Riah's Ruffled Skirt

This is a little sneak preview of the new skirt I'm making for Riah.

Two little ruffles about 1" up from the hem, and some hand ruched vintage rayon seam binding to cover the stitching on the top ruffle. I love doing this ruching, it's easy and sort of quick, but it looks fantastic! 

See, you just do a little running stitch along the seam binding in a zig zag pattern, then pull it up so it's gathered, then pin it down. I will have to go back and hand sew it on to the skirt, but that's ok. It's too cute not to! 

 

 

This skirt, once finished will probably be available in the Pretty Jane shop for custom order. And wait till you see the sweater I put together  (it doesn't go with this skirt) it surprised even me! :)

ANOTHER Contest on Blooming Sisters blog!

This one is for some Amy Butler FQ's, click on the picture to go to Blooming Sisters.

Just imagine the wonderful project you could make with these!  There are 9 FQs at a value of $25.00.

All you have to do to qualify to win these beauties, is register for their email notifications, comment on any post on their blog and answer the following question.

What is the best HANDMADE gift you have ever given someone, or that has been given to you?

The winner will be announced on the morning of Aug. 31st.

Tutorial Saturday

on Blooming Sisters Blog. AFTER you go comment on the Best Friends post make your way over to todays post for some fun tutorials. The staff at Lotus Made have had some fun with them and shared them in our Flickr group. You can see I've still got sawdust flying around here, but I'm getting there!!!

I'll be posting some tutorials here pretty soon. (if I can find them) I'm pretty sure I know where they are....

Contest on Blooming Sisters

While you're waiting for me to get back to regular posts, you might want to check out the Blooming Sisters blog - We are having a Best Friends Contest! Did you know that Monday, the 15th was Best Friends day? The winner will be drawn randomly. The prize is a gift basket, filled with things the Lotus Made staff has made themselves, for you to have or share with your best friend! :) And I'll tell ya, we are a talented bunch :)

So, if that doesn't float your boat, we also have a How to Knit Socks series you might be interested in. That will take you to Part 1.

And we just started a series on developing your Creativity! There are two more parts to come in this series.

There is all kinds of things to do on our Blooming Sisters blog - try us out!  We're hoping to have BIG NEWS very soon! :)

Working on the Blog

Please excuse my mess while I work on my blog. I have some things I need to add, and some things I need to take off. It won't take long. (i hope) :)

A Box of Goodies from Fabric Mart!!!!

oh boy! I do love it when those Fabric Mart boxes arrive!!! They had heirloom cottons on sale half off, so they were $5 a yard, and they are 60" wide. Heavenly! And they are gorgeous fabrics, not cheap stuff, but indeed heirloom, like they said. Ok, here are my pictures. Some of the 100% cotton gingham is tiny, tiny check, so it may be kind of hard to see. Ok - I'll shut up now and let the pictures do the talking :)

I know it's hard to tell,  but this is a beautiful light blue linen, and I found this napkin  set at an antique mall, and they match perfectly. I'm trying to find a way to use them together. I got the linen somewhere else. 

Not a clue what I'd do with this (it was part of my 10 yd Bundle) but maybe vest backs? 

Heirloom cotton and boy is it SOFT!!!!

Tiny blue check 100% cotton

Tiny red check

Tiny green check, this was part of my 10 yard mystery bundle, 3 yards of it! Love it!

Plaid shirting, with a little bit of Lycra in it - 4 yds. 

Heirloom cotton, oh I wish I had the whole bolt of this, it's soft and lovely and I want more!!! :) 

Tiny pink check

Well, I think this will keep me off the streets for awhile! Still making pattern decisions, and petting it now and then :)