Patch up!

My bosses son, Russell, races a Dodson 510 in the SVRA. He just finished two races these past two weeks an had some patches that he wanted to put on a jacket and his racing suit. I put the suit on the floor and lined everything up, walked out of the room for a second and found a surprise in the suit!

So close I can taste it!

I am sooo close to being finished with my penny arcade jacket. I'm really proud of how pretty the penny arcade stitch turned out with the simply soft yarn. It's almost shiny! Well here is a photo of one of the sleeves. On my first post I said that I was using simply soft light country blue but now that I look up close at the label, the color is just country blue

Progress in burda style 10/2010 #121

So far I feel as though I have the majority of the dress sewn. All I have left is one sleeve, sleeve finishes for both, collar, and hem. I'm very excited to have this dress in my wardrobe.

My very first Post

Hello World,

I'm Marty and this is my blog! I am very inspired by several crafting and sewing blogs out there, so i thought i would start my own. Currently my talents are sewing and crochet. I have just started both, so I am a beginner for both. I have only completed a few projects, so we will defiantly see progress in my skills as time goes by. I will have my pictures later, but I have a few projects started of which I will explain below:

My current crochet project is from Vicki Howell for Caron Yarn. I chose the Penny arcade jacket and am about three quarters of the way completed. I chose this pattern firstly because i thought it was cute of course, but also because it was free. (hehe! you will come to learn how cheap I am). I am doing this jacket in a different yarn because they did not have Sheepish Yarn at my local store. Instead I am using another Caron yarn called Simply Soft in light country blue. I will post photos of the completed sweater.

Caron Simply Soft in Lt. Country Blue 9709

Penny Arcade Jacket

For my sewing project I'm making a shirt dress from a Burda Pattern. Instead of shirting I'm using flannel because i love wearing dresses in the winter. I know its crazy but I have the perfect winter dress gear (i.e. fleece stockings and plain long sleeve tees). Sewing the thicker, warmer fabric in the summer is really a struggle because its just so freaking HOT!!! I can only work for short periods at a time before i start sweating my butt off. I'm using a plaid print (photo sample below) instead of a sold, because i think it would make the dress really really cute. The white bib portion i am making just a solid bright blue fleece. I don't want the dress to look too busy. Instead of long sleeves, I am sewing them 3/4 length and no buttoned cuff. I was thinking of rolling the hem and adding a buttoned embellishment. I am about half way completed on this pattern.

Burda Style 10/2012 #121

This fabric is replacing the blue fabric (purchased from Joann's)

This fabric replaces the white fabric (purchased from Joann's)