Aladdin

The cast has been chosen. The designs are complete. Let the costume creation begin!

I will be creating all of the costumes for the principal characters in Bridgewater Middle School's production of Aladdin. And yes, I am actually getting paid for it!! Amazing, huh? It's a total of about 35 complete costumes - lots of harem pants and turban headpieces. I will be taking lots and lots of measurements next week. Then, it's sew, sew, sew! Congratulations to the cast- and I can't wait to get started!

I'm a busy girl!

Just sent off two aprons to my husband's Army buddy who is pitching a new cooking show to the Food Network. The show is called, "Guy's Cook Too." Scott will be wearing my aprons during the filming of his second dvd - so be on the lookout for a fabulous new program with a bit of Kaploozy style to it.

The first apron is a mixed bag of plaids coupled with some embroidered doggies... very masculine, but still fun. And, of course, it's reversible!

The second apron is an argyle-stripe concoction with a denim accent. Cute, cute, cute - in a guy kind of way!

Loveseat Recover!

I have an adorable little loveseat in my bedroom that had a few issues. First and foremost, it was stained with an assortment of pet yuck, spilled milk and God-only-knows. In an effort to be thrifty, I chose to make a slip cover for said seat. I came across and adorable black checked fabric remnant at Old Time Pottery - the color scheme just naturally followed. I used up some of my fabric stash to "crazy quilt" the seat cushions and created the ruffle around the base. Finished off with giant black buttons on the arm fronts... and voila! It's a lovely new addition to the decor!

I'm still here!

Well, I'm still kicking! Life has been hectic - hell, life is always hectic. Got through the summer with all the kids home - playing chauffeur and chief bottle washer. Now that everyone is back in school, I have some time to get onto all of those projects that have been begging to be worked on. I'm designing/creating an entire cast of costumes for a theatrical production of Alladin. It's crazy fun!! And I have several orders for memory quilts. My current project is a slip cover for my bedroom love seat. I promise I'll post pictures as soon as I can find the camera that my daughter has hidden! Hang tight a bit longer... I swear I'm going to keep up with this blog thing!!!

The Steps...

Steps to make a clutch wallet...
quilting...

Cut out the pattern...Assembling...

Clutch wallets are a Success!

I showed the last clutch around, and people started just loved it. I quickly made a teal and brown one as a special order and immediately got another order for a gator version. Now, despite my indifference to any other team besides the Tarheels - I jumped right on that Gator bandwagon and sewed till I couldn't sew no mo! Here is the detail of the construction, just in case you were wondering.

In the clutch

Here is the latest clutch... with a zippered pocket. My first venture into the zippers!