scrubs from me!!!!!

Not too bad for thinking I wouldn't be sewing at all!

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Happy Birthday America!

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║╔╗║╔╗║╔╣╔╩╗╔╝ ★ 4th of July weekend☆ 2011
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HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE 4TH OF JULY ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

Car shopping, getting kids to work and practice and bbqing...that's my day. Fireworks that night!! What are you up to?

Oops! I did it again!!

I joined another apron swap. this one has a fab theme and the gals that usually sign up for it are a hoot!

           Cool Drinks for Hot Mamas!

                     I know, right. How fun is that!!! I am thinking Mad Men, retro chic, Rat Pack and martinis! 

Maybe even a tiki themed, Hawaii 5-0,  Elvis Blue Hawaii thing! 

Not the same Hawaiian theme as the other swap I'm in......

partner info to show up in my inbox soon..........eeeeeeeeeeee

It's  sickness, I know. But I could be addicted to much worse, right?

Corset 2 done!

Did I take any pics? Noooooooooo. LOL  But I dropped it off today. In the next week, I'll be helping make some regency style dresses for Butterfield 8's performance of Pride and Prejudice. maybe even a new dress for me in a color that doesn't suck what little color I have all away. I can't wait!! And yes, I will take pictures.

 Here's a group shot I found online. Everything but the 'retro' one in the corner is in the running.
I have two of these. :-)

Today is a perfect day to be inside sewing. Rain, thunder, lightning, wind. Yeppers, perfect indoor weather.......which is why I was out in it for four hours.

Tonight, I am going to try and fit a dress on me (at least get it all cut out). It's freezing (okay wet and 60º), so it must be a summer dress. LOL  The blue one, I have the chambray all ready to go. I'll make the muslin out of white fabric, hip length, maybe use it as a shirt if it looks cute. ???????

 I might even see what kind of fabric I have in the closet and make some shoebags for my upcoming trip!!

I know, a tad boring, but I felt the need to blog. :-)

Zipper bag for what?

Did you ever buy a piece of fabric that you just had to have? You don't know why, it matches nothing and the piece isn't all that big,,,,,but you get it anyway. I have a few pieces like that. LOL 

This particular piece is white with bras all over it. I know, I know.....what was I thinking? But I had to have it! It's just barely a half a yard. Last night, I finally decided what to do with it!!

A bra bag. I will be traveling to So. Cal. at the end of next month and I decided I wanted pretty luggage. I don't need to buy a new suit case, but I wanted the innards to be nicer than the gallon size ziplocks I use. :-)

Taaaa-daaaaaaa

It's 10" by 15"

Of course I had to make it more difficult by using a directional fabric that I wanted going the same way on the back. Lame!! It's just a bag that goes inside another bag.......

oh well....all out or get out, right?

It is supposed to hold four sets of unmentionables. I can show you, but I can't tell you. hahahahaha

It does!!!!! And one of the sets is that blasted molded cup kind!!

One cute accessory down. MMmmmmmmm, what next??

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Don't fear the zipperbag tutorial is the link to my friend Karen's blog. She feature this tutorial for a smaller version of the bag.

**mini tute**

Basically, for what ever size you want, you make the back side 2" taller than the front.

For my bag, I used a directional fabric [a pattern (picture) that only looks good one way] so I had to have an extra seam so the bras were all going the same direction on both sides, but the math was pretty much the same.
I also didn't use the fusible batting...I had a heavy white canvas as the liner and though the extra layer would be overkill.

Soooooooo for directional, fussy, persnickity cutting I did this:

Decided on a bag size: in this case 10 x 15 inches finished ( all future measurements will be in inches)

Adjusted cutting to accommodate my fabric choice and my penchant for doing things the hard way.

Adjusted said measurements for seam allowances...I use a 1/4", but you can use what ever you like....just be consistent!!

soooooo 

I have two front pieces and one back piece:

Back piece is 10.5 by 15.5

Top front piece is: 1.5 by 15.5

Bottom front piece is 9 by 15.5 

Then follow Karen's zipper instructions with you front pieces only.

Open the zipper 2/3 the way, put right sides together, sew and turn. Taa-daaaaa fussy cut zipper bag!!